BY SUZANNE KEENE
LEBANON Members of the
Lebanon County Farmer’s
Association Women’s Committee
were treated to a tour of town and
country homes during their annual
Ladies Day Out program Thur
sday.
Among the homes featured on
the tour was the 125-acre dairy
farm owned by Allen and Carol
Nolt of 340 Royal Road, Lebanon.
The Nolts recently remodeled the
kitchen of their 13-room stone
farmhouse, removing part of the
ceiling to make a loft.
“I don’t think there’s any room
we haven’t done something to,”
Carol noted. The farm has been in
Carol’s family for 50 years and she
and Allen have lived there for 15
years. The home was built in 1818
and the bam was constructed two
years later, Allen said.
Allen does nearly all of the
remodeling work during the winter
months, but when summer comes
he is busy with crops. And milking
the family’s 58 Holsteins keeps him
busy year round.
“Since we can do it ourselves, it
cut the cost quite a bit,” Allen said.
The loft in the kitchen was
Allen’s idea, Carol said. And
although she is quite happy with
the final results, she admits she did
This 100-year-old log doll house and barn are displayed in
the loft of the Nolt’s recently remodeled kitchen. The
heirlooms have been in Allen Nolt’s family for many years.
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have some reservations about the
project at the beginning.
One evening as she sat amid the
partially completed project and
the resulting dust, she relates, she
was feeling especially ap
prehensive about the loft idea. So,
she called her friend and business
partner Pam Wentling, who came
over to reassure Carol.
“1 thought it was terrific when I
came,” Pam says. She did,
however, suggest opening up a
staircase to allow access to the
loft, and the Nolts took her advice.
The process involved tearing out a
wall, but the completed project has
justified the extra work.
The railing at the edge of the loft,
which keeps the unwary visitor
from falling, came from the com
crib, Allen notes. Throughout their
restoration project, the Nolts have
been careful to use original
materials whenever possible.
Allen sandblasted the now
exposed beams and covered them
with a sealer. Careful scrutiny of
the loft ceiling will reveal the
names of former residents who
carved their identities there.
“That’s part of the oldness of the
home,” Carol remarks.
Carol has artistically arranged
antique tools and country crafts in
the loft, and dried plants hang
from the exposed beams. A cen
tury-old log doll house and bam
that are an heirloom from Allen’s
family, are also displayed in the
loft.
A newly-opened gift shop ad
jacent to the home is another of
Allen’s remodeling projects. What
was once a summer kitchen has
become Country Lane Gifts, a
rustic, country gift shop filled with
handmade crafts. Carol and her
business partner Pam Wentling
opened the shop March 29.
Renovations on the summer
kitchen began in November (as
soon as the com was in) and
continued throughout the winter,
Allen said. Pam’s husband, David,
and Carol’s father, Wilmer
Ziegler, worked alongside Allen,
removing walls, adding beams
from the com bam to the second
floor ceiling, papering, painting
and dry walling.
Previously, the Nolts had sold
apples from the summerhouse.
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Carol Molt, left, and business partner Pam Wentling recently opened Country Lane
Gifts in what was once the summer kitchen on the Molt farm. The gift shop was included
on the Lebanon Ladies Day Out tour.
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Now, Carol said, the apple
business will be moved to the bam.
“Between milking cows and this,
it was quite a chore,” Allen said.
But he is obviously not com
plaining as he surveys the
tastefully decorated shop.
The idea for the shop came from
Carol, who invited her faithful
shopping buddy, Pam, to join her
in developing the idea. “I think
she’s visited every gift shop in a
200-mile radius,” Pam teases
Carol. The two have toured many
craft shops and craft fairs
together, collecting business cards
of talented craftsmen.
Through their visits, though,
Carol and Pam found few country
gift shops in Lebanon County and
decided their shop would be
meeting a need. Once the
renovations were underway, they
started using the business cards
they had collected to contact
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to Country Lane Gifts.
The variety of handmade
country crafts the shop offers is
nearly endless and includes
candles, potpourri, tin, Penn
sylvania pottery, stuffed animals,
hand-woven items, wreaths, and
wall hangings.
“We’re trying to feature the
crafts of the local people, because
they’re very talented,” Pam said.
In the few weeks the shop has
been open, response has been quite
good, Carol reports. They are
planning a grand opening
celebration May 1 through 3 and
will offer door prizes, refresh
ments and a 20 percent discount off
wire products.
The shop is open Thursdays from
10 a.m to 8 p.m., Fridays, 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m., and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. To reach the shop from
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