The boards you asked her about that go from one side of the rafter to the other are called collar ties or rafter ties its purposes is to keep the truss from spreading apart under load.
I echo KateHill that your communication is excellent. I like the subtitles that you're putting on and a few other creative video edits. The renno crew is absolutely amazing. This project seems like a miracle happening before our eyes. You're (and Peter) awesome roomie!
I think your old antenna might go back as far as the 1960s. I don't know what the white enameled pot was used for, but it looks like it could be from the 1920s - could it be for pouring milk? It's not weird at all to enjoy the house coming back to life. What a change from when you first walked in - so still, no life at all. I believe that houses absorb the energy of the people who live and work in them, on some level, and then radiate it back. To feel a house coming back to life and know that you're part of making that happen has to be absolutely great. It puts a big smile on my face just watching it. And watching the new roof wrapping the house and porch in solid protection is also just heartwarming.The house is starting to look cozy and loved. Who wouldn't love to have that come back to them?
I agree with you about that houses absorb energy from those that lived in it and when they are left abandoned they loose it and that's what makes it start to decay faster.
Dottie and Steven, I also agree that houses absorb energy. There's a great quote from the TV show Babylon 5 that is just perfect: "I believe that when we leave a place, part of it goes with us and part of us remains. Go anywhere in the [space] station when it is quiet, and just listen. After a while, you will hear the echoes of all our conversations, every thought and word we've exchanged. Long after we are gone, our voices will linger in these walls for as long as this place remains."
I've been watching and subscribed to your channel since the "beginning". Not only the farmhouse renovations but your excellent communication style. Thank you.
I am so grateful that you're still here, Kate! I worry some days that I'm too boring on camera, so it really helps to hear that you like my communication style.
@@HoneyAppleFarm You are coming across as a friend showing an interested friend how far the work has come along. I have been with you since your 'we bought a house' video.
You might want to consider having the plumbing for the washing machine on the inside wall where the sewer pipes are as they might be susceptible to freezing on the outside wall. Also if you run a tap to the outside on that outer wall make sure it is one that seals to the inside of the room . Again to keep from freezing. Looks like a lot of cold air will be getting in that space and there is no real source of heat in there. Just a suggestion. Looking good otherwise. Love the progress.
My parents said the same thing! We are planning to put some insulation on that outside wall, and the winters here have been much less cold in the last couple of years than previously. We're also putting mini-splits into the house and a woodstove, so there should be enough residual heat even in the basement. At least, that's the plan!
@@HoneyAppleFarm I'm seventy years old. I was raised by my grandparents. She had a porch and house just like yours. (a homestead) That's why I love it so much. God bless.
Hello, I'm your 529th Thumbs up. I'm New here watching & joining your channel from Annie's place sharing you out on her community post. Very Nice place you have there. It sounds like you're on a main road like us. Very Nice Porch. How much land do you have your oit looks large? Great share. Stay safe. 😊😊😊Sharon in SC
Hello Sharon! How lovely to meet you. :) We are definitely on a main road - one of the wine trail roads, in fact. :) Lots of trucks going by and vineyards for neighbors. The property is about 1.7 acres. How about you? What's your house in SC like?
Lovely to see the progress on the house, it's a nice idea to make a reading space in the attic but moving so many books up and down stairs is a lot of work (ask me how I know), and books collect dust and dust mites so in rooms not visited daily it can course problems, and you don't get to see and enjoy your books. ❤
I'm kind of afraid to ask you how you know about hauling books up to an attic. :P I'm familiar with the problem as I remember moving all my books out of a 2nd floor apartment and into a 2nd floor storage unit. (Which was really helpful for paring down my library. If it wasn't worth hauling up and down 4 flights of stairs, I donated it!) I haven't ever had a problem with dust mites, but could very well in a house this old. We'll see what the future brings for that attic - it could also be a lovely craft space!
@@lesleyharris525 Over 3K books is a dream! I think you mean to say you had your own small library. I read a lot too, though not as much in the last few years as I used to. I'm trying to get back to it, though! I don't like Kindle as much because I work online, but I use it for books I think I'll only read once. And I get a lot of books from the library!
I hadn't considered framing it. The smell of being in the insulation with animal pee is a concern. Is there a way to get the smell out? Or would it be trapped inside a frame? We kept a couple empty frames from the previous owners ...
