My 1920's house is weird... and why we didn't change it!

[@anonymousanonymous2625]

I think I would replace that upstairs toilet with the type that has a hand washing sink that sits on the tank and recycles wash water with the next flush. It would take zero space from the existing room. If you only have one door, I hope you have fire ladders in the bedrooms. A single egress is a problem in event of fire. I give you a standing ovation for preserving the wonders of the adorable house.

[@TheErador]

Came to say exactly this. Not very 20s style but definitely better than taking up more wall space.

[@ohioitis200]

@@TheErador Or adding more plumbing.

[@zippa20]

Yikes. I just posted a comment suggestiong this before getting to your suggestion. oops.

[@DestinyR7]

Came here to post this same thing!

[@mckayfan]

same

[@susansouthern6704]

Im so thrilled to hear you've left the vintage elements. I'm personally so sick of the same grey walls in an open concept boring house.

[@lindap8101]

Ohhh, that grey. It’s fine if you want your home to look like say, a dental office.

[@Raggedy-Ann]

It drives me absolutely NUTS when some buys an old house and removes all the beauty from it…they “ remodel” it instead of RESTORE it….I seriously cry…especially if I’ve been in the home they are destroying… I’ve never understood why some people want their home to look like a cookie cutter copy . The quirky charm is what’s so special about a home…

[@FemaleVillageElder]

Exactly. I had been in my best friends’ old home many times. She passed away a few years ago, and the home was stripped of all its own character and made into a modern white kitchen, etc. to make it more sellable. They took away the book shelves. I guess thinking people don’t read anymore. All the character is gone. It makes me very sad.

[@bonnieboo2159]

One of my biggest worries is someone buying my grandparents’ beautiful country home and completely gutting it and changing it 😢 I really hope that somehow we can keep it in the family once they are gone, we all have so many wonderful memories within those walls.

[@Raggedy-Ann]

@ make sure you and your siblings can purchase it.. my great grandparents home was so awesome that was the one and only home they had in there entire married life.. they have been gone for 50 years now… the people who bought there farm and home promised to take care… but they tore the house down and sub divided all that land for housing they made a fortune . I was about 21 years old when the house got torn down.. I was seriously devastated… I walked the property and found papers blowing in the wind with their handwriting on them… the very best childhood memories I have are at their home during the holidays.. with all our aunts uncles cousins and parents I felt so loved and I felt like I belonged… something I’ve never really felt again in my life. Sometimes when I miss them I close my eyes and take a tour of their home… even in every cupboard , drawer etc.. and all the out buildings and huge glass green house. I wish I could go back and spend a day with them as an adult.. boy the questions I would have for them❤️

[@perle13930]

People do what they like! Thier money thier house

[@lewis8423]

@@bonnieboo2159 Once it’s sold unfortunately the people who have bought the house do not have any emotional attachment to the previous owners handy work. That goes the min the papers and cash is deposited in their account. The new owners are perfectly entitled to smash out anything they choose o do and put their stamp on the property.

[@robinmichel9048]

I always say that you should live in a house for a year before doing renovations. Sometimes the quirks make sense after you've given them a chance.

[@Paul_Wetor]

That's a good idea. Sometimes things are that way for a reason. Or for a wrong reason. The upstairs porch of my 1938 house was supported by two angle beams and was failing apart. I took it down for safety but hesitated a long time about replacing it. One day it finally dawned on me: it was too big. I had seen an old railing in the garage so I knew there was an even earlier version. I reasoned that a previous owner had made it larger, but it really needed to be smaller - rug-shaking size. So don't assume that the way it is currently is the way it's supposed to be.

[@marigeobrien]

Yes, I completely agree. Plus, what seems like a good idea before you move in may turn out to be a big mistake. I see people renovating as soon as they move in all the time now. I would never do that.

[@Realvintagedollshouse]

YES YES YES ❤

[@lewis8423]

@@marigeobrien maybe people do not have the time to live with other peoples tat and configuration and do not want to let a year of life slip by before making decisions.

[@janessap1739]

@@lewis8423Guess that’s why they say that opinions are like a$$h*l*s, huh? …blah, blah everyone’s got one, etc…right? You got yours…& ya know what? The girl you made your remarks to is also 💯 entitled to her’s too 🙄 Her thoughts on renovations, & when she thinks they should be done, etc. are valid to her, & tbh, she didn’t ask if you agreed w her or not lol, nor was she looking for your approval or judgement on her feelings about it…just saying... Part of ‘adulting’ is accepting that not everyone agrees on the same things…& that’s ok!! So commenting to ppl just to be snarky or argumentative about what they said is really just kind of dicky, my dude, dontcha think? I mean, what tf was even your point, if not to just be kind of a dick to her? No need to respond back lol, mostly rhetorical, cuz I think you know exactly what I’m saying here…if not, 2 words sums it up pretty nicely: DO BETTER, ffs!

[@l.annahlstromdickson7497]

Quirky houses often mean there's a history of craftsmenship and DIYers. I love houses like that.

[@lewis8423]

@@l.annahlstromdickson7497 Also , cowboy builders cutting corners cobbling things together !!

[@Maeglin7936]

I might be wrong on this, but my guess is this: They most likely didn't have a hot water heater and had to heat the water on the stove. So, to save some steps, they just installed it right there.

[@jinnymay3371]

I live in a very old house as well, bathroom door off the kitchen. You are exactly right about the bathroom being there. Hot water came from the stove and it was a luxury to have a separate room with a bath and sink inside. Originally there was no toilet in my house, it was outside. I have left my bathroom where it is as well, it can be very expensive to move a bathroom. I also like the reminder that having hot water, heating and electricity are not luxuries that have been around for a particularly long time ☺️

[@johnhpalmer6098]

I'm from the US and for many of us that own an older home, the bathroom was adjacent to the kitchen due to the ease of adding plumbing. See, here, we didn't get indoor plumbing until at least the 1890's, some homes like mine didn't get it until much later, like in the mid 20's at my place, thus the kitchen and bath are from the 20's with an addition. The house was a 2 room house or cabin, and likely got electricity then too and was initially built in either 1905 or 1908. Hot water and central heat was available in the 1890's for some folks, but definitely after 1900. Farm houses, likely not as electricity was often not available until the 30's at the earliest for most rural homes and farms. I should say, by the mid to late teens, on, most new homes had indoor plumbing.

[@TrineDaely]

Minimizes indoor plumbing (and plumbing problems) to the smallest possible area, too.

