Meet Darlene, a new bloggie friend of mine. We haven’t met in person yet, but we will meet at Haven next year. Darlene and family live in a nearly 200 year old farmhouse in PA. A historic stone farmhouse to be exact which she lovingly calls Fieldstone Hill, her blog of the same name and it is beautiful. She has lived here for 6 years and lots of renovations have taken place. You can see her house tour here.
Darlene is an interior designer and has loads of talent. She shares a lot of inspirational posts at her blog, a well as gives glimpses inside her old stone house.
I so love being able to look inside the homes of other bloggers around the country. Isn’t that a fun perk of the blog world?
What a beauty of a home, it just oozes charm and character.
I have never owned an old house, but I can just imagine how rewarding it would be to renovate and bring one back to life.
You just can’t get old character like this in a new build. Not very often anyway, unless old items are used. 
I can tell that Darlene loves her home and has enjoyed making it a haven for her family.
Stone walls inside would be a big plus.
Lovely!
Master bedroom and get a load at those beautiful old floors. 
Clawfoot tub, what is not to love? 
I think this is one of her boy’s rooms. 
And the other.
Beautiful vintage chandy.
Real vintage brick. 
You have to see what she did to her kids’ room. Instead of doing a fancy floor, she finished the subfloor with large painted squares. See it all here! I adore this!
Speaking of adorable kidlets, check out these 2 cutie-pies! 
I imagine living in the countryside with a creek nearby is pure bliss.
Here’s the house in the Winter months. Looks just like a postcard from Currier and Ives.
Please hop over and say hello to Darlene! I know she would love to meet you and she is the nicest person.
You’re right, Rhoda, it is straight out of Currier and Ives! So beautiful! Thanks for the feature! Love her blog, too.
Have a great weekend!
Lori
http://www.lorimayinteriors.com/blog
I have followed Darlene for a while and have so enjoyed her blog. Her home is beautiful and she is a wonderful person too! I know she will be thrilled being featured on your blog today.
I love this old house! I have always wanted to live in an old house and hubs and I looked at several before we bought our new townhome. We decided we were not the handy sort that you must be to have a house in the historic district.(Constant painting of the clapboards.) And we were afraid of it becoming a money pit. Here in Decatur you must keep the original windows etc so heating and cooling becomes an issue. It was a nice dream though! Will check out Darlene’s blog.
Rhoda!
Thank you so much for featuring me on your Feature Friday! Your words are so kind about my home and my blog. I just put a post up sending my readers over to your blog – on the off chance that they do not know yours yet! Can’t wait to meet you at Haven and hug your sweet Southern neck!!!
HUGS!
– {darlene} @ fieldstone hill design
Good Morning Rhoda,
I discovered Darlene a while ago and really love her blog….that house!!!!
Just gorgeous and her style is spot on. I enjoy her ‘Ditto’ posts.
Thanks for sharing Darlene with the world. I look forward to meeting her in 2012 at HAVEN.
janet xox
http://theemptynest-janet.blogspot.com/
Hi Rhoda, Darlene was my first “new blogger friend” …I just discovered blogging a month or so ago. She has just a gorgeous home & I love her design interior 🙂 I also just want to thank you….because of you….I discovered “windows live writer” !! Seriously….I wanted to jump off a cliff posting from blogger….Last week Miss Mustard Seed retweeted one of your posts (I think it was her) and then Darlene tweeted about you also yesterday so I thought….I gotta click over and check out this Rhoda! 🙂 After an hour of exploring your site and reading your “new blog tips” I downloaded windows live writer and seriously….you made my life so much easier to post! You ROCK! Thank you & I joined your friend connect! Look forward to following you!
Beautiful post….beautiful house…….beautiful, beautiful lady inside and out!!
Blessings,
Cyndi
What a gorgeous place. I really liked seeing the colour of the siding on the extension. I just chose that for my own house 🙂
I live in SE PA and I love all the historic stone homes. We go on the annual Christmas home tours in the areas around us and we have seen so many wonderfully restored old, and I mean old, homes. Thanks for showcasing this beautiful PA home.
So love this brick home…..very lovely. I just discovered your blog today! Really enjoyed reading thru the posts. I’m located in Atlanta as well. Just signed up as one of your newest followers. I also have a retail gift shop in Woodstock called House and Garden Boutique. Stop on by the next time you are up this way shopping. Lynn
I love {dar}! I could just ditto all that stone and character for my own casa. Perhaps the perfect day would be hanging with her on a snowy day making popcorn balls in that stone house and listening to Bing Crosby. Popcorn balls, that’s where it’s at.
Wonderful feature, Rhoda and {dar}!
there will be popcorn balls. you KNOW you cute Southern gals are dying for a snowy Christmas….
Wow, the details in that house are just amazing! You can’t find that quality anywhere!
This post will get anybody in the mood for cooler temps. Such a beautiful house!
I love her home and her blog, thanks so much for sharing!
Love what she did with the floor of her childrens room. I have been tempted to something similar, and now I think I will follow her lead.