Thank you for keeping the original look of the porch posts and railings. I have seen so many old houses in my area that "remodel" using, what I call, the "Chip and Joanna Gaines" look. :p
I'll admit I had no idea who Chip and Joanna Gaines were, so I looked them up. All I had to see was "HGTV" and "Magnolia" and I had a pretty good idea of the aesthetic that you were referring to. And no, that is not what we're doing here. I like simple with a touch of elegance or class, nothing fancy or tacky!
Just lovely! I love seeing this house come back to life. Reminds me of my grandmas house. Oh yes I love dumbwaiters! Hope you can put one in! I also vote for laundry room upstairs. Carrying to basement is the absolute pits. Laundry shoots help but you still have to lug it back up. For the vines growing on the outside of house, you can snip them at the bottom severing them from the root. Leave alone for several weeks and the vines will die/dry up. They are easily removed then with just a few tugs. 😊
I really wish we could get a laundry room upstairs, but we don't have the budget to run the plumbing up to the 2nd floor at present. On the future wish list, though, along with a half bath! I think those vines have been removed at some point after this was filmed. But we're also getting to the fall when things are dying back, so we may just snip them off after the first (or later) frost.
The door in the basement is pretty low. I'm 5'2", so it doesn't bother me. Peter may need to duck a bit, though - he's close to 6 feet. Still, without redoing the entire extension, we'll live with it!
I think it is an old spittoon. When men used to chew tobacco they would spit into these pots. I am 67 years old and when I was a child in rural WA state I had an old neighbor man who would use one of these. Kind of gross but it was acceptable in the old days. Its probably an antique!
@@jdkerk Oh wow! Your old neighbor sounds like quite the character. I had no idea spittoons survived past the wild west taverns. It looks to be in good shape, no staining of the enamel as I would expect if it had held tobacco juice. But I'll admit I didn't examine it in great detail.
Hi, I think the white pan is a basin. They don't have inside bathrooms, so they use it during the night because they don't want to go out to the outthouse...maybe
I had a very similar thought the first time I saw it! It doesn't look old enough to be from the outhouse days, but I'm no expert so I could be very wrong!
@@quiltr141 I believe we will have downspouts, and I have looked into rain barrels in the past. Watershed laws are strict in this part of the country because of all the vineyards, so more research is needed before we install any barrels. :D
Is there any way you can put the washer and dryer on the 3rd floor with the bedrooms? I lived above a 2 car garage and had to run baskets up & down to the garage part to do laundry for 25 years. It gets harder every year...and you have to go 3 floors! Do it now while everything is apart and you won't be disappointed. You both must be going crazy to get in there to work. So , electrical & plumbing repairs next after the roof & porch? Have you started looking at appliances & other replacement stuff, or are you going to do it as it comes? I foresee dinner date nights and walking it off at home depot & Lowes, LOL. I'm enjoying your journey...another day, another decision to be made.
A great suggestion, Kathleen, but because there is no plumbing at present beyond the first floor, the cost of getting plumbing up to the 2nd floor where the bedrooms are is insane. We'd asked about that for a half bath and the price for plumbing alone was out of budget because the entire wall would have to be taken apart to run the pipes. These are old lathe and plaster walls - no room inside to just slide the pipes in. :( We have replacement appliances already thanks to a generous and unexpected gift from my parents: new dishwasher, new garbage disposal, new stove and range hood. Unclear if the current fridge can be saved or if we'll need to use the free one we brought with us from Oklahoma. After the roof comes the bathroom, the foundation repair, and yes - electrical!
@ctmom: Yes! We're planning to put a clothes line right outside the back door. Probably next spring, given how much other stuff has to be done first. We have racks to dry clothes inside over the winter.
LOL. I don't watch the news anymore (too depressing) but as it happens, we've decided to save the antenna and see if it can be repurposed as a clothes-drying device!
That could be a toddler potty maybe? I live in Namibia, I’ve seen some that are still being sold here, they look exactly like that, enamel metal and all.
@@HoneyAppleFarm Seems some of the old tech is still around here, hehe. I’ve even seen some of those old irons that you fill with…I’m assuming it’s coal or something? Heavy things with a trapdoor type thing at the top. Been thinking of getting some of these old looking things just cause they look so cute 😆 Hope you find some more treasures, so cool!
@@DB-yu9pt I think I know what you're talking about with the coal bins. I saw a few things like that in England and they looked so weird. :D I expect we'll find a few more interesting things as we continue rehab work!