[@Nan-59]

Good point!! I ❤❤

[@Nan-59]

Now that you mention it, the house, my mom grew up in… her grandmother’s house had the bathroom directly off the kitchen!

[@justme8108]

In my 1910 house, they chopped the kitchen in half, and installed an indoor bathroom, and this way all the plumbing is near the same place.

[@heidibock1017]

I was about to say this for the 1900s duplex I lived in that had been split into 2 apartments---bathrroom right next to kitchen.

[@Tori_Celeste1]

i have the same 1920's bungalow Australia

[@eva303]

My 1922 house in NJ also has the bathroom off the kitchen

[@heidibock1017]

@@eva303 the duplex apartment I mentioned was also in NJ! Last place I lived before I moved to another state.

[@karenm4876]

They couldn't do that in mine because there were stairs in the way. Instead, they cut the front room(parlor?) in half. So, I have a weird half room and a tiny bathroom.

[@anonymousanonymous2625]

I once tried to buy an old farmhouse in Florida, part of an old berry farm. The house had been started in 1879 as just one large room with a lovely fireplace at one end and a cast iron cook stove at the other. As the farm prospered and the family grew, they added rooms around the core like a s snail shell. Then when hard times hit (The Great Freeze of 1894-95 ) the family added rooms they could rent, using the same spiral pattern. These later rooms were built, according to the story, by folks who would do a day's work in exchange for a meal and a bed, so you can imagine the quality of the construction. When I came upon her, it was love at first sight, but because of the odd construction I would have had to pay cash, as no one would finance it. I loved every lopsided spiral sloping room of her, and I am pleased she found someone with deeeeeeep pockets who loves her too.

[@annmarie9664]

I don't know where you live but I live in a small town in southern New England and a lot of the older farm houses and houses build during the beginning of the Industrial Age have bathrooms and toilets right off the kitchen. I think that installing all things needing water pipes in the same part of the house just made sense to them.

[@hildajensen6263]

Yes. It's the same reasons why the bath/shower and the toilet are traditionally in the same room. Saves money on plumbing. I don't really know how many times my old house has been redone. But everything that needs water is all stuffed in one end on the lower floor. And I am sure it's all about the cost.

[@nlpnt]

If she's in the English Midlands, that and the Connecticut River Valley from Springfield, VT down to the coast were both basically Ground Zero of the Industrial Revolution - they were dealing with this stuff when it was cutting-edge high tech and norms hadn't really been set.

[@lululongmizzlegarden]

‘Millennial grey’ is just the worst 😂😂😂 Lovely story about Mark & his dad’s fireplace ❤

[@StellaWaldvogel]

Yes! The house is perfect (though I agree, a back door would make sense.) I'm glad nothing was changed, it feels good just knowing there are people out there who love old things and loathe millennial grey as much as I do. How people can live in places the color of despair is beyond me.

[@LostintheTangle]

Lol, I call it 'house flipper silver.' 😅

[@anonymousanonymous2625]

@@lululongmizzlegarden I call that "Magnolization". Thanks to the Gaines shows. Gray EVERYTHING, bad laminate floors, every house aspiring to the same gray faux farmhouse. When I was house shopping I came across such a Magnolized house, all the doors had been removed and replaced with cheap slab doors. The original carved doors were piled up behind the garage and if I had the space I would have saved them all.

[@JulieAnne-7]

Hahaha!! My 30 something daughter loves Joanna Gaines and had painted her house shades of gray in each room!!😅

[@anonymousanonymous2625]

@@JulieAnne-7 I think it's contagious. I've never seen so many 100% gray houses before.

[@jvalravn7228]

I found one of my childhood homes on Zillow once. My dad did so much work on that house: built an add-on dining room, built his workshop, my playhouse, and installed this pretty built-in desk in my bedroom. All of it was still there. The wallpaper he used in the dining room was still the same, too. My dad passed in 2016, and it was so nice to see the mark he made on that house all those decades ago. I imagine that’s how Mr Freestone must’ve felt to see his father’s handiwork still there.

[@elsiestormont1366]

I recently saw my aunt's home on Zillow. I regret even opening it up. She bought her early 1900's craftsman home in the early 1970's and spent the rest of her life lovingly restoring and improving on her vintage home, a little at a time, as she could afford it and with a lot of elbow grease😢😢. To see the authentic 1920's kitchen gutted and modernized was so sad. It lost all it's character and charm and HISTORY. 😢

[@jvalravn7228]

@ aw man, that sucks. I don’t understand why people buy older homes just to destroy the historical quirks. Why can’t they just buy a new home if they want a modern house??

[@paulinelarson465]

Usually because the old houses are cheaper and people figure that they can "remodel" bit by bit, as money comes available. No one seems to understand that old places were built with better workmanship and better quality of materials. All the old ​houses that my sons bought stayed intact. Except for one bathroom with rotted floors and a thousand pound (?) cast iron tub. The tub was the victim of four guys who "knew what they are doing" and tryed to muscle it out of the way. USE A DOLLY ! ! Toilet and sink made it but some ceramic tiles died. Modern tub with surround instead of tile on that wall. r@@jvalravn7228

[@lewis8423]

@@elsiestormont1366 Maybe to you as you have memories of that property. But you no longer own it , it belongs to someone new. They have their own ideas and memories to make in the property.

[@francoamerican4632]

@lewis8423 True, but why buy an older home and change everything, taking away the charm and unique personality of the house, when there are plenty of newer, cookie-cutter homes to choose from and make changes to? Destroying original features of a vintage home that others would desire and appreciate is selfish and irresponsible IMO.

[@egl3369]

I bought a 1950s house that had never been renovated. I also didn't have the budget to do much, but I still love it. It also has frosted mottled glass on the upper half of the toilet door :) Recently I had a letter from the grand daughter of the person who built it, asking if I was selling. I emailed her back saying no, but here are some pictures of how it looks now. She then replied with stories and memories of her time visiting there as a child. It's a wonderful thing having an old house. So long as there are no ghosts!

