Part 7. The Potters House. up in the attic... let the demo begin!
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- In this episode we explore the main attic, and get busy ripping out the sub floor... what will we find underneath?? Be sure to tune in for more episodes as we make progress with the empty and renovation of this 100 year old house!
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"It's a good thing I'm a freakin' viking or else I probably woulda been dead!"
~Hans
Its really nice that as a viewing community this has shifted from being "The Hoarder House" to "The Potters House". It is nice to not define this woman by her illness and instead by her gifts! They are what count most!
I interviewed her this trip.. just working on that video now :)
@@CuriosityIncorporated Can't wait to see it.
@@CuriosityIncorporated Oh my goodness!
Curiosity Incorporated cool
Andie Langemeyer She just lacked proper storage skills and space, there’s really a lot of cool things because of her “illness” that wouldn’t exist from tossing everything which is the true illness in my opinion.
Came for the hoard, stayed for The Hans.
lol
😂😂
Same - love his “ja ja”
Mike Peterson 🤣🤣🤣
@@ed185 sounds like flemish
This video series on the Potter's house is better than 99 percent on HGTV. I would watch you over the slick property brothers or the shiplap texans any day.
DanceswiththeDarkSide I agree with you too.
Just wait for the episode where he knocks down all the walls and paints everything white.
Shiplap Texans! Lol!
@@margrietsmit6 😂😂😂😂😂
Agreed. HGTV is not interesting to me 😒
I really have to commend you for trying to save items for the family. My mom purchased a house from a guy who's mom passed away and I helped her clean it out. The guy was a jerk and just wanted the cash. He didn't care what happened to everything in the house. There was a whole lifetime of memories in there. Eventually I managed to get in contact with the daughter of the deceased and get quite a bit of things to her. From family photos to heirloom furniture. That poor woman stood in the driveway SOBBING when we started bringing boxes out. She thought she had lost a lifetime of memories of her mother. When my mom handed her, her mothers wedding dress though..she really lost it. I felt so bad for her.
Sounds like she was crying with happiness because she probably thought she'd never see those things again! That was a beautiful thing you did, to return them to her!
Don’t feel bad for the woman. That was a very kind thing you did
You're a beautiful human being. Good on you!
Trish McSquish I agree with you . It shows he is a truly respectful person . pictures cannot be replaced and now that family is probably enjoying looking at all those pictures and sharing them with all their relitives
Wishing for some karma for the jerk. Some families are really messed up.
Curiosity Inc is like watching American Pickers but much more personal. Thanks for the potter's house series, I'm loving it!
Tob Raham
And it’s real he doesn’t get people to say things on camera before filming
Agreed, nice that we get drum roll..... open the lid..... Empty case. No planted fake stuff, he kisses a lot of frogs to find a box of pearls.
This show is a gem, should be on tv network. It’s that good. Doesn’t seem like a vlog channel at all
funny enough while I'm watching this video my mum is watching american pickers on tv
Way better than American Pickers!
I really love the way you acknowledge & respect the original owners' "contributions" when you're going through all the stuff. So many of the "Storage Unit Guys" or resellers, in their videos, are SO focused on only the money & how cheap they got something -- they often strike me as predatory & self serving.
I realize that the whole aim of doing what you do is to make a profit, but I like how you are so interested in the history of things & in sharing that history.
I only started watching you a short while ago, but you're one of my favorite RUclips channels. There IS a good balance between buying/selling & appreciating.
If houses could talk this one would say "thank you for bringing me back to life! "
Hello, Netflix?! Give this man his own series!
The townfolk are overcome with curiosity, Inc...
New owner driving an ambulance, trees coming down, dumpster after dumpster. They watched the neglect, now they want to see the restoration. Trust me, if I lived there you would hear me knocking. Love the progress. Thanks for the fun!
