The Art of Craftsmanship

 We have stayed overnight with a friend who has a character bungalow built in the 1930's. As our current house is very modern in design it has been enjoyable staying somewhere with some character features. Our first house was a 1930's bungalow that we renovated and lived in for nearly 10 years, working hard to pay off the mortgage so we could make the next step on our property journey.

I am finding as I am getting older I am being drawn back to these character homes and really appreciating the skill involved in making them. I have enjoyed the pretty art deco leadlight windows she has and pondered on how carefully things were crafted in days gone by and how those things remain a thing of beauty for many years to come. And these were the everyday houses built back then  as there are streets and streets of them. Somehow the routine house builds we have today don't feel like they'll carry that same feeling into the future.

It has reminded me that it's a good reason to cherish things from before that capture and era and provide us with ongoing beauty and a reminder of what has gone before. These windows have existed for several decades and been quietly standing sentinel through some major historical events including a depression, a world war and man landing on the moon. I find myself hankering for a house that has windows that tell a story and wonder if we have a character house like this again in our future. Time will tell!