The house on Belmont Street--You can't go back.

In 1956 my family moved to a house that we loved and where we shared many happy times. Then my parents divorced and my mother had to sell the house. For some reason, as an adult I've dreamed of moving back into that house and making it my own.

The people who bought the house have lived there for fifty years and sold it last week. I was able to connect with the new owners and go through the house. It was indeed a sad tour. The beautiful wood floors have been covered in carpet and the wall between the eating area and formal dining area was removed to enlarge the kitchen. Some of the rooms now have heavy drapes, not the open airy ones my mother had on the windows to let in the light.

The new owners plan to restore the wood floors and make many changes that will bring the house back to how I remember it. In the 1970s everyone who had wood floors wanted carpet. Now we want the wood again. As with clothes, home decorating ideas come and go only to come around again.

I'm glad I had the opportunity to see inside the house but it might have been best to just hang on to the memories.

Thanks for Reading!

Linda

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