If the previous owners had left all of the chimney in place, maybe? The chimney only exists on the 2nd floor now, and I don't think it ever extended to the basement. And since we're already way over budget, I suspect finding someone with dumbwaiter expertise is outside the financial cards right now anyhow.
The siding on that side of the house is coming off regardless because it's in bad shape. That's one of the reasons we haven't been in a rush to take down the vines! However, since filming this video, most of them have come down.
The boards you asked her about that go from one side of the rafter to the other are called collar ties or rafter ties its purposes is to keep the truss from spreading apart under load.
Ah! That is excellent information. Thank you! Appreciate it.
I echo KateHill that your communication is excellent. I like the subtitles that you're putting on and a few other creative video edits. The renno crew is absolutely amazing. This project seems like a miracle happening before our eyes. You're (and Peter) awesome roomie!
Well thank you, Kay! Appreciate you popping in from your Italian adventures. ;)
I think your old antenna might go back as far as the 1960s. I don't know what the white enameled pot was used for, but it looks like it could be from the 1920s - could it be for pouring milk? It's not weird at all to enjoy the house coming back to life. What a change from when you first walked in - so still, no life at all. I believe that houses absorb the energy of the people who live and work in them, on some level, and then radiate it back. To feel a house coming back to life and know that you're part of making that happen has to be absolutely great. It puts a big smile on my face just watching it. And watching the new roof wrapping the house and porch in solid protection is also just heartwarming.The house is starting to look cozy and loved. Who wouldn't love to have that come back to them?
I agree with you about that houses absorb energy from those that lived in it and when they are left abandoned they loose it and that's what makes it start to decay faster.
Dottie and Steven, I also agree that houses absorb energy. There's a great quote from the TV show Babylon 5 that is just perfect: "I believe that when we leave a place, part of it goes with us and part of us remains. Go anywhere in the [space] station when it is quiet, and just listen. After a while, you will hear the echoes of all our conversations, every thought and word we've exchanged. Long after we are gone, our voices will linger in these walls for as long as this place remains."
They sell TV Antennas that look just like that one NOW, the Pole is older as it is Way Thicker than what they Sell today!!
@@HoneyAppleFarm Great quote, Felicity! Thanks.
@@webefree That is very helpful! Thank you. :D
I've been watching and subscribed to your channel since the "beginning". Not only the farmhouse renovations but your excellent communication style. Thank you.
I am so grateful that you're still here, Kate! I worry some days that I'm too boring on camera, so it really helps to hear that you like my communication style.
@@HoneyAppleFarm You are coming across as a friend showing an interested friend how far the work has come along. I have been with you since your 'we bought a house' video.
You might want to consider having the plumbing for the washing machine on the inside wall where the sewer pipes are as they might be susceptible to freezing on the outside wall. Also if you run a tap to the outside on that outer wall make sure it is one that seals to the inside of the room . Again to keep from freezing. Looks like a lot of cold air will be getting in that space and there is no real source of heat in there. Just a suggestion. Looking good otherwise. Love the progress.
My parents said the same thing! We are planning to put some insulation on that outside wall, and the winters here have been much less cold in the last couple of years than previously. We're also putting mini-splits into the house and a woodstove, so there should be enough residual heat even in the basement. At least, that's the plan!
The house is coming back to life! Those porches are my dream. Love, love, love it.
It really is. The house seemed happy to have people working in it again. And I am still in love with the porch. :D
@@HoneyAppleFarm I'm seventy years old. I was raised by my grandparents. She had a porch and house just like yours. (a homestead) That's why I love it so much. God bless.
Hello, I'm your 529th Thumbs up. I'm New here watching & joining your channel from Annie's place sharing you out on her community post. Very Nice place you have there. It sounds like you're on a main road like us. Very Nice Porch. How much land do you have your oit looks large? Great share. Stay safe. 😊😊😊Sharon in SC
Hello Sharon! How lovely to meet you. :) We are definitely on a main road - one of the wine trail roads, in fact. :) Lots of trucks going by and vineyards for neighbors. The property is about 1.7 acres. How about you? What's your house in SC like?
Your house is so exciting!
Thank you, Kathy! I'm so glad you're part of the journey. :D
Lovely to see the progress on the house, it's a nice idea to make a reading space in the attic but moving so many books up and down stairs is a lot of work (ask me how I know), and books collect dust and dust mites so in rooms not visited daily it can course problems, and you don't get to see and enjoy your books. ❤
I'm kind of afraid to ask you how you know about hauling books up to an attic. :P I'm familiar with the problem as I remember moving all my books out of a 2nd floor apartment and into a 2nd floor storage unit. (Which was really helpful for paring down my library. If it wasn't worth hauling up and down 4 flights of stairs, I donated it!) I haven't ever had a problem with dust mites, but could very well in a house this old. We'll see what the future brings for that attic - it could also be a lovely craft space!