[@shelleymatthews5050]

We’ve got a ghost ,,,fully documented by the neighbours and we were warned before we moved in, we know a lot about her and she’s not so bad 😮twist of fate my husband works with her son in law

[@Realvintagedollshouse]

😅 hopefully no ghosts, just beautiful memories like that one ❤

[@Realvintagedollshouse]

​@@shelleymatthews5050😮😮😮

[@TaurusMoon-hu3pd]

We have ghosts in ours. When I went to the courthouse for some paperwork and told them my address, two clerks from the back yelled out about did I know my house is haunted and everyone in town knows it. Yep, yeah....we know it too. 😂

[@killedbyrabbits]

I love all the quirks of old houses, I'm always a little sad when I see one that's been fully remodeled with everything unique removed. My grandparents live in an old house, and their back stairway is set up a bit like a gallery with family photos and some of my mom's drawings, it's always fun to look at. I'm not sure how easy they are to find, but there's a type of toilet that has the sink built on top of the tank. The water from the sink and washing your hands fills the tank. I'm also not sure if there are any potential design flaws in a toilet like that but it would save the space from having to put a whole seperate sink in that little nook toilet.

[@suewilkinson910]

I sold my parents home this year. It was a 3 bed end of terrace on a main city road. But still it was 100 years old and my parents were it's 3rd owners. It was pretty much original. Sadly the new owner has knocked 7 bells out of it. The chimneys have gone. The lean-too extension and outside loo and coal store gone. The front garden gone. God knows what they have done out the back. There is now nothing original left. People have no idea. It lacked mod cons but was warm and welcoming and bright. He's a middle aged Asian man on his own. It will be painted grey and black and it will look awful. I can guarantee it. Sad.

[@killedbyrabbits]

@suewilkinson910 Aww, that's so sad. My grandparents bought it in the early 70s and went with a sort of vintage at the time decoration so they have reproduction victorian/edwardian wallpaper, lamps, and furniture. They still heat the house with what I think are the original radiators and they have the coke fireplace still, although it's been closed up on the inside so it doesn't work but it's beautiful. They're older now, and I hope whoever ends up with it keeps the old charm.

[@suewilkinson910]

@@killedbyrabbits There are people out there who love old charm. We just have to hope they scoop up the older houses and leave the people who like blank walls and box shapes to live in the newer builds.

[@shiralleehaggart72]

​@suewilkinson910 Sorry this has happened to your parents old property that sounds like it had a lot of character and original fittings. As you say as well it will no doubt end up like every other Grey and White soulless minimal colourless house after renovations like many of them nowadays.

[@shiralleehaggart72]

​@@suewilkinson910I am one of them. I hate all this cheap modern stuff compared to the 'made to last' old stuff.

[@cherylsmith9042]

Your such a natural story teller and you seem absolutely lovely and your house is beautiful full of quirky character I live in a 1917 house out in the country side Australia it’s very large and rambling but I love it thankyou for showing us a little look inside your darling original style home 😊

[@susancrawford5927]

Charm cannot be replaced. I love the upstairs toilet, it's so cozy. Your gift for storytelling held me enthralled and I felt spirited away to another time. Thank you.

[@amyfromflorida4518]

You could just put an old Victorian dry sink with a bowl and pitcher up stairs so you can wash your hands! It would look cute and serve a function. ❤ and I Love that you met a previous owner! That is so cool.

[@StephanieHall-n6m]

What a wonderful idea ❤

[@KJ-lb4tj]

Yeah, it would be cute. But pretty tricky to fill it with fresh water after every use.

[@hildajensen6263]

Or you could choose this one place to go modern and install a toilet with an sort of sink build in. I've seen them in videos of tiny flats in Japan. Not sure if they are available in the UK, though.

[@TheErador]

​@@KJ-lb4tjnot really, can tip it down the loo

[@TheErador]

​@@hildajensen6263you can get them, they're not cheap tho! I agree it's the best use of space tho

[@maryanncsech6964]

I laughed when I saw your video. I grew up in a third floor apartment of a house built in the 1920's ( in America) and our bathroom was off our kitchen. We had a claw foot tub and a window right over the tub and no sink. The only sink was around the corner in the kitchen. When my parents moved in around the early fifties the stove was heated by coal! My brother, (13 years older than I was) had it converted to gas when he started working, since he was the one who had to walk down the four flights of stairs to the basement to get the coal. Our hot water heater was right next to the stove and was originally gas. You opened a beautifully decorated metal door, switched on the gas, lit it, felt the tank and shut it off just before the house blue up! 😀 We also had no other heat in the flat but the stove. It took a new owner to update things. There were no cupboards but a huge pantry with ceiling to floor shelves and open storage space off of the kitchen. We also had two huge slanting walk in closets that could have been used for extra rooms. There was a huge kitchen, two bedrooms, with a long hallway between them, a parlor and a small back porch off of the kitchen. I miss that place. Even our original refrigerator came with a drainage whole and our washing machine was a wringer. Thanks for bringing back good memories. Good Luck in your new house! ❤

[@EmmaCruises]

I love that toilet room!! So snug. It's horrible to be on the toilet in a huge cold room 😂👏

[@islandgyal507]

The end story about your neighbor gave me tears. How beautiful!

[@frogmella]

Gorgeous story about the fireplace 😭 I live in a 1904 end of terrace in east London. I was curious recently and looked up the 1911 census to see who lived here then. Found a family of 7 lived here - really fascinating, and one of the daughters remained here until the 1930s! Sadly we don't have loads of original features - we have original cast iron fireplaces in 2 rooms though, very lucky. Recently we did an extension to our kitchen dining room, and upon digging below the floorboards under the stairs we found evidence of another hearth there. Just fascinating. I love the history of houses.

[@StephanieHall-n6m]

What a beautiful video, love that Mark got to see his dads fireplace again, beautiful ❤

[@cathyjay2569]

I am so pleased that KZbin sent you my way! When you recounted the story about Mark, it brought me to tears! Just yesterday I drove by my grandparents old home where my 89 year old mother grew up. It was so quaint and adorable until it was sold. Now it looks like every other new construction with no character, nothing left of its’ former charm. Progress they say. I say rubbish! Your home is lovely, and I am now a very happy subscriber!

[@resurrectedwreck]

I love that you met a previous owner and in doing so solved the mystery of the floor stencil. Amazing! Your remarks at the end about embracing the journey of the house rather than tearing things down to render it a "blank slate" put me in mind of the documentary film Charlotte's Castle. It's about an old Edwardian apartment building here in Toronto and the residents who are trying to save it from developers. It's on KZbin, I think you would enjoy it. The building itself and its residents, past and present, are quite remarkable and gloriously quirky.

[@Motherhubbard170]

going to look it up, thank you

[@susancrawford5927]

I will have a look, I'm in Toronto.

