WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!! Tour Our 110 Year Old Cottage | XO, MaCenna
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I’m convinced you were meant to have this house because you don’t want to tear it apart you actually want to restore and highlight a lot of the original features and that’s so cool! I’m excited to see you turn this house into a home
I got the complete different vibe watching this. They are going to be changing the whole layout of the interior and tearing down the nice sun porch off the back. 😬
The “sunroom” was originally a back porch which is why the floor slopes(to provide runoff for rain). The entire rear of my 1860 home was like that. Have the floor leveled if you decide to keep it as a room. The ceiling fan is not that old. The contraption on the dining room ceiling is venting, possibly for the original wood burning stove in the kitchen. This place will be beautiful!
My 1820’s house also has the same thing. The original back porch is now the kitchen!! I always thought this was unique to my house but I’m learning from the comments that this is pretty common in 100-200 year old houses! :)
Yes! Also a lot of people used these as “sleeping porches” during the hot summers months which explains the bedrooms opening onto the porch.
Awn, the calm and joyful beginning of an horror movie
Chainsaw Massacre movie 🍿🎥
The odd thing in the dining room is a chimney. In central Texas, you do not need a fireplace all year. People could set up a wood stove in November and take the stove back out to a storage shed in February. The hole in the chimney is for the stovepipe. Keep the chimney. It has character.
Yay!!! I’m so excited for you! ❤️
They are doing a bedroom for you? Thrift flip visits. Maybe a bunk house in the barn.
Thank you !!!! 😘 you have to come stay when get it all completed
So extremely happy for you and Romeo. Many congratulations from South Africa 🇿🇦
Congratulations de France👍
@@XOMaCenna Congratulations to you guys, from Toronto, Canada!
Haha, Romeo was right on, re the "Little Rascals Club House."
I like how she is so positive all the time, sees the best in an old, historic house and wants to restore it. Can't wait for the restoration videos. This channel is therapy for me...
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The fact that her parents have money, from the house tour she filmed of her parents home, I love how humble she is. 🖤 I love her channel.
Was totally expecting him to mention a horror film, not the Rascals hahaha
This was totally me. I was like that workshop has many horror stories.
OMG YOUR MOM!!!! 😭😭😭😭 "are you coming home" 😭😭😭
Who has been a fan of MaCenna before 2021?
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I do !
it's literally the first month of 2021 calm down lmao (
That doesn't leave that much time
Old and new friends alike are welcome :)
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You've taken me back 30 years to when we bought our now 115 year old house. Your excitement is totally justified. You are going to have so much fun!! Best years of my life. I'm so excited for you and can't wait for your journey. ❤❤❤
Honey I don't even know how I found this channel but you got me looking all dumb, grinning by myself like I got the house too. Lol, congrats!
I am glad they sold it to someone who appreciates the fine details of the house! Can’t wait to see how you renovate it and still retain some of its beautiful and unique characters! I really like the windows and detailed frames!
I wish HGTV would do a show of you renovating your new home. You would be great! Congratulations
Wish we could make that happen!
#HGTV
I was thinking the same thing. Joanna Gaines or Ben and Erin Congratulations on so Happy for you Guys
#HGTV.
True! I love her personality!
Just when I think “ surely she is done decorating now-and the fun is over” ...you buy a fixer🤣 this is perfect!!!! So much new content coming our way. Congrats to you guys. Can’t wait to join the ride. This is gonna be fun.
Love reading the comments seeing how much everyone knows about older homes as I sit in my basic ass apartment lol
😂😂 You too?! I love looking at bungalows and craftsmen homes.
Can we all take a moment to acknowledge how incredible this house is going to be?! ♥️
Oh yes it’s a beauty for sure, I especially love the entry way
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It has so gone to the right person....
We'd love to see a drawn schematic of the house layout, property layout too and what you plan to do with each room.
Her dad's an architect, I'm sure he can draw up the floor plan for her.
YES!!! Floorplan layout!
Are you kidding me??? This is how people get robbed. I can’t believe there are people agreeing with this comment.
@@vs71597 How would her sharing a layout be more dangerous than her sharing the exterior of her house and exactly what area of the city it is?