@HoneyAppleFarm at one time we had over 3k books, we have the kindle apps now so probably only about 5oo books, we do read a lot. 🥰
@@lesleyharris525 Over 3K books is a dream! I think you mean to say you had your own small library. I read a lot too, though not as much in the last few years as I used to. I'm trying to get back to it, though! I don't like Kindle as much because I work online, but I use it for books I think I'll only read once. And I get a lot of books from the library!
The bunny Reader's Digest cover is so cute - you could frame it if the rest of the book isn't in good shape
I agree! That is a wonderful little print to frame, and, it has a history too.
I hadn't considered framing it. The smell of being in the insulation with animal pee is a concern. Is there a way to get the smell out? Or would it be trapped inside a frame? We kept a couple empty frames from the previous owners ...
@@HoneyAppleFarm I'd put it in a sealed zip lock with a dryer sheet or two
@@justBecky49 Well now, there's an idea. We don't have dryer sheets, but I have quite a lot of lavender, and I expect that would do something similar.
Thank you for keeping the original look of the porch posts and railings. I have seen so many old houses in my area that "remodel" using, what I call, the "Chip and Joanna Gaines" look. :p
I'll admit I had no idea who Chip and Joanna Gaines were, so I looked them up. All I had to see was "HGTV" and "Magnolia" and I had a pretty good idea of the aesthetic that you were referring to. And no, that is not what we're doing here. I like simple with a touch of elegance or class, nothing fancy or tacky!
Just lovely! I love seeing this house come back to life. Reminds me of my grandmas house. Oh yes I love dumbwaiters! Hope you can put one in! I also vote for laundry room upstairs. Carrying to basement is the absolute pits. Laundry shoots help but you still have to lug it back up. For the vines growing on the outside of house, you can snip them at the bottom severing them from the root. Leave alone for several weeks and the vines will die/dry up. They are easily removed then with just a few tugs. 😊
I really wish we could get a laundry room upstairs, but we don't have the budget to run the plumbing up to the 2nd floor at present. On the future wish list, though, along with a half bath! I think those vines have been removed at some point after this was filmed. But we're also getting to the fall when things are dying back, so we may just snip them off after the first (or later) frost.
You are gonna need a Midgets Door, you need a Header over that Door!!
The door in the basement is pretty low. I'm 5'2", so it doesn't bother me. Peter may need to duck a bit, though - he's close to 6 feet. Still, without redoing the entire extension, we'll live with it!
To me the white pot is very similar to one used for a child’s potty chair.
My first thought was chamber pot, which is basically the same thing!
I think it is an old spittoon. When men used to chew tobacco they would spit into these pots. I am 67 years old and when I was a child in rural WA state I had an old neighbor man who would use one of these. Kind of gross but it was acceptable in the old days. Its probably an antique!
@@jdkerk Oh wow! Your old neighbor sounds like quite the character. I had no idea spittoons survived past the wild west taverns. It looks to be in good shape, no staining of the enamel as I would expect if it had held tobacco juice. But I'll admit I didn't examine it in great detail.
Hi, I think the white pan is a basin. They don't have inside bathrooms, so they use it during the night because they don't want to go out to the outthouse...maybe
I had a very similar thought the first time I saw it! It doesn't look old enough to be from the outhouse days, but I'm no expert so I could be very wrong!
I am loving every step of this renovation 😊😊😊😊😊
I'm so glad, Hilda! I love seeing your name in the comments.
@@HoneyAppleFarm 😊😊😊
That is a chamber pot. looks like for a child. they had handles on one side. blue rimed valued around $20.00. I looked it up to be sure.
The handle seems to be gone, but who knew that it was worth anything? Thank you for doing the research!
Looking good 👍 😊
Thank you, Anthony! Appreciate the view and the comment. :D
Great job been done ✅ ❤❤❤❤thanks for sharing ❤❤
Thank you for watching, and for the comment! Deeply appreciate knowing that folks like you are along on this journey.
Great progress on the house☺
Thank you, Anne. Appreciate you being along on the journey!
Looks great!
