Living Room Before Photos

Immediately to the left you can see part of what I've decided is the "front door" and the room it enters into is the "living room." Because this house was built by a mill company for their employees, it was apparently set up for multiple families and actually has 3 front doors - another one can be seen through the doorway.

Privacy was virtually non-existent amongst the poor in those days. It was not uncommon for children to have to walk through their parents bedroom to get to the bathroom.

Anyway, this door on the left is in the center of the porch and so it seemed most logical to choose it as the front door. Upon entering, on the immediate right is the doorway to the room I've chosen to use as my bedroom.

From more of a distance, you can again see the "front door" and door to the bedroom with it's exterior exit door. I can't wait to get rid of the awful, bulky old gas heaters. I wasn't able to get this one working until about a week before I left. When it was finally on, it smelled so awful I turned it off.

Again, the "front door," this time showing two windows that face the street and the only windows in the room. Because of the front porch, this room doesn't get much light.