Remembering con't......

I left off at the living room. It was the depth of the house with windows at the front and floor to ceiling windows at the back looking over the balcony to the yard below. It was cool to lay on the floor looking out those windows when we'd have a thunderstorm. The lightning would illuminate the yard and we would scream and giggle at being so scared. There were 2 white upholstered chairs without arms, by those windows and there were sheer curtains that usually were drawn. The sofa was this big overstuffed Mauve? (ugly Pink), there were marble topped end tables and coffee table. At that time my Mom and Dad smoked so we had the silver set of ashtray, lighter and cigarette holder on the coffee table. The end tables had lamps that had exqusite marbled glass globes on the bases I believe they were Italian. My brother Whitney, broke one many years later when my folks moved to Florida. There was a wing back chair in the corner by the front hallway. This chair had a great view of the front yard and I remember sitting in that chair a lot. When I had chicken pox and had to be home I sat there and watched the world going by. I sat there for the mumps and the measles. I would sit there waiting on our Dr. who made house calls, Dr. Mooney. I was one of those kids with chronic ear infections and sore throats. Also in the living room was a 3 drawer cabinet that was shiny black enamel with gold trim on the drawers. The Wall behind that dresser was brick and the fireplace was on this wall, it had a metal curtain that kept the embers from bouncing out. On top of the black chest were a lamp with a white marble base and narrow black lampshade. Also dad's candy dish was there and it always had those pink wintergreen wafers they were Dad's favorite. On the wall above the fireplace was a Brass wind up clock. It was in a starburst shape and had a curved glass door that you opened to wind it up. There was a tall brass candlestick with a white candle, a brass thing that mom kept the paper for starting fires in and of course the set of fireplace tools. Mom also had an old fashioned bed warmer with an ornate design on the brass pot part and a long handle that was fancy, having been lathe turned. Later when I got older the piano was in this room too. This room was also medium green. Well tomorrow I'll try to finish the upstairs before I take you on the Basement tour......