BACK OF HOUSE

Not sure if we've ever shared this angle of the house. It's the back, from what is essentially the backyard, near the fig trees.

The two window units are in the windows of each bedroom. The little window in between them is the bathroom. On the left side of the picture is the set of stairs that lead off the porch and toward Barnabas (the party/dinner tree) from the front door, and on the right side of the picture, the bump out where the roof slopes down, is the dining room.

Back of farmhouse, pier and beam

For those not familiar, this house is what's called "pier and beam". There is no concrete foundation or "slab", instead the house is built up, on "piers" which are the concrete cinder blocks (often bricks are used as well) and across each of those lies a "beam". It is this beam that the floor of the house sits on. The upside is that it makes it very easy for working underneath the house, for example moving pipes if you are plumbing, running wiring (though ours is mostly in the attic and walls) and/or leveling the house. There are a couple of downsides to this as well. One is that creatures can get under your house, and the other is that in Winter, you have to worry about freezing pipes.

Now most homes like this put up lattice or something along the bottom to keep out the animals and this is something we have planned. It's on our list but just not quite at the "top" yet. Then of course planting bushes and other plants around the outside to keep it looking nice is important as well...we haven't done that yet because when we work on the exterior and have the roof done, we figured no point in getting everything trampled down. But that being said, it looks a bit barren, I might plant a few things this Spring.