[@margaretorden7568]

I live in a row of 6 terraced houses built in 1929. I believe mine is the least altered and the only one not knocked through and that still has a dado rail in the hall. I know from the deeds a joiner and his wife bought it in 1959. I think he built the large cupboard in the front bedroom and the garden shed. The house was bequeathed to the person I bought it from 7 years ago and I was lucky to be given a small desk and a cupboard which I believe he made for the house - the desk exactly fits the space just inside the lounge door. I love that you have met Mark and found out more of your home’s history. About half of the houses in my street have downstairs bathrooms. Mine was built with one upstairs.

[@LavenderandLinen]

I love that you kept these elements! I have such a sad story about our home. We purchased a home that was built in 1946. It is an adorable little farm home. It was owned by a couple who then left it to their sons, who eventually sold it to the man who “flipped” it. Sadly, by the time we found it, the “flipper” had already done so much damage that I was heart broken. He had torn out all of the original built ins, cabinets, and I hate saying it, but the original solid wood molding and doors. My heart sank when I saw it and I asked him where all of these items that he had torn out were. He told me that he had burned everything on the burn pile. Then he looked at me oddly when I teared up and said, “no one wants outdated things like that.🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️ He even squared off all of the arched doorways and installed MDF in place of the original wood trim. 😭 We have slowly been trying to bring back the 1940’s charm that he so unwittingly destroyed, but it’s expensive to do these renovations. On a positive note, the original owner left a newspaper on the exposed pipes in the basement. The flipper hadn’t spotted it yet and my husband rescued it before it could be destroyed. We have the original wood burning fireplace that we caught in time before he replaced it with an electric fireplace, and the original wood floors, but everything else was torn out. Even the tubs. 😭

[@GagaKnits]

I love social history. It's fascinating. Your story about Mark was so lovely it brought tears to my eyes. Homes are much more than just bricks and mortar. In the valleys here in Wales you'll still find lots of houses with bathrooms attached to the kitchen although they don't build them like that anymore. They are usually extensions and all the ones I've known are colder than the rest of the house. It's because originally those houses wouldn't have had bathrooms. Maybe it was easier to build an extension to house a bathroom rather than lose a bedroom. X

[@twistoffate4791]

I wanted to stay in the stairwell and take my sweet time checking out all the beautiful artwork. ** Heavy Sigh ** I think it's a very charming and warm home.

[@JazzyBabe56]

oh I love that story about the former owner of the home....that was lovely!

[@kaykrause4469]

I love that you embraced it just the way it was. I, too, love the history of things and wonder about the people who have gone before. Good for you.

[@maryketter2227]

In Buffalo, all the older houses have the bathroom off the kitchen,which is nice on a winter day if someone is baking, also if your water lines are not on a outside wall, the heat from the kitchen keeps the pipes from freezing.

[@Eric-Indiana]

My cousin has an old farm house built in 1915.... wrap around porch, two front doors...and....a door in the kitchen that opens into a bathroom. She bought the place from descendants of the original owners. The reason they gave her for the location was that when indoor plumbing was installed the only place that wouldn't have required any construction was the pantry. The quickest way to reach the old outside toilet "facilities" was through a door in the kitchen onto a side porch and about fifteen feet away was the privvy. So they were used to the kitchen being sort of related to bathroom things anyway so it wasn't that strange to them. By the way, the old outhouse was never torn down, just had the pit filled in, it's still there. My cousin has turned it into a potting shed.😉

[@SpanishEclectic]

I too have an old house (1931, in the U.S.) with quirks. There is no place in the rather large kitchen for a refrigerator, because it originally had an icebox (long gone) built into the lower cabinet, and a cooler above it, going up to the ceiling. There are upper cabinets on two walls, stove on the other, and an archway to the breakfast room and two other doors. One of those goes to the laundry room, and that's where we have the fridge. It's actually convenient because the kitchen counter is just the other side of the doorway. There is also a bathroom with a shower off the laundry room; it's very small and has two doors. Fun to get through with the laundry basket. We have three doors to the outside, though we rarely use the second back door from the laundry room. Unless I misunderstood you, you don't have a second mode of egress in case of fire. In the U.S., in a tall skinny house like yours with a narrow stairwell, a metal fire escape would probably be required, so you could get out through a bedroom window. I hope you have a ladder or something so you are safe. Your house is charming the way you have it decorated.

[@Moonwing72]

I love your whole philosophy with living in and appreciating a house for what it is, and has been. It’s mine too. New is not better! 🏡💚

[@kathleenorr9237]

An upstairs toilet is a lifesaver as you get older…trust me! Your home is lovely and full of character, look forward to the door transformation. Growing up in a farm cottage we also had one front door..my mum battled mud/muck for years 😂

[@Realvintagedollshouse]

Ah! You're like the ONLY other person who has experienced only one front door!!! ❤❤❤

[@kathleenorr9237]

@@Realvintagedollshouse Really! My mum always wished for a back door into the kitchen so the mud (and being on a dairy farm cow poop!) we all trailed in could be contained there 😆

[@functionoflightone]

Okay, you know you had me in tears by the end. Your charming home obviously found the right people. May you have many happy, healthy years.

[@suewilkinson910]

What a lovely video. Just perfect. And how wonderful that you met a previous resident. I was going to say the stencil is probably 1983 - 1990. I did a LOT of stencilling for customers in the later 80's and early 90's. Many of my stencils were vintage, Victorian, Art Deco etc. But some were modern designs. Always complex. That one on your floor is a simple design but very of the time and jumped out at me. You could buy them in the equivalent of HomeBase etc. You've just reminded me I have a box of handout stencils still in the attic. My favourites were hanging clusters of wisteria, brambles with blackberries and ivy. I made some really pretty rooms using those, if I say so myself. One ivy decorated sun room still exists here in the village I've lived in for nearly 30 years. The lady wanted it stencilled even though it was no longer fashionable. How do you get into the back garden? Hopefully it's easier than using the bathroom window like the cat! You have logs to bring in as well as gardening to do out there. If the current bathroom wasn't a later extension, it was probably a scullery, for the washing and rougher jobs. Leaving the kitchen for the cooker and table. I love your stairs as well. Although, as you said, I bet that was really hard to get bedroom furniture up! Whatever you do, don't decide you want a piano in your bedroom!! I really enjoyed this video. Your home is lovely. A wood burning stove is marvellous. The whole thing is very inviting and comforting.

