Charm Outweighs Defect

Moving on, this is a view of the walk through to the kitchen and half bath (both through left door in photo below) and the to the hallway that you see to the left of the fireplace when you first enter into the foyer (through right doorway)

The half bath is so handy when the main one upstairs is occupied.  It isn't anything fancy but it serves a vital purpose with 3 in the household.  It is presently doubling as a broom closet since I have nowhere to put those kinds of things in the kitchen for handier access.  And on the ugly kitchen...

Entering the kitchen from the dining room, that half bath is directly on the left in this little hallway and the fridge space is directly to the right.

You can see the door to the back porch on the left in this photo

The basement door is to the right

Standing in the space where the range goes you see the door to the porch on the right. (I do like that the original transom window is above the door.

And from this same spot, the basement door on the left 

How do you like the medical office cabinetry look?  Blah!  But it will have to suffice for the time being.  I could have gotten some cabinetry that was rather nice from a friend of my sister's who is remodeling the kitchen in her house, but I had to be prudent about spending money unnecessarily.  Lord knows I have spent plenty in this venture already.  Yet, I am trying to make wise decisions and not be too frivolous in my spending.  I treated myself to some garden things, just a few small things like a planter and some flats of annuals, a grape tomato plant, some shepherd's hooks, a bird feeder and seed for my feathered friends.

Except for the kitchen, and more so the basement, I love this house.  The basement is just plain creepy no matter how much you clean it.  I'll save that experience for you for another post. But over all, the house's charm outweighs it's defects.  :)