Welcome to Our New House: Front Sitting Room

I am starting to think that this house is cursed (or maybe it's just me).

Yesterday I arranged for a man to come today and install a clothesline at the side of the house. The clothesline will be one of those fold-down ones supported by two metal poles that need concreting into the paving. Marcelo the handyman showed up on time, had a quick look at the job, then went off to buy cement. Twenty minutes later he rang to say that he cannot come back because he has had a car accident - fortunately he is not injured.

Today's photos are of our front sitting room.

One of the things that impressed me with this house is the previous owners' attention to detail. The colours and paintwork are done beautifully.

We will eventually put a picture or a mirror over the fireplace. The photo below looks from the sitting room through the dining room to the long central hallway.

There are arches each side of the fireplace between the sitting room and the dining room.

Looking in the other direction towards the window we have put the piano and an antique card table. I'm going to have to work out what to do with all the pictures sitting on top of the piano.

Eventually we will buy two sofas for this room, one of which will be a sofa-bed, but that will have to wait a while.

And here is the view to the right of the window. The 1930s Rosenstingel sideboard belonged to one set of my husband's grandparents and the corner china cabinet belonged to the other.

Stay tuned and more home photos will follow over the next week or two.