power tools because he did not want a power bill when they were not there all the time, he said. People were generous when he asked about old mills, sheds and barns, Guy said, but some places where people turned him away now have the wonderful old stuff just rotting on the ground. Pictures of old mills kept coming back to him, wood siding and rusted siding. The wooden windows are 100 years old and some of the glass is 100 years old, he said. “I wanted it to look like a structure that had been here a long, long time,” Guy said. Apparently, he succeeded, because two elderly women on the Christmas Tour of Homes were overheard saying it looked like it was going to fall in. This makes him laugh because he knows how sturdy the house actually is. Family members built almost everything in the house, with much of it made from trees on the property. Guy loves everything that is old, and once people find that out they will sell or give him things, Kay said, “I wanted it to look like a structure mentioning the old white that had been here a long, long time,” wood and metallic kitchen cabinet, sometimes known as a hoosier, in their kitchen area. He bought it from a neighbor for $40. Many old curiosities, such as plows and farm implements, came from people he was working for, she said, quick to point out the Guy Street sign came from an old barn. A weathered ladder displays family portraits in the great room that includes the
The large porch wraps around the front and side of the house, acting as an outdoor extension of their living space. The interior decor of the house is based mainly on interesting bits and pieces, such as old signage, that Guy and Kay have found over the years.
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