The Warming Room

When we bought the house eight years ago, 
the realtors called this room the den

or family room, but two months after we moved in, 
the family of the couple who were the caretakers 
of the horses and the farm came by and told 
us many stories about the home. This was the room 
they called the "warming room".

This is how the room looks today.

And this is how the room looked in the 1940's. Fortunately, not much has changed!

The owners and their guests would spend time 
in this room playing cards and socializing 
between practice matches, much like a clubhouse. 
 (There is a club nearby where polo matches were played, so these fields were for practice.)

We've always wanted to have a log cabin in the woods, 

and when you are in this room, it feels very much 

like that, warm and cozy, even better when the fire is burning.

These hand-tinted prints are renderings of members of an English hunt club in the early 1900's..... Ebay!

 There was a small kitchen off this room originally 

but it was made into a wet bar during the conversion 

in order to open the access to the staircase.

Looking into what is now the wet bar area.

We replaced the 1970's (and not original) cabinets. Found the marble counter top at a salvage company in Chicago.  Here's the best part, the hammered sink and the faucet were STILL attached to the green marble slab!

Only in an old house, is there an outlet this close to the sink.

Dapper little fellow with monocle was found on Etsy.

Hutch found at an auction in Miami, OK where my husband is from.

The glass door hutch (shown in photo above) shares the same wall that this bark cloth covered polo print sofa once sat.       Needs a nice piece of  artwork above the sofa, don''t you think!?

Old frame found and mirror added. Sewing box souvenir from Bath, England. Grammy's old candlesticks.

What is it about retrievers and FLASHES! Drives her crazy.

This framed horse print has the suede matting applied to the outside of the glass, 

inspired by a trip to the RL store in New York City.

Paneled with cedar, this room has a large
bay window that used to look out over

 open prairie fields of 20 acres. The property was 
subdivided in the 1970's. 
We have nine wonderful neighbors now!

The room has remained almost unchanged since the 40's, 

with the exception of the linoleum flooring 

and the brass lighting being updated.

View of bay window and window seat .... linoleum still in tact!

 

Max watching Hallie chase the camera flashes.