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FIND YOUR DREAM HOME OR APARTMENT
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Aug 28, 2010 1:54AM
The odd things one used to find in old houses pictures missed the one with the steam radiator with an embossed metal box on the top...the front had doors that opened up and the inside was for putting bread and rolls on the shelves...voila'! By the time dinner was ready the rolls/bread were hot and crusty, ready to eat! It also served to warm dinner plates and to keep dishes of food at a constant temperature
Aug 23, 2010 4:08PM
My family and I live in the house my great grandfather lived in. It still has the horse hair plaster covered walls, in the floor "heat" vents (one was big enough that my brother and I could climb into it (great for hide-and-seek)), crawl space, rough cut sandstone foundation, and still no insulation to speak of (needless to say it gets rather cool during the Ohio winters). Oh and it still has it's slate roof too.
Aug 23, 2010 11:14AM
My wife and I live in a 110 year olf Greek Revival mansion in nw PA...we are blessed to have many of those things - the back steep maid stairs, steam radiators, and a large oversized wooden screen door made of quarter sawn oak - tall oak wainscoating, leaded glass windows - and five fireplaces - one with a dumbwaiter that brings wood into a wood box next to the fireplace. The third floor was at one time a ballroom, now contains a maid's bedroom.....nothing like these old places.......
Jul 12, 2010 7:35PM
The most important thing about old houses is that were placed on the right spot and facing the right direction to subvert the weather and strong wind patterns. The roof and sides were built to maximize safety and they did not seal airtight around windows and doors to allow for natural airflow and temperature control.
Jul 12, 2010 6:59PM
Jul 12, 2010 6:37PM
I live in what once was previously my Great Grandmother's home, built in the 1920s and rurally located. We still have our floor vents that look into the downstairs. Its was riot when my husband's relatives came the first time and didn't know what the grates on the ceiling were! One crazy thing about my old house is that the three upstairs bedrooms all have a huge walk in closet...big enough to use as another bedroom if we really needed one! Wouldn't trade any of it...my house has great character!
Jul 12, 2010 5:27PM
As hecked as society is today....people should want to go back to some of the old ways of life. Think about it!! Back when technology wasnt a big as it is now just about everyone had jobs, no one was pulling their hair out over their computer crashing, cell phone not working, some electronic feature in their car not workin. and not to mention other things like (good ol back in the day) music. Things of that nature.
Jul 12, 2010 5:23PM
I live in a 100 plus year old house with front and back porches, radiators, solid walls, remnants of gas lighting, a kitchen pantry converted into a new fangled indoor bathroom, and long narrow windows. In addition, there is a secret room (under the old coal room). One thing the house does lack, it a coat closet; there's nary a one. Oh, and yes, there's a vegetable garden.
Jul 12, 2010 5:04PM
My siblings and I were cleaning my mothers house after her passing away. She had all kinds of pamplets and stuff from the 40's and 50's. On pamplet showed the modern kitchen in the 50's and alon beside the refrigerator and oven and a sink with faucets was the cooking fireplace. With heavy Iron pans and kettles. I was just a tad disapointed to not see the cooking fireplace mentioned.
Jul 12, 2010 4:52PM
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Jul 12, 2010 3:55PM
We used to live in a 100 yr old house in the city. One evening my boyfriend and I were in the livingroom with the great tin ceiling. We heard someone knocking somewhere. We were puzzled. But then my boyfriend went over to the door to the dumwaiter and there was my brother who had foiste himself up from the kitchen to surprise us. It's still funny to this day.
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Jul 12, 2010 12:45PM
i live in a really old house in connecticut. I met the old woman (she was 90-something at the time, probably dead now) whose father built the house. Deep front porch, deep overhangs, servant's staircase, solid walls, steam radiators, and i think there are cobwebs in the basement that have been there since the early 1900's. The basement itself looks like a dungeon xD
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