Basic country homes in Nova Scotia often added a "dormer" to increase the upstairs bedroom capacity, as well as a "sun porch" and often a "summer kitchen" - which avoided over heating the rest of the house during the summer months. Percy Hebb's home in rural Hants County had all of these features. What was sorely missing, however, was electricity. Percy's mother and sister Elva lived in the home also and all welcomed the light of spring, summer and fall after the long dark days of winter. Mrs. Hebb regularly used the day light of the kitchen window to thread her needles as she made their clothing as well as quilts for the old homestead. As the family members grew older, the buildings began to deteriorate; first the barn and then gradually, the house.
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