In reality, it would have been smarter to never show the exterior OR what town it's in and then only show the layout drawings and interior shots.
Watching it now 2022, it's amazing to see how much you guys have achieved. I just love to be in a way 'part' of this journey. I've been so inspired by your projects and works. I love to catch up with you guys every week. Ps.: By 'you guys' I refer to you, Romeo, your mom and Kinsley 💕
It's funny to discover the cottage then when I discovered your channel during the kitchen renovation. Such a transformation! Great job!
that slanted long “add on” that had the queen sized bed was definitely an old back porch! i would LOVE to see it restored to being a porch. with some pretty rocking chairs and string lights it could look beautiful once again! can’t wait to see what you do with this beauty:)
Can't agree more.
Congratulations!!! Looking forward to see new look...👍
Oohhhhhh that would look so cosy and pretty!!
Yeah! A wrap around porch!! 😃 that's an awesome idea!!
The yellow room, Grama would call it the sleeping porch. When it was really hot, they would sleep on the screened porch between all those breezy windows! I remember sleeping on her sleeping porch 😊
The weird “bedroom” was likely a porch that they enclosed. And the reason for the door off the living room was so you could go on that nice front porch directly from the living room
The step down room off the kitchen looks like a canning pantry that had windows added at some point.
It is DEFINITELY a canning pantry/shed/room. My grandmother and great-aunt had canning rooms that looked identical to that one. It brought back a lot of memories!
@@CHSwildcats19 My aunt renovated the family farmhouse (very small!) and the laundry was added to the back where the “shed” was-was basically an awning off the back of the house & the canning pantry was only accessible outside in that “shed”. They kept the original out buildings on the property as well. So much history. I love that house! Wish things were passed down through women....
It’s good the house went to someone who appreciates the history and original fittings of the house .❤️
This is sooo exciting! Can’t wait to see what you do with it 🥰
Thanks so much 😘😘
Congratulations you guys. What a good feeling fixing up you own place instead of someone else's.
Me too!
Congratulations! Much happiness and joy on this new adventure. Cannot wait to see what you do with it......Terri
Your optimism flabbergasts me.
Girl you have your work cut out for you! This will be one heck of a transformation, and I'm super excited to see it happen in real time. Also I love that back porch where the bed used to be. Please don't tear it down 🥺
Your mum's "you're coming home?" had me welling up! 🥺 Congratulations lovely, excited for the new project to start!
The area off of the kitchen that you’re referring to as a crafting room, most likely was originally used as a pantry for all your canning goods.
A lot of older homes would have had an area like an enclosed porch that was used as a summer kitchen. Would be awesome if any of the older neighbors had info or old photos!
Or you can make it as a “sun breakfast nook” that would be great with loads of greenery
Ahhh that makes sense
Paige from Farmhouse Vernacular would be a huge help to figuring out those curious odd additions!
I can’t believe this was a year ago!!!! I still remember this video like it was yesterday, it’s crazy how much you guys have done I’m so in awe of you!!!!!
Old houses like that had sleeping porches. They would sleep out there with all the Windows open, hoping for a breeze in the Summer months.
Very true!!!! Congrats girl for the vintage collection you own .God bless you ,wishful prayers to you. Goodluck!!!
That’s what I thought that front room might have been. Many old colonial houses here in South Africa have a front room where they had a ‘day bed’ for afternoon naps
My mom told me stories of her sleeping on the porch during the summer because they couldn't afford a.c. She remembers the crickets chirping!
Same here in Queensland, Australia. We call them sleep outs :)
The "craft room" is definitely an old pantry.
Yep! My Granny had one. I can just see all the full jars from the garden sitting on the shelves.
Yeah you are right. Esp since it's right next to the kitchen.
Delightful. Craft room is a pantry. I think the ballerina danced in the beautiful entrance hall. A lot of work ahead. Looking forward to the transformation.
That hole in the ceiling of the dining room is probably a vent/chimney from a wood stove that was probably there before.
i am BEYOND excited for you! this is going to be amazing to watch you create
Excited to see the process of bringing this beauty to her glory.
Congrats to you guys!!! Can’t wait for all the content and seeing all the updates!!!