[@sheHerTheyThem]

I live in a 1920's house on a Reservation in America in Oregon and our house has many quirks too! Including gorgeous vintage linen wallpaper on the ceiling in the living room, tons of built-ins, rough cut ,thick ,fine grain wood,timbers, the fixtures are incredible, the metal counter/ sink/cabinet all in one is straight out of the 1950's ,it just oozes mcm charm and my husband and i are avid collectors of mcm/vintage and filled all 2000 sq feet with vintage stuff! Now we are selling our house to open a vintage store 😂

[@justclaremarie]

I've lived in a few houses with downstairs bathrooms. As for your upstairs loo, have you thought about changing the toilet to one that has a sink on top? I think they're a really clever idea for limited spaces x Love the channel

[@Loupdelou-ly1ve]

Totally agree - that's what I'd do. Easier re water pipes and saves precious space.

[@JennyHanlon]

I was going to suggest this as well. The cistern top could be replaced with a plumbed in sink basin and the hand wash water is in turn used to flush the loo so less waste all round!

[@hannahgooch6562]

That's what I was going to suggest.

[@ButterflyTwinkle1968]

Was about to ask her that? Good on ya

[@ttenrabdn]

​@@JennyHanlon you can even buy just the sink portion which would replace the lid on the water tank, using the existing water supply.

[@erikaquatsch2190]

I was moved to tears by your story of the fireplace and the stencil. (watching from the US)

[@karenwright9123]

I just love it!! The fireplace and stencil story made me teary!!My Mom used to say,"Isn't that cute as a bug's ear?"🐞 when I was young. Which had to be so small and cute to me. So I have always liked tiny items,small dishes,gnomes,little dolls🎎,kittens,🐱puppies,babies👶,you get the idea. So your small house fits right in.😊from USA.

[@lesjones5684]

I’m big but you might like it 😅😅❤❤❤

[@sally-annwilson5795]

What a fabulous story!! I absolutely agree that learning the rich history of your home makes it all the more special. We bought an old farmhouse in North East Victoria on 10 acres of land and were flabbergasted to learn that the notorious Kelly Gang (an Australian bushranger gang) held up a Cobb & Co stagecoach on the old Coach Road that runs straight through the middle of our property. Our house was used as the local Post Office in the 1950s. We have met people that used to live in the home who love to share what they remember. They are always so grateful to be invited in to take a look around. Sending kind regards from the Yarra Valley, Australia.

[@tinabennett8524]

Really enjoyed the video, the story, the tour. I’m in the rural US in our area the old homes often have the bathroom off the kitchen. Ours does, it’s an addition, most likely the 50’s. Sometimes a back porch off the kitchen is converted. When we removed the carpet from one bedroom, we found a stenciled “rug” at the door, there’s old asphalt printed flooring which re-save chosen to remain. We have a door in the floor that needs raised to get in the root cellar below the kitchen. I like exploring the special details of older homes, they have individuality. Thanks!

[@TheStitchinDietitian]

2:35 also cheaper to run the water since the plumbing is already in the kitchen. My 1930s ish NYC apartment had the bathroom in back of the kitchen

[@suzanner3894]

Kudos to you for keeping the character of the house and not immediately tearing everything else. I admire you.

[@ga6589]

This was so fun to see! I grew up in a 1900's Midwest US farmhouse. It was orginially just two rooms, with later additions tacked on. We had a total of four outside entrances and a plethera of interior doors that served no purpose. The only bathroom, quite small, was just off the kitchen where the pantry used to be. The heat from the kitchen wood stove kept it warm. I learned to walk around ladders and saw horses, as my dad was in a continual state of renovations. There had been no closets in the original house, so my mother insisted he make room for some with six kids!

[@willslingwood]

5:06 Another option is to replace the cistern of the upstairs loo with one that has a built in mini sink. They’re quite cheap and can look good, you might just need to pay somebody to install it.

[@blackhagalaz]

Oh gosh the fireplace story got to me, and I am really really on board with the whole "embrace the quirkyness". My Grandparents build their house in the 1950´s. A lovely small brick house in the countryside. Over the years they gave up their veggie-garden to build a house for my uncle next door, and then the flower garden to build a house for my other uncle. So the property where the house was standing on was my mums inheritance. When my grandma died from cancer, the house still had to be devided between my uncles and my mum. My mum decided that she didnt want to live there because we live in another city, but it should stay in the family. So my cousin and her family bought her out and moved in. Its very nice to see them live there. They did a lot of alterations to the house, fixing and modernizing a lot of things, but also adding new aditions. Now its a completely different house, which of course is lovely for them and their needs, but when i recently saw what has become of it I got quite sad, because the old house is just... gone. Completely. Only when I looked out the window to the small garden nothing really had changed there. And I caught myself crying because when my grandma was in chemo, we would often sit out there so she could tend to her roses. I lived there with her for a few mothns to take care of her. I really loved that house, and i feel like its not really there anymore. Thats how life goes, but sometimes I wish I would have been able to buy the house myself and live there instead. I wouldnt have changed a thing. At least I still have some knickknacks from my grandparents house that I have placed in way they had in their home. Like their vintage Kitchen-Clock right next to the doorframe. The old coffee-mill with a sticker on a cubboard. And a cutting from my grandmas old christmas-cactus that has now become a new mother-plant for us to enjoy. But yeah... it is lovely to see when old quirky houses are apreciated like this.

[@MAC-qt9ko]

I'm watching this in my 1890's house and I agree with you about the importance of the history of the place, and the feeling you have of the house itself having a personality. That's very much the case here as it is for you.

[@diannerobb8376]

Don't change a thing!! That little bathroom is so precious! I am actually thinking of doing that in my 1911 house. I love it & keep watching your videos for just that little upstairs bathroom!

[@lauriivey7801]

For the little upstairs toilet, I'd move the bookcase (maybe hang it above the toilet) and put the sink to the right. With it there, it'd be on the wall that the door closes against, which will leave a more accessible walk space on the left of the room. When working with such a small space, every centimeter counts. It's a very cute little home, and it's nice that you've kept its character intact.

[@lindanewton1142]

What a fascinating story so lovely mark got to see his dad's fireplace again after lots of years your home is beautiful x

[@samanthaostrowski6755]

Yes it baffless me why people buy old houses then spend every penny ripping out the character. As you say, every house has it's own history and we are just a part of it. When a person rips out a houses history it can never be put back . I love finding old wallpaper behind a radiator. I remember lifting up an old floorboard and finding a very old packet of cigarettes . They probably belonged to one of the old builders of the house. Love your videos. Xx

[@TaurusMoon-hu3pd]

Under some drywall I found seven (SEVEN!) layers of 1920s, 1930s wallpaper. I made a huge collage from the pieces I could salvage.