Thank you! She's coming along, although that front view is awfully exposed with the maple tree down. Itching to plant some hedges in the front yard!
@@HoneyAppleFarm - if you have downspouts from the gutters on your roof, look into a rain barrel. It will help to water your plants and flowers.
@@quiltr141 I believe we will have downspouts, and I have looked into rain barrels in the past. Watershed laws are strict in this part of the country because of all the vineyards, so more research is needed before we install any barrels. :D
Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for watching and commenting, Deanna! It's so fun to share the journey with you.
Is there any way you can put the washer and dryer on the 3rd floor with the bedrooms? I lived above a 2 car garage and had to run baskets up & down to the garage part to do laundry for 25 years. It gets harder every year...and you have to go 3 floors! Do it now while everything is apart and you won't be disappointed. You both must be going crazy to get in there to work. So , electrical & plumbing repairs next after the roof & porch? Have you started looking at appliances & other replacement stuff, or are you going to do it as it comes? I foresee dinner date nights and walking it off at home depot & Lowes, LOL. I'm enjoying your journey...another day, another decision to be made.
A walk out laundry room makes hanging clothes a lot easier. Felicity-do you intend to set up a clothes line?
A great suggestion, Kathleen, but because there is no plumbing at present beyond the first floor, the cost of getting plumbing up to the 2nd floor where the bedrooms are is insane. We'd asked about that for a half bath and the price for plumbing alone was out of budget because the entire wall would have to be taken apart to run the pipes. These are old lathe and plaster walls - no room inside to just slide the pipes in. :(
We have replacement appliances already thanks to a generous and unexpected gift from my parents: new dishwasher, new garbage disposal, new stove and range hood. Unclear if the current fridge can be saved or if we'll need to use the free one we brought with us from Oklahoma.
After the roof comes the bathroom, the foundation repair, and yes - electrical!
@ctmom: Yes! We're planning to put a clothes line right outside the back door. Probably next spring, given how much other stuff has to be done first. We have racks to dry clothes inside over the winter.
Perhaps keep the antenna??? You can receive free broadcast v with your digital converter!! When the internet is interrupted you will still have news!
LOL. I don't watch the news anymore (too depressing) but as it happens, we've decided to save the antenna and see if it can be repurposed as a clothes-drying device!
Is there a reason you have not taken down the brush from the side of the chimney and the house extension?
No reason other than that the team hasn't done it yet. Some of it was removed after this video was shot, though. :)
@@HoneyAppleFarm Sorry, it's been bugging me, maybe OCD on my part.
That could be a toddler potty maybe? I live in Namibia, I’ve seen some that are still being sold here, they look exactly like that, enamel metal and all.
Really! Chamber pot was my first thought, so a toddler potty would be in line with that. I had no idea they were still sold!
@@HoneyAppleFarm Seems some of the old tech is still around here, hehe. I’ve even seen some of those old irons that you fill with…I’m assuming it’s coal or something? Heavy things with a trapdoor type thing at the top. Been thinking of getting some of these old looking things just cause they look so cute 😆 Hope you find some more treasures, so cool!
@@DB-yu9pt I think I know what you're talking about with the coal bins. I saw a few things like that in England and they looked so weird. :D I expect we'll find a few more interesting things as we continue rehab work!
Any chance a small dumbwaiter could be installed into the space where the rest of the chimney is now?
If the previous owners had left all of the chimney in place, maybe? The chimney only exists on the 2nd floor now, and I don't think it ever extended to the basement. And since we're already way over budget, I suspect finding someone with dumbwaiter expertise is outside the financial cards right now anyhow.
If that little pot is quite small, it might be for men's shaving?
Oooh, now that's an interesting idea! Could very well be. Thank you!
Are the workers amassing the metal roof so that it eventually can be recycled?
The metal will be recycled or sold, I believe. There are a couple of piles around the property. :D
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Awww, thanks Betty! I love your emoticons. :D
Oh, and that white pot may be a spittoon for spitting tobacco in. Yuk!
Yuck indeed! I sure hope that's not it; I didn't see any stains inside the enamel, but I also didn't look that closely.
METAL ROOF IS THE BEST
It certainly was an attractive option, but it was also outside our budget - and we needed funds for things like a septic system and driveway!
TACK THE VINES OFF IT WILL PLL THE SIDING OFF
The siding on that side of the house is coming off regardless because it's in bad shape. That's one of the reasons we haven't been in a rush to take down the vines! However, since filming this video, most of them have come down.