A new, old house

We're buying a new house - well, new to us anyway - it is 91 years old, built in 1920. I really like older houses as long as they have a decent floor plan. This one has a very usable floor plan: 2 bedrooms (master BR has its own bath), living/family room, largish kitchen with a dining area and small breakfast bar, large laundry room with lots of storage, and a small half bath (shower but no tub) just off the kitchen. It's awesome! What I really like though is the outside - steeply pitched roof with decent overhang, front porch big enough for a rocking chair, and a white picket fence around the front yard.

The back yard has a taller, solid fence and it's like a miniature park. The back lawn has concrete curbing around it, there are 2 apple trees, and the side yard has been fixed up into a really nice garden area. The cover patio is very nice and best of all there is a clothes line! I wonder if kids these days even know what one is... The garage is a 2 car, detached. It looks like the previous owner was converting it into another living quarters but we're going to convert it back into a garage. We'll leave the bathroom in place though... how cool is that to have a garage/workshop with a bathroom?

What's all that have to do with living in a simpler time? Well, if you have to ask you might never understand but I'll try to explain anyway... These older houses just are simpler - simpler to live in and simpler to maintain (due to better construction). They also just plain look cool. I've already got my Kit Kat clock for the kitchen wall, now all I need is a rotary dial wall phone for the kitchen...