[@helaberger4018]

I say keep history where it is , not re- do it all and make it all " bright and shiny" .and multi colors !!! OMG , l just cry when hear of the way these old treasures get tore up and disrespected!!!!

[@helaberger4018]

I was floored once finding ole wallpaper , who knows how old .??

[@TaurusMoon-hu3pd]

@helaberger4018 Absolutely! We have been taking out all of the "improvements" that the previous owners made and putting our house back to its original glory. 🩷

[@teslasulu6305]

There are toilets with a sink on top of the tank. Water comes from the wall into the faucet. Wash your hand and the waste water runs into the tank. A flush sends the water into the bowl. Saves a lot of space, and it is quite ecological. The downstairs bathroom is probably located on the back of the kitchen so they could share plumbing lines. I love that you can sit on the step and visit with someone working in the kitchen :)

[@sleepinglioness5754]

That is a great, great story. I had the opportunity to walk through my childhood house and discovered they had found beautiful hardwood floors in the kitchen that I never knew were there. I had wanted to buy the house when we lost my Mother, but didn't think I could live with the memories. I spent a night there after we had just sold the house and I regretted selling it. I still, to this day 45 years later, still decorate that house with my furniture in my mind. I know how Mark felt. Everything happens for a reason...you were meant to find him.

[@paulascott5701]

I LOVE that you preserved the home So many people completely destroy wonderful homes by "updating" them. Only 2 things I would change 1) the dark color on the bottom part of the narrow stairway wall. I would paint it the whitest white they make, just for the light it would provide. 2) I would put a tiny sink in the corner of the downstairs bathroom. I saw one once in a restaurant in Windsor. It was literally a medium sized serving bowl with a stand, faucets & piping added. It's all you need and totally charming! Great job on your inviting and amzaing home!!

[@noeraldinkabam]

I was born in a house with one door. You entered…. through the kitchen! Just before I was born they added an indoor toilet/showerroom. On the first floor in our case. We only had gas heating in the sitting room.

[@patmanchester8045]

AMEN! I have passed up lovely old houses because some yahoo thought opening up the kitchen to the dining room and the dining room to the living room was a good idea.I have owned two older homes that nothing had been done to them ( NOTHING) I repaired structural things, and fixed pu the cracked plaster. but the kitchen ( a large one) I left untouched. It was perfect as it was. I now ( as a woman in her 70s) live in a house built in the 50s. It was a simple ranch but has original maple floors, the worlds tiniest kitchen and bath. but I really like it.

[@TaurusMoon-hu3pd]

The previous owners of my house did that- tore out most of the interior walls. 😢 There were only two bedrooms and one big "open concept" area. We put all the walls back in. Now we have four (big) bedrooms, a dining room, a kitchen and a den, and a reading nook. It's perfect now.

[@catherinedouglas8049]

Love your house and your wonderful stories about it. I was teary eyed about your neighbor having such sweet memories of living there.

[@sharonarrendale8418]

Such a beautiful story! Yes, I think that you are going to be friends forever. It may have its little details, like having to go through the kitchen for everything. Such a cute space. And yes, the front door does need some personality. It’s going to be beautiful.❤

[@chrisgraham2904]

I've also learned to embrace the quirks and craftmanship of our home, even if it is no longer trendy. When we moved into your 1926 Canadian home in 1977 we thought our main bathroom would be the first renovation on the list. Tiled in pink (dusty rose) ceramic tile with jet black bull nose ceramic bordering and mixed with a sea green tub, toilet and sink. It wasn't until a few years later that we learned that this was the ultimate style between 1958 to 1962 and was a perfect "Eisenhower bathroom". Mamie Eisenhower, was the wife of Ike Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States and she was obsessed with the colour pink. When she moved into the White House, this was the colour combination she choose to renovate the master bedroom bathroom suite. American Home and Garden magazine ran a feature article on Mamie's new bathroom and it became the fashion rage of the time and copied in thousands of homes across North America. The installation in our home was top quality and we don't have a cracked or discoloured tile to this day. Today it's an unusual bathroom decor, but we have embraced it. No matter what you renovate to today, it will also be outdated in 20 years, but somethings with a story are timeless.

[@bem121]

beautiful video as a old man i remember that you learn to live with what you have i wish i could go back to those days

[@Stabbs1313]

Awww such a sweet story about Mark!!

[@lejb8962]

This is the magic and history of place. Thank you for your work and care!

[@kimsherlock8969]

My father built our fireplace out of beautiful timeless stone with a wooden mantle piece. I remembered when you spoke about the history of your brick fireplace 😊 I would love , to have someone appreciate his beautiful work, allowing it to remain as part of a classic 1960s style home .😊 I wonder 🤔 😊

[@pumpjackpiddlewick]

This is wonderful. So glad to have found your channel. Just love a fellow vintage lover who adores remembering and honouring the past (whilst making it work for you). The quirkiness of people's past choices coupled with real history is just wonderful.

[@ttenrabdn]

I Iove that you were able to meet Mark and learn about the legacy of the fireplace and the roses. As for your mom's toilet needing a sink, look at the Japanese style sinks that go over the toilet tank and use the same water line. The bathroom downstairs being an addition off the kitchen explains the lack of a 2nd external door. Backdoors often came into the kitchen.

[@sallycormier1383]

I live in a 1932 craftsman farmhouse and I love all the quirks. I happened to have the elderly lady who grew up in my house and her grand daughter stopped by and filled me in on things about the house. The back hallway always intrigued me because there was brick and a door from my library that looked like an outside door. A bathroom is at the end of that hall with the original curved shower curtain rod. She told me that hall was originally the screened in back porch and she remembers when they built that bathroom onto the end of the porch and even though it was still cold they didn’t have to walk across the backyard to the outhouse so it was pure luxury! Also her mom never got rid of her wood burning kitchen stove when her brothers bought mum a new electric stove. She showed me a square high up on the bead board wall where the stove pipe connected to the chimney. (That answered another question I had about the brick chimney in the laundry room but no fireplace so why was that there, for the stove!!) I wish I had an old photograph of the house back when it was new and my neighborhood was still a working farm!! I love history and I love living in my quirky home with so many doors including 3 to the outside. 😊❤

[@patperrier4599]

Older houses have a lot of charm. I think embracing the quirks of the house is really cool - though I'm surprised you don't have a problem with a fire code with the one exterior door!

