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What about

"An ornery old man was standing ..."
or maybe
"A cantankerous old man was standing ..."

:o
Remind me to avoid American girls. :D

I agree that too many adjectives can make the sentence wordy.
I like your sentence. It sounds like the start of a childrens story.
I would have written it as follows:

A crazy, grey-haired,...

I asked a couple of people what they thought of this phrase and they said it sounds fine. In fact, they said more adjectives can be added as long as there is no redundancy or contradition.

I do...

An old man and young slender woman were in the kitchen of a big house.[/quote]

Once again rid a nice poetic sentence of any character.

Your sentence, Kwatts, is a dull neutral sentence. This is...

An old man and young slender woman were in the kitchen of a big house.