Reminds me of when I moved into a 1930s house in North London. An old lady was passing who said she lived in one further up the road and explained how there used to be a fold-down bath in the odd alcove in the galley kitchen and that the tree at the end of the garden had been planted by the family who first moved in. The only toilet was the outside one (still there when I left) but this was a luxury at the time. It had some of the old lino (in a very bad state) under the flooring upstairs and some of the old, possibly original, floral wallpaper on the wall behind the boiler (which had to be replaced). Love seeing these glimpses of history.
d howard I think he was surprised the people just walked it without knocking.
Mary EF Thank you for your story, sounds fascinating. I love the discovery of stories behind old property
Plus, not much else ever happens in Medicine Hat
they are actually people who watch his videos and just want to check on the restoration progress.
I love how these guys showed up to clear tree's and ended up just cleaning a hoarder house.
Watching people strip paint to reveal gorgeous wood is so satisfying😆 makes me happier than it should!
I'm odd I know, but using the chamber pot to put the paint stripping stuff in...yuk...pooey door frames
hopefully they pull off that fire extinguisher bracket.
My maternal grandfather has always enjoyed his woodworking, saving dressers off the curb to redo them. He (and grandma) had a fall early 2019, necessitating a walk-in, no threshold shower remodel. Part of that work was- for the first time ever- him having painted trim in his house 😂
Especially when the paint is such a awe full color
I hope, though, that you were wearing a mask because that old paint surely had lead in it!
Can you just keep buying hoarder houses and clearing them out?? Seriously, great video series.
luckily this is a relatively clean one. not those who hoar perishable goods and rot within.
I would love seeing that!
Rare to find a hoarder with treasures. Most of them not worth it! .
@@thegreatMSG or 12 dead cats.....yikes!
I agree
It is gratifying to see the potters house getting some love. It was obviously a beautiful home in its day
Wow. That 1956 magazine cover could be today!
On pattern books. The fabric stores that sell patterns kept many pattern books for customers to browse. The books were updated periodically and the store would sell off the outdated books to interested customers. My mother bought several of them. She sewed all of her own clothing and did theater costumes and doll clothes in her later years. I agree there would be people interested in a book of vintage styles.
Valkyrie Sardo my mom would buy the pattern books as well. We used them to make paper doll, so we had a great paper doll collection. Great memories.
I want vintage trouser patterns
All those patterns,old books etc. worth money. Hoping he's learned so much since this, esp. since the antique store after seeing what Musican House findings all sold for. I think all vintage is much better quality then anything can but today. History just cant/won't ever be written again, such great treasures. The way shirts, pants, coats or dresses are contructed never really goes out of style. Plus pics are wonderful ❤ Blessings 2 U.
Hans is my favorite guest star on this 'show' ❤️
I couldnt understand him too well.
Hey, you should pull up the wood from the bathroom and use it to patch up other areas. Honestly speaking from someone who knows the renovation business, you want tile in the bathroom due to sanitary and water reasons.
Good advice! Hardwood in a bathroom can be a disaster😑 Hopefully he reads this😉
WALKER TEX CARPET, HANDLES/MEANT FOR THE WET, WEARS FOREVER. 😊
I dont know if anyone else has mantioned this but...
At 5:55 your moving a suitcase and a "wicker" seat falls down...
Are you aware that that is the seat for a rocking chair, you'll actually find the sides for it used in your staircase used as "railing"... ;-)
Now you only need to find the back, which looks similar to the seat but longer.
Dangit Peter, you beat me to the announcement of what those oddball stair-railings were. Those are the sides for a "bent-wood rocking chair" that I've known so well from one that my Mom bought back in the early 80's and now resides in pieces in my storage room :)
Oh wow
So, found your channel and these videos somehow today around 2pm. Here it is almost 8pm and still watching this hoarder house videos.
Amazing stuff. My first thought was just burn that dang house down. After watching these videos, my entire mindset has changed. Super amazing stuff!
Same!