[@indiana2096]

My grandmother had a 1920s house, and it was very weird. I had a few small additions over the years, but you could still see the original layout, really just a square with a few walls. The bathroom, I believe originally a closet/storage space just inside the from door. It still had an old 1920s door with the old fashion skeleton key lock. The weird part was the sink, it was mostly over the end of the tub and almost in the way of the toilet. I remember as a kid standing in the tub to brush my teeth. Like your house, the kitchen was the center of the house, the original bedroom was right off it (Grammas room) and the 2 "back" addition rooms (my aunt & uncles' rooms) were accessed through there also. This house did have a back door, but the porch was walled in like a sunroom and was heated (my grandfather's room and laundry room), it had a back door with a stairway leading to the ground, but nobody used it, I think it was painted shut. I drove by there a few years back and I think the river behind it flooded and took it out, nothing but memories now! Watch out for old wiring, my grandmother's house had "knob & tube" wiring that almost burnt the house down when I was a kid.

[@madamemarmot]

I LOVE your house, the brick fireplace and the rose stencils, and it is SO COOL that you met the previous owner who could fill you in on their stories. People who tear everything up to make it "updated" just for looks' sake have no souls. Incidentally, my grandma's house, in Iowa, which is (was?) probably older than yours, has the same little bathroom off of the kitchen, and I'm sure it was for the same reason as you say.

[@patrickchadd]

Historically, bathrooms were often placed near kitchens because of plumbing efficiency; it was more cost-effective to run water pipes close together, meaning less pipe length and fewer potential leaks when placing both fixtures in a similar area of the house, especially in older homes where plumbing systems were simpler.

[@SuzanneU]

We have a 1920s house in San Francisco, but sadly it got hacked about in the 1970s when my parents-in-law bought it and decided to modernise it! They chucked out the lovely antique stove, destroyed the cooler cupboard, and pulled out some of the millwork. I'm now working on giving it more of a period feel without doing any more hacking! I've had to replace the ugly aluminium-framed single-paned windows they used to replace the wood sash windows - and I've put in modern double-paned windows for the sake of affordability and thermal efficiency. We still have beautiful honey-coloured hardwood floors that need refinishing, a big porcelain bathtub that needs reglazing after 100-odd years of scouring, and a big Belfast porcelain sink that also needs reglazing. The old taps were scrapped in favour of some very ugly chrome versions that are now so tired that they look insanitary. I'm looking to spend extra to get brass fittings. It'll take a couple of years and rather a lot of money...one room at a time...

[@helaberger4018]

Alot of work , too bad they tore it up . Good luck !!! Love these oldies....

[@royjacques5650]

I grew up in a council built-in 1959 the toilet is under the stairs and there is no wash basin in there the whole estate was the same my parents house is still the same now the bathroom is next to the front door I love old quirky houses they are so homely and cozey modern suff is just lifeless .

[@allisonjae3152]

I love old quirky homes. When I bought my first home in 1995 we had to redo the drywall in the kitchen and we found milk window behind the wall. It was a shotgun home I loved living there.

[@Tindog81476]

My great-grandfather built a home around the 1920's for his farm, the farm was sold off a long time ago and the house is now in the middle of a neighborhood development. The house was sold a long time ago but my Grandma (who used to live there) came and asked the owner if she could see inside the house she grew up in and he was welcome to the idea and let her come see it. The thing was when my Great Grandfather built it, he didn't have a lot of money and then the great depression hit. So when the home was built it was built as a "hope home" first (basically just a basement with a roof) and then the first and second stories were added later. The guy who later bought it was quite a handyman and had noticed the house was a bit... a bit off. So he actually fixed it up a lot and did some remodels. You see the house was built as a "hope home" originally so every room had to be in the basement and then the main floor was added when he got the money, and then he added the second floor. Because everything had to be on the lower floors the lower floor rooms were always kinda odd (as the whole house had to fit in just one floor), and even when my grandma was there she said they were laid out a bit weird. However, this guy fell in love with the house and basically gutted the home interior and restored it to be as he saw it correctly (he had to get behind the walls to fix some things, the house was originally coal-fueled etc..) He tore down the chimney that was crooked and straightened it using the same bricks. He straightened the walls fixed everything up and made it a super nice house, but as I said before he really loved the house when he originally bought it but he also saw all the problems too. After the renovations, the final house now looks very similar to the original, but with a much better floor plan, and no leaks. So when he showed it to my grandma he thought she might be a bit disappointed as he had fixed up and overhauled the layout, but she was actually was super thrilled and was extremely impressed. You see the reason my Grandma was so impressed with his renovations was that her house was built during the great depression and her Dad never really had a lot of money so he had to save pennies wherever he could, as a result, he was never able to make the house the way he truly wanted because he was too poor to ever do so. In fact he frequently talked about the changes he wanted to make and things he wanted to improve, but he never got the chance too, well... when this guy took over the house, he basically felt like he understood how the house was intended to be, but the way it wasn't, so he renovated it to be the way he felt it should have been. Turns out the way the new owner renovated it was pretty much exactly the same way my great-grandfather had wanted it to be but never could afford to make it. So when my Grandma saw that this new owner had basically "finished" her father's house, she was thrilled. She said it was like walking into her childhood home but with the design her father had always intended. When the guy in the video who lived there before came and saw his childhood home and the brick chimney his father had built it reminded me of the story above when my grandmother saw her childhood home and the fireplace her father had built, that even during the time she was living there was extremely crooked due to it being built in three separate pieces (for the three different floors, that were built at three different times) and so when she came to the house she was curious what he did with the fireplace as it was also for coal burning to heat the house and wondered if he had just ripped it out. But then found out he kept it, and upgraded it to gas/wood. But when he bought the house he noticed it was very crooked (my grandmas said it was actually really bad you could see it when she lived there) so he tore the chimney down brick by brick, got some new mortar, and then using the same bricks it was originally built with rebuilt it from the ground up to be straight. So when she saw it, she was thrilled to see not only was it fixed but that it was made from the same bricks that her father had put down, and that just made her so happy. So as a millennial I'm very glad that you were not dumb and took your 1920s home and made it millennial-white (shiver with the thought), I really hate when people do that, it's great you made him so happy when you showed him his dad's fireplace. I'm sure it made him so happy!

