Welcome additions to their home may not always be family
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to Melissa from William. The fireplaces although not In use
become a warm focal point through Melissa’s creative
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bricks, but we still have moisture
in some of the areas,” said Melissa.
Colonial homes also lacks many
of the amenities which modem
houses boast.sThis colonial home
lacks many of the amenities of
which modem houses boast. Built
in closets were a thing of the future
in the 1700’s. The only closet in
this home was not built to hang
clothing.
“One person who stopped in and
wanted to see the house, but I am
cautious with people stopping in.
He said he had lived here before
and remembers his mother praying
in the prayer closet off the master
bedroom, come in. We talked for a
while before he came in and said
he remembered his mother praying
in the prayer closet off the master
bedroom. And there was a closet
there and no other rooms had one
and I always wondered what it was
for.”
And electrical outlets, there
never seems to be enough of them.
In this house there is only one in
each room, and although it is hard
to believe, the Hostetler’s have not
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changed that, they have only added
a few.
The Hosteller, Price and Slauch
History
Melissa has brought some per
sonal family history into their
home in the form of furniture.
Throughout each room are pieces
handed down from her mother or
father’s family. And the children
Rebekah and Phillip know each
piece as Grammy Price’s bed or
Grammy Slauch’s table. Melissa
feels the children have learend
something from being surrounded
by these heirlooms and have
acquired an appreciation for his
tory and family.
“They know that this is Grammy
Price’s,” said Melissa as she runs
her hands over a metal white bed,
no doubt remembering the nights
she spent in that bed at her grand
mother’s home. “I slept in that bed
when I was little and now they
sleep in it. I grew up with all of
these things and they will, too. I
guess it gives them a sense of
security.”
Few pieces have been pur
chased, but those which have,
already have special memories.
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William surprised Melissa one
Christmas with a child’s sled. It
was not new. It was the wooden
model, the one most likely seen in
a Currier and Ives print And it was
not an easy gift to find.
Then there is the oak rolltop
desk which Melissa describes as
Williams prize. And other peices
which are not family heirlooms
have been made special because
Melissa’s father has restored them
in his spare time.
The Hostetters have made their
house a home, peice by piece and
room by room. Over the years they
have sanded floors, removed wall
paper, painted and stencilled and
have gradullly furnished their
home with the decor that best fits
their lives.
In October of 1987 the Hostet
ler’s home was on the tour of
homes for Chester County Day.
Melissa is amazed that anyone
would want to see their home.
“We just live here. It just so hap
pened that we live in a very old
home, but if I had a new home I
still would have made it look old
somehow and I would have wanted
all of my family’s antiques around
me. I am very content here. I think
we’ll be staying her a long time,”
said Melissa.
This old home with high celings
and cold brick walls and bare wood
flows may sound cold, but upon
entering there is an immediate rush
of warmth, comfort and security.
Its beauty as well as its warmth is
not just the result of decorating, it
goes deeper than that This warmth
and beauty comes from treasuring
family memories and not from
treasuring family antiques.
In one hundred years from now
the Hostetler history will become a
part of the legacy begun by Henry
Hayes. What they have done on
their 18th century home will be
recorded in the annals of the Ches
ter County Historical Society. And
if the home is still standing, its
future occupants will be digging
through the society’s collection of
newspaper clippings to leant
something about the Hostetlers. If
they are curious enough to uncover
the long history of their home as
Melissa has done.
And as those who have toured
the Hostetler home admire the
beautiful stenciling Melissa has
done and the refinished wood
floors and the renewed brick which
William has devoted so many
hours to, no doubt, that in 100
years, new occupants will labor to
make their own changes. And just
as the Hostetlers shook their head
in disbelief at the large bluebirds
which adorned the walls of Phillips
bedroom when they first saw the
house, the future occupants will
marvel at the pineapples stenciled
border along the top of he living
room walls.