Thrilled you are going back to the original wood trim, looks like you lucked out on the doors in the hallway having minimal layers of paint. Bedrooms you may not be as lucky. Remember you can cook the old brass hinges and other hardware from doors and windows that have paint on, including the screws, in a crock pot, leave it cooking in just water and the paint will peal off, tooth brush works great. Don't use any brass cleaner as you want the aged look. Great idea to incorporate the old sink back into the kitchen.
I gasped when you picked up Professor Berry’s Horse Training books. I had that book in the 1960’s! I trained my Pinto stallion very successfully using his method. Cool!
Dawn, I remember Berry's books too! The thing that really stuck with me as a child was how he evaluated a horse's head. The better the head was conformationally the smarter the horse. I found that to be true in my years of dealing with horses 🐎 51 years of horse ownership and learning.
My wife and I have loved this series. It gives us hope for RUclips.
We do have to say that many theater shops would pay $50 a show to rent that fridge you just chucked out of the door. The exterior is in get shape which is what they want.
or Hollywood will want it as a movie prop!
My god man. Every video has something going on! Out of gas, lost key, tripped breaker, falling, dead battery, etc. Props to you for powering on with such a good attitude.
I know, right? He never gets pissed, out of sorts, just deals with it. So Canadian!
I think I speak for most of us when I say, I can't wait to see what you do to rehab this place. And, whoever said that about the clothing is obviously clueless.
Obviously!
It’s great the townspeople are calling in. The house has been part of their town for a long time. They sound friendly.
it's also possible there curious what it looks like cleaned out. or they might be interested in renting or buying it when it's finished.
22:17 You're killin' me! "I don't know what's going on with this lightswitch....it looks like a wolverine was living in this house and he clawed the wall every time he turned the light switch on and off!" Too funny, but also very insightful of you to come up with the theory of the cane being used to turn the light switch on and off. I wouldn't have thought of that, but I'll bet you're right!
Oh my days..all that 40’s & 50’s ephemera- my friend would be in absolute heaven
This video stirred up some old neurons from 60 years ago... When I was very young, around 4 or 5, I would dig out the old 78 rpm record with my favorite song because it had my name, Henry. I would crank up the record player and put the shiny stainless steel needle at the start of the record. The song went like this: There's a hole in the bucket, dear Lisa, my dear. With what will you fill it, dear Henry, my dear. And I think the next verse was "I'll fill it with straw, dear Lisa, my dear.... etc. Can't remember the rest.
have that stained glass evaluated before you do anything to it yourself. Years ago we were working on plans to renovate and restore the frat house we were living in, and it had a bunch of stain glass windows. As far as the pedigree went, they were basically consumer knock offs, but someone knew a guy who working in stain glass for a living. And one window turned out to be made by a renowned artisan and was worth over $100,000 dollars.
Wow!
My stepson does stained glass. It's an old trade but there are still people that make beautiful stained glass.
WOW!!!! 😮
you had me laughing when you said you were 'dyeing' to get rid of the onion skins haha
They are used to dye fabrics and sometimes Easter eggs. Those are too old to use, though.
Your tenacity and perseverance is truly inspiring! I'd be pulling my hair out and probably saying things like #@*!& if I lost my van keys (other episode) or my battery died or I came into an icy cold house because the 'fixed' heater wasn't running. You are AMAZING!!!
That bright turquoise bathroom tile would make for a cool retro inspired bathroom! Keep it!!
I hope they keep it too! Looks like good shape and at least it's not pink! LOL I guess it depends on plumbing and electrical if there's issues or water damage too.
I live in Sweden and have a house from the late 50's. In our toilet down stairs we have similar green colour. 😁
It was the same in the bathroom upstairs but we renovated it some years ago.
The bath was build in with the same green. 👍
Oh my GOSH! The photo book of her pottery! SO WONDERFUL!!
I agree!! With the right shade of paint, it would look very spa like
i think its ugly. but they should make sure the walls are waterproof & sealed properly.
its also hard to match decore to colored old tiles.
but if its safe they probably dont need to change the tile
I would put a sign on the door that reads: "If you walk in to my house, I will put you to work!"
this! :D
Knowing Canadians, they would probably not only be happy to do it, but they would invite their friends, too.
