...Exploring West Virginia...the Craik-Patton House...Two...

...next we moved into the dining room...where there was this beautiful locking buffet...

...the locks were important because Mrs. Craik kept all of her silver and china locked up...

...she wore the keys on her belt and would probably have inspected the buffet contents every day...

...the table was set with decorated china...at a time when most people ate off of stoneware...

...they did not trust the water for drinking...which we thought was hilarious...but they did use it to wash their wine glasses between wines...

...and they filled finger bowls with it to wash their fingers...

...they served their coffee from a silver urn...

...and they had small side table for serving as well...

...and of course they had another fireplace...

...a close up of the pretty wallpaper...(I wouldn't want it in my house...but)...the more elaborate and colourful the wallpaper the more expensive and impressive...

...and they had a winter kitchen underneath the dining room...the servants carried dishes up the outside stairs into the dining room via a side doorway...

~Have a lovely day!