The extra door on the front porch was for family to use when they entered the home. What we would consider the main front door was actually used for visiting guests which is why the realtor said that there was a sitting room there. Since the house was built roughly in 1910s it would have had a sitting room as its front room for guests, typically this was also the fanciest room in the house since it was only for show.
My house is similar to this but the additional front door goes into the side bedroom
You are correct the the two doors one for family and The other for guests. Instead of a sitting room it was called a parlor room. My parents house was built in late 1800 to early 1900 there was not bathroom in the house and only a picture pump in a small room off the kitchen. Yes you had to go out side to go to the bathroom. Yes my parents put in water lines and a bathroom.
that's just a good idea, if you're kinda a slob in the rest if the house
Her: This house was built in 1910
People on youtube: That house has a lot of potential
Me: That house has to have so many ghosts!!
No questions here! 😅
I live in a 300 year old building in Paris. 1910 is recent to us 😊
@@AllyWoozle would like to see the house maybe you should show a video.
Beautiful house and potential but definitely full of ghost 👻😜! J/k but seriously 😳
I got an ad for Ghost Adventures on this vid
It’s not “ their kitchen” anymore. It’s yours!!!! YAY !!! So happy for you, love your excitement.
The hole in the room off the kitchen that you said you didn’t know what it is, is a chimney. They probably had an oil stove in there at one time. And the stove pipe went up and into the hole in the chimney.
Yes, I thought so too! And I was kind of disappointed when there was not one (?) fire place in that house... :D Or at least the old stove in the kitchen....
might even have had a stove in that room itself.
Yes that’s definitely where the chimney of the stove goes
MaCenna is the ultimate thrift queen. SHE JUST THRIFTED Q FREAKING HOUSE!! I cant wait to see what you do with the house I am so excited! This means sooooo many more makeover videos!!! Aaaahh! Yes! Love youu MaCenna!!! I am so happy for you guys!!
The "sunroom" had to have been an open porch/veranda. The floor is sloped on purpose so if it gets wet from (from rain or from getting rinsed clean) the water will drain off.
I hope you have a large budget for all the work this house is in need. Storage shack gives me a scene to a horror movie.
I’m sure the sponsored content she is about to post will at least give them a lot of building material/furniture so that is a huge savings! Renovating definitely isn’t cheap.
Your "sun room" might actually be a rain porch! The windows were most likely originally screen and the floor is sloped to allow water to flow out of the house when it rained!
I thought closed in veranda. but it looked pretty close to original to the house. As in if closed in or whatever it looks like it happened not long after it was built.
McCenna: “We’re gonna tear this down.”
Me: “But you know what would look great in there??”
*CARRIES IN TONS OF PLANTS*
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My exact thoughts!!
SAME 🤣🤣🤣
She should make it into a screen porch/ sun room type thing
Greenhouse
I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING!
It makes me so happy to hear that it sounds like you're going to keep all the character. It's BEAUTIFUL. So excited for you guys!
I think that front weird room would be a nice sun room. With a bunch of plants and a relaxing coffee nook.
I personally can recommend Etsy if you need historical door knobs.
The "weird jut out" in the dining room is where the old stove pipe went up from the kitchen. Because they would only have had wood stoves for cooking back then. ^_^
As someone who bought an old house (70/80 years old) and has spent the past 7 years renovating it and taking my time, I can say it is simultaneously one of the most exciting and stressful things you can do in life! It's amazing to restore some original features and to add your own touch when you bring in something new. I am excited for you! It's a lot of work but wow, it is such an amazing ride! Well done and good luck!
I’m kinda obsessed with the entryway and the sloped “sun room” AH but I’m so excited to see all the renovations!!
The “craft room” could be an awesome old fashioned pantry!!
The long room looks like a enclosed porch. Porch floors on old houses will lean out a little so the rain will run off. Congrats!!! Looking forward to every video. I love old houses.
I'm thinking it was a porch that they turned into a "4 seasons" porch. I see a lot of that up here in New Hampshire
Ps. I encourage you to look at the old deeds of the home to gather more history. It’s always exciting to find out who lived there before you.
