It is coming along. We are almost ready for the big festival next weekend. Some more cleaning and a few new curtains and we’ll be good to go. It is a spacious cabin considering it was built in 1830. The door on the far right leads to a narrow stairway. The other door next to it is a small, under the stairs type closet.
Of course, the fireplace is the kitchen. Just a few cast iron pots and utensils, a bowl, a few cups and a plate or two. How many cabinets do you have in your kitchen? This one doesn’t have any.
The other side of the room is where the looms are. One in each corner.
Notice the completed rug! A visitor today asked how long I had been making rugs. I had to admit it was my first day and this was my first rug. I don’t’ think he believed me but he and his wife were there while I finished it and helped give me a “woo hoo” when it was done.
Most visitors stick to touring the downstairs only. The steps being narrow and steep. Some are brave enough to climb the steps though.
The upstairs seems huge with it’s open ceiling compared to the 6 foot ceilings downstairs.
It needs a serious cleaning. I left the broom there but nobody has gotten the hint. I’m afraid I’m going to have to do it myself.
That trick probably didn’t work for the farmwife 180 years ago either.
16 comments:
The cabin is looking so good and your rug is splendid indeed. I love the fireplace too. I hope the festival is a big hit.
What a fantastic place! Nice rug too! Is it going to stay in the cabin?
What an amazing place! How big is the cabin? (Sq. feet of the floor, I mean)
Those were wonderful pictures of the cabin, Christine, thank you so much! Can't wait to see more about it.
Melanie, the cabin is 18' x 22'. A relatively big cabin for this area in that time period.
I may have to save the first rug to look back on. It has to get better from here!
That looks amazingly cozy. Except for the ceilings. After living for decades in an old California bungalow with a high ceiling, I still get a claustrophobic effect from much lower Rhode Island ceilings. It's bizarre how much difference ceiling height makes.
The cabin looks great!! Probably the best it has ever looked!! Is this the original site or was it moved to this location?
It was moved in 1969 from 10 miles down the road.
the cabin is so cool. just oozing with rustic charm!
This is an amazing place. You are so lucky. As a child, I put myself to sleep each night by imagining that I lived in a log cabin.
How wonderful that it was saved!!
Oh, I love this little cabin. I would love to live in one just like this!
xo, Cheryl
Lookin' good! When my sister and I used to do Pioneer Days (at Fowler Park), we used a smaller loom (it's still at the Peker cabin I do believe) that was a hand-pull rather than a foot-pedal type (dontcha love my technical terms?). The ladies from the historical society would cut up our "rug" at the end of the weekend and divvy it up amongst us girls. I still have two of my remnants that I sewed together and I sometimes use it as a table runner. I can tell which spots the younger girls did and which ones that us older girls did (or at least that's what I tell ppl anyway ;} ).
So, would you be interested in actually spending the night there? Cook your supper in the fireplace and climb up to the loft to sleep?
Prior to the recent snake visitor, yes. Now? Not so much.
That's an awesome cabin and your rug is fabulous! Good job!!!
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