[@3ch1dna07]

I am someone who also prefers restoration over renovation. Embracing those little quirks can be fun.

[@Annie-49]

You have one door to the outside - our bungalow had five! One front door, three out of the back - from the kitchen, the conservatory and the utility room. At the front we also had one out of the biggest bedroom. We covered over the one in the kitchen to make more space, and the one in the bedroom. But I agree, ripping out everything is a bit sad. Lovely story about the neighbour! I am turning our house back to the 70s where it originated. My favourite era. We still had a lot of the original features - lots of earth tones and harvest gold. Fab! 🥰

[@sandym8787]

We are much he same , I live in a 1924 house by the sea , only change was new stove and refrigerator , and putting in fencing and garden on 3 sides I spent some money on insulation in the attic and redoing the wood at the foundation on the side of the house that is higher up on the street . I've seen so many videos of 200 year old brick houses in London , and they gut them and put all modern cabinetry and all marble and glass bathrooms - horrible .. I'm impressed that you still have what looks like the original little stove and fridge ...

[@shiralleehaggart72]

Love this house. What a poignant story about the fireplace. It is beautiful and makes the room look homely and cosy. Your house is beautiful ❤

[@sassytbc7923]

I absolutely LOVE your quirky little house!! It’s adorable!!!!!

[@lesleyharris525]

Ok, you made me cry, lovely that you now know the history of the fireplace and the stenciling, older houses are quirky but I love it, they almost have a soul.❤

[@lesleyhubble2976]

What a lovely story, it’s a magical home

[@ameliagfawkes512]

That's the most beautiful story about Mark and his father.

[@oldgloryhillfarmturtlewoma9132]

Here in the states, a house won’t pass inspection with only one outside exit..for safety purposes. Even an upstairs floor must have an approved safety exit. After that word from the local safety inspector (🤣), I love your quirky little house. It has personality and character. Unlike most of today’s modern houses, your home really is part of the family, and speaks to you on a daily basis. ❤

[@judithcoloma613]

I think your house is wonderful. Many older farmhouses and large houses that were converted to apartments have the BR off of the kitchen. My grandmother said that the kitchen was usually the warmest room in the house. Also, no matter how big your house was, everyone wound up in the kitchen.

[@rinakaur7245]

Thats amazing you found one of the previous residents & got story on fireplace & stenciling.

[@rosieloomoonmcbeth3189]

I wish all restorers were like you. I live in the US. At one point in the late 70’s my parents rented a house built in the 1920’s. It had a beautiful bathroom with green tiles and a sunk-in bathtub. The tiles above the bathtub had a hand painted scene of a pond with swans. About ten years ago I saw the house listed. When I saw the renovations I was sad to see that had not at least worked around/with the original tile. Though beautifully redone it had none of the old touches that made the house unique and to me, timeless.

[@tanja5292]

Ich liebe Euer Haus und das was ihr daraus gemacht habt. Mein Opa hat die letzten Jahre seines Lebens in einem alten Fachwerkhaus (ca. von 1880) verbracht. Es war genauso urig gemütlich wie Euer Haus. Ich habe ihn dort jedes Jahr während all meiner Ferien (mehrere Wochen im Jahr) besucht. Wunderbare Erinnerungen an unsere Zeit in dem Haus. 😊❤

[@raquelsliwa5926]

Oh wow, I‘m mad about your house! That little toilette upstairs is precious AND very comfortable, I mean, who willingly walks down a flight of stairs on a winter night when they have such a sweet and cozy gem at hand? Greetings to the sweet pigeins, please share what you‘ve done to the door. Happy new year!

[@catherineloftus1376]

❤ your house, no need to update its got everything you need for comfortable living. The toilet with sink ontop are great.

[@bholmes5490]

My grandmothers best friend had a large four bedroom home, large living room and dining room with high ceilings (at one time 14 ft). and off the kitchen was a bathroom. I asked Mama (as we called her). She said "Bob, the family wanted to have an indoor toilet. I thought they had lost their minds." There was a porch off the kitchen, and finally she relented and allowed a toilet to be place there. The porch was screened in, and a sheet hung around the toilet for privacy. After it worked so well, she u nderstood it would work for the family, and then, only then, were the walls plastered, and the windows placed. I also asked about the lack of cupboards in the kitchen, and the narrow pantry. She said she used a crate box for a fridge covered with burlap bags, and ice delivered. She added, what did we know, it was how we lived. Amazing lady with amazing stories.

[@norabradley9108]

Love it 😊

[@Scrapin2012Designs]

Oh Bless... What a lovely way to end this video. Such a beautiful gift that you and your mom have to Mark.

[@wilmahenry930]

Love your house’s story and so glad you’re the new keeper- keeper of the house and its story

[@jamesmendini]

The fireplace story is just fantastic! Really nice to hear that 🙂

[@terrig2298]

💜Your fireplace story brought tears to my eyes. I love it when people keep things the way they were meant to be. 🗝🏚Thanks for sharing your story.💜

[@jennjennedington279]

I burst into tears at Mask putting his hand on the bricks…

[@CarrieRay]

My family lives in a 1958 house and (almost) everything is original. It’s lovely and I enjoy the mid-Century vibe. Your 1920’s home is fabulous!

[@gerigowers8318]

I love everything old. I grew up in a city apartment (600 SF) built in 1895. Spent summers on my Grandparents' farm (writing under the wallpaper had a name and the year 1836). I've tried investigating the farm and could find the people who lived there in the 1830s (they had 5 kids). But have trouble finding things between 1830s and 1920s. Unfortunately, I'm not in the State where the property is, so I can't go to the Courthouse to check. My best memories are of the childhood in both places. You are so lucky to find the gentleman who lived in your home and I started to tear up when you talked about how he put his hand on the bricks that were the last things his Dad touched.

[@vickietaylor2850]

I am the same way. I don’t do drastic renovations. When I buy a house, I just put my mark on what is there. Paint, maybe some flooring if there is no flooring worth saving. Landscaping changes, but not too drastic. Mature bushes and shrubs are beautiful! And when I leave a home, it always looks good. It is proud of its life and stands there as a wonderful asset to the neighborhood.

[@tracym9225]

What a lovely story. l agree, keep the history. It was built with love & has brought you together with the person who now has found comfort in your home again. Love the kitchen

[@JudiKerestan]

I LOVE this house! So charming! And they were built so well then!And so much character and love from over the years...