We just bought a log cabin home in the country this past summer (also not living in it yet as we do some projects). Five bedrooms 17 foot slanted ceiling in the living room. It has cute little intricate things that we are still discovering. We love our home in the country.
The possibilities are endless. The doors......ahhhh those doors are dreamy AND you could build another couple of houses will all that land!
That house screams you! It shows so much potencial, character and it's already so beautiful, can't wait to see what you'll do!
They must be happy for you buying too, since will maintain the history and all.
Why was I so emotional watching this? I’m from savannah ga so I really appreciate the value of a beautiful old home with super high ceilings. So happy for y’all! Good luck with the reno
So happy for you, that room off the kitchen is probably a pantry, in the old days they grew their own food, canned it and "put it up" on those shelves, the room that the queen bed is probably a sleeping porch, in the Summer they slept on a cov'd porch to stay cool. Have fun!!! I lived on a 130 yr old Ranch House, The McGrath Ranch in Oxnard CA. 😁
Can't wait to see the finish look. It's similar to one of the houses that I lived in as a child. Big old house with the same height of ceilings. Built in same era. We had huge pocket doors. Had the same type bathroom between 2 bedrooms. Another bathroom connected to the master bedroom with 2 doors....one led to hall. Had a breakfast nook. I have to say, I loved that house. It was beautiful. That was when I was around 11 years old and I'm 65 now, so sadly I don't have any pictures...only memories. Incidentally, I live in Louisiana, where the house was, but it was torn down, when they extended the road and widened the nearby bridge. Spent many a day on the floor hand waxing the beautiful wood floors in the entry way. Had an enclosed staircase to a huge attic. You brought back many memories. Congrats on your new house!!!
The weird looking structure on the ceiling in the 'dining room' would probably be the place where the stove was hooked up or some kind of woodburning furace. I think it may have been the kitchen at one point in time. Or the main room.
It was a chimney at one time.
That’s what I say too
Yes. It's for a wood burning stove or heater. My house was built in 1956 and it has the same hole for the heater to be vented up the chimney
Agree with the comments.
My farm was built in the 1860's and the weird structure in the corner looks like a chimney for a wood burning stove.
I had to rewatch this after listening to your newest podcast episode and wow! You and the house have come so far, it's incredible to see what it was knowing what you have brought to life, it is such a talent to look at something like this and create the vision you did. And you're not even done! I am so happy to continue to follow along and show my support. Thank you for being an inspiration and giving us all the things!
Definitely getting reminded of the house I grew up in. The modifications (not the kitchen appliances or toilet) are definitely 70s/80s. I'm up in North Texas, and the aforementioned house was my grandparents' that was built I think in the 1950s. I honestly feel that whoever did the mods/additions during the 70s/80s weren't good at all. Pretty much whatever you have to fix, my grandparents' house needed it too! Lovely home, so I'm excited to see what you do!
Oh my goodness i can't wait to see what you do with it 😍 congratulations to you and romeo !
My dream cottage! When I first saw your house hunting video, I knew this house was going to be yours. Congrats!
That extra door off the porch is called a Funeral Door into the Parlor (aka livingroom) for the viewing of deceased family members.
...it kept an overflow of people using the main entrance to the house.
I'm so so glad I saw your short! I free watching horses getting some loving care!
Congrats!!! When you find "The One" you just know. So excited to watch everything you two do with it!!!
The room with entry from the porch was probably an office. I live in Texas too. A former owner could have been a lawyer or dr, and saw folks in his office.
I’m SO excited to embark on this journey with you!! I know it’ll be fabulous! ❤️
The room in the back was probably used for sleeping in the summer pre-AC and the room off the kitchen is definitely a pantry. The channel Farmhouse Vernacular has been restoring, not renovating, a farmhouse from 1920. From the floors, walls, doors, trim, the kitchen and pantry are so pretty. They've done all the work. I love it because they've pretty much stayed true to the era and it still looks like a 1920 farmhouse. Your's will be gorgeous.
Congrats! Someone probably already said this, but your “sunroom” is likely a porch that was converted to a room. My dad always jokes he slept “on the porch” at his grandma’s but really it was converted to an add on. Maybe why it leans so badly?