It works every time my brother comes over and lingers too long.
Hi I'm Lynn from Cairo, Ga. (USA). I started watching when you ( Alex) bought the house! Now I cant unwatch! What a transformation so far! Very interesting! You seem to be a great guy and so funny! Love your family! Love the ambulance and your old cars.
My son collects baseball cards. Im going to give him your website info.
Good luck on your endeavors, Ill be watching! 👍
yass ! ^_^ hahaha I would ;)
Alex, this is just a note on your wanting to work with the state to preserve the house. If for some reason that doesn’t develop, I hope you all might consider a Go Fund Me account for the house. There are so many of us following the story. I would donate to that. Here is an idea on some of the clothes. If you get to the stage the house, place a nice selection of the clothes in each closet. I know you have been flooded with ideas but here is a couple more.
Hi Essie I just posted one :) link is on our Facebook page
Alex - you should invest in some mobile air purifiers - like put them in every room - and they'd be good for your antiques shop when you are done. They're awesome - I have 4 of them A"N"D a really good allergies air filteration HVAC - but I got my mobile plug in air purifiers here in the states for cheap at Walmart. I *highly* recommend them for just quality air. That house needs it - and you and your family and workers need it. : - )
So impressed by your generosity to return photos and personal items to the family. Well done sir.
@Linda Catz I think the same thing.
@Linda Catz I wonder if at one time there were two families living in that house. That would explain the two kitchens and two living rooms.
@@Bill23799 I've seen an old house on the farm similar...one living room was the fancy sitting room usually with a piano and the other one was the regular living room and one kitchen was the main kitchen and they called the other one the summer kitchen where they did the baking and canning. I would love a summer kitchen especially for baking as it can be time consuming and then you can keep the regular kitchen going at the same time to feed the family.
Bill23799 if a Jewish family lived there they would want two kitchens in order to keep them kosher.
I was thinking the same thing.
I loved this as usual. It's been up 2 hours and 34,000 people have watched it. That's a fan base! Thank you for the 45 mins length. It means a lot to people who enjoy watching this for something decent and can't get outside. It brings the world in.
I love how respectful he is to the guys who work for him
I love using old enamel buckets for flower pots. The hole would actually be helpful then for drainage. Someone may still want it.
Alex, you were closer to being on the money about the flooring the first time around. Unfortunately the floor in your main room is old sub-floor and not meant to be visible hardwood floor. The floor in the second living room was meant to be visible flooring. You can tell by the way the old sub-floor is wider, rougher, has those end cuts butted up against other end cuts, is not tightly joined, doesn't already have a finish on it (unlike the floors in the other room) and other tell tale signs that it was not meant to be for presentation. Unfortunately it will not take sanding and finishing, at least not very well. Whereas the beautiful flooring in the second living room is going to sand and refinish beautifully. I've lived with old subflooring in more than one Victorian and pre-war home where attempts were made to re-do it as presentation flooring. It's very difficult to make it look or function right. It's typically handled by painting it. Sadly, the old presentation flooring was ripped out from the main living room. So you were right in your first impression. They exposed the subfloor, and laid the plywood over that before carpeting. This was probably done when they took out the walls, which left big holes in the presentation flooring. Solved by tearing it all out. I'm sorry and I hate that because this beautiful old home deserved it's original floor!
I should probably stop being amazed at your range of interests and how capable you always are in the face of adversity. Fun to watch you take everything in stride. Very enjoyable jokes, too!
I am so glad that you kept the families photos and papers and are giving them to them. The Genealogist in me is so happy right now!
this video makes me appreciate all the people who have ever restored and old house!
I'm sure that this had been mentioned, but the "ice cream" churn in the attic is actually an electric butter churn, and is very valuable, you don't generally find the glass jar intact! Love this Potter House Series!
