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[branny]

yes please! Just my style. Omg

[shoekitty]

@Oznell   I don't know if this was mentioned I read a couple pages, but not all posts.  Love the home, but wanted to add a little "aside" about salt box  homes. The smaller ones, especially with higher roof line and lower eaves were a ruse for the tax man.  In the early days, especially before 1909 the term Salt Box got its name from the term "salting away", as in saving money.as well as the shape of home was similar to a salt box of the day.    In those times the County Tax man walked by each home.  He assessed the home from the front   He didn't go in, but would talk to each owner in front. People were taxed on the size of their home.  Two story homes were taxed at a higher rate. Hence the roof line to disquise the second story. Many didn't put a window on side upstairs, so it was less conspicuous. In those days all machinery, even sewing machines were taxes, along with the size of your home. Hence you saved money on taxes by the roof line. "Salting away". lol!   I am sure as this pracrice happened more often, tax laws changed. At least in California where Salt Box homes were popular in the Santa Clara Valley. I have been in quite a few, and oh those stairs are sooooo narrow and steep going up. And in many of these homes the rooms upstairs  had such low ceilings on one side you could knock yourself out.  Seriously! 

[Oznell]

@shoekitty ,  I love that tidbit of history, thanks so much for posting that.  Canny of those homeowners, to try to pay as little of those onerous taxes as possible!