My husband and I bought our first house 3 years ago, affectionately known as the “wallpaper palace”, and I loved watching the moment when you actually realize you get to paint walls and renovate things that are your OWN after renting for so long! So exhilarating! Congratulations! Also, I too got attached to the very strange little things I found in the house and still like them. Crooked floors and shelves in front of windows have to go tho!!
so excited for you guys! the peace on the wall in the dinning room would have been where the wood stove pipes would have originally been
That hot tub room would make such a rad spa. Throw some plants in there & a cute bench maybe some hooks for towels! 😍
That weird thing up high on the wall in the dining room was likely where the a coal burning furnace or stove would have been vented through. The room behind the kitchen was most likely originally a pantry. We used to have something similar in our old home. I'm so excited for you both! What a great house! On the outside it says cottage but the inside is way too grand for a cottage! I can't wait to see what you do with it!!
The weird thing is for sure a vent for an old stove.
LOL I thought it was a birdhouse!
Omg! Congratulations! Me being excited bc Macenna is going to feed us with a TON of renovation video’s YAS! Can’t wait.❤️✌️
The 2 trees in front are gonna look good!!! So much potential for the front yard!!!
The add-on is a summer sleeping porch :-).
In Australia we have Texas heat. That enclosed "room" around the house was originally a verandah (porch), and people enclosed them because usually these old houses were built with 2-3 bedrooms. But they had about 8 children. They enclosed them to put extra beds in for the kids, or to put the beds out on the verandah to get cool air while sleeping during the hot summer months, but still feel safe. My gran had one and I remember spending many a summer night as a kid sleeping on the verandah. It was so much cooler than the house. I'm 50 BTW. Please keep it as a porch. You'll appreciate it. Even with airconditioning, there's nothing better than going outside at night to get a cool breeze. Beautiful home MaCenna ✨
I literally screamed when I saw the notification! My husband looked at me and said "what's going on loca!"🤣😂
Yesss!!! 😂😂 I screamed too! Like oh my god!!! So exciting! 😂
Same😂
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I'm crying!! Congratulations!!! 🥳💕
This is gonna be so fun to watch y’all renovate. I’m so happy for y’all.
For the non working door in the second bedroom that faces the front of the house-I’ve heard that early 1900s homes often had 2 front entryways, the one on the right usually ONLY being used for a person to finally leave their home after they had passed away (ie. wakes/funerals)! I hope that helps!
Yes, you're right! They're called coffin doors, death doors or funeral doors and were built when something about the property prevented a casket being easily manoeuvred in and out of the house. Though I don't know if that is one here as they are typically built on the side of the house, and it seems like it would be more difficult to get that in the smaller door than the bigger one here.
The room off the kitchen would have been the canning closet/pantry.
Congratulations! Take your time & have fun redoing your home
Your excitement is so contagious!
One of the most exciting things about you all buying this home is the creative content to follow as you renovate🎉 Congrats to you and Romeo and yay for us who follow you💕
The house was more than likely heated with wood and coal. My guess is that not only was a heating stove in your dining room but on the reverse wall (in the kitchen) a cooking stove.
You seem so happy and excited! Happy for you! Can’t wait to see all the upgrades you make to the house to restore it and make it your own! Please record every renovation/styling; would love to see! Good luck!
Congratulations! So happy for you! Can’t wait to see your creativity shine while restoring your home!
The amount of joy is this video 😭😭❤️ congratulations!
Your "weird lean too" was most likely a screened sleeping porch that was enclosed at some point. It probably is original if I was guessing. Interested to see what you discover!
Awesome! I'm happy for you both and excited to see how you guys fix up your new home.
I love seeing your pure joy in this video! It really shows how happy & excited you are!
I can’t wait to see what you & Romeo do with it! I know it’s going to be beautiful! 😍
Love the doorbell. Definitely a lot of work. To find the home's previous owners or purchase history you can always check with the county tax assessor's office, the country recorder, or city hall.
This house has so much character, I'm really excited to see its transformation 😍 Btw I am really curious to know whether any of these houses has a ghost history.😂
You & Rachel Metz both bought your first homes, so excited for you!! Congratulations!!!
So happy for u guys! Can't wait to see all your creative journey!
The craft room off the kitchen would be great for a large pantry.