I can't wait to see this House restored. 👍👍
I noticed in your earlier vids that the railing Balusters on the stairs leading to the second floor were repurposed rocking chair legs. In this episode you rummaged past the rest of the chair in the attic. It's kind of a nice touch. If I were to purchase the house I'd source another rocking chair and finish out the railing with another set. Maybe paint them white to match the railing.
I am stunned that the charity won't pick it up because "it has some snow on it"!
It's one of life's mysteries, isn't it.
Can to say which charity it is? I was just wondering.
I loved your solution of inviting townspeople to come over and peek through and take the items the charity shop refused to accept. Very very nice!
Well that was his original goal - to donate all that he he presorted as NOT TRASH to charity. The charity shop totally failed timely pick up and items became snow covered. The idea of encouraging folks to just come and take away - just as you do at the end of a yard sale - is a great one. Hope people quickly took advantage of that, otherwise eventually it will all have to be dumpstered.
I live off a highway. I can put almost anything out and it's gone in minutes.
I started trash picking last summer. I would find all sorts of useful stuff that were even new. Crazy what people toss. Anyway make a nice penny off all the stuff so ya.
Onion skins for dyeing.... My grandmother saved onion skins and at Easter time she boiled them all up and dyed the eggs shades of beautiful golden yellow. The longer she left the eggs in the dye bath, the richer and darker the color. Red onion skins gave a rosier shade..
My husband puts them in Turkey soup. It makes is very rich looking.
wow, now I wish I would have saved mine all winter, I love Easter
I’ll be darned , didn’t know about that. Thanks for sharing everyone
How kul! Thanks for the explanation.
I use onion skins to dye linen a soft yellow.
Love this series and hope you will keep buying and restoring hoarded house. Fascinating watching you dig through all that stuff and find treasures. It’s like hoarders, rehab addict, American pickers, this old house, storage wars, and antiques road show wrapped into one; but better!!! Just so great. And I love that Hans. What a cool friend you happened to make and a helpful, knowledgeable handyman you discovered. He Came for the trees, stayed to fix up the house! It seems like he does it all! But I have to write that I Can’t believe you threw that working mid century modern vintage fridge out!! It was in great, pristine physical and working condition and it could have been cleaned out and sold for at least a couple thousand, maybe more. People seek these original fridges out when they are redoing their kitchens to mid century modern aesthetic. The real vintage ones in that kind of pristine condition are HIGHLY sought after, and most people have to settle for replicas ‘cause the originals in pristine condition are very hard to come by. You missed a golden opportunity right there 😢
This might sound crazy, but I love the green tile in the bathroom. I just bought my children some towels for their bathroom that were the same or at least a similar color.
Why am I so fascinated by all this? i can't stop watching. Whenever a new video is posted I get so excited!
that makes me happy to hear :)
I've discovered since I retired I can watch ppl work for hours lol
Those townsfolk that surprised you coming in the door for a visit, will be the ones that will teach you about the history of the house, the owners, and the neighborhood! They are treasure finds themselves!
Canadian hospitality
I said it before I much prefer the vlog style than some TV crew editing something to crap for speed. I love RUclips for this.
Came across this series on the house whilst randomly browsing. Can I just say it's so nice to see someone treating a house full of memories with due respect, even though it's a business acquisition.
I wait everyday for another potter house video. 😂
I was going to ask Alex about when the interview was going to be. She's not getting any younger and the more information you can gather about the house the cooler it seems to become. I love this series, of course, I love anything antique so your videos all impress me.
It's a shame the charity people let you down. It's the same thing here in Maryland. They want the stuff to be pristine and even if you have a huge load, they want you to bring it to them. Then they have so many guidelines on things they won't accept. it's like they expect you to be giving them the same quality items you are keeping for your store. I love your channel and outlook on life, thank you for taking us along. :)
I can see clearly now the hoard is gone!! It's gonna be a bright, bright, bright sunshiny day! Sing it!!
The best part about posting your progress and the process of it all is that you can get help identifying things and getting advice from a larger group of people. It's like having a couple extra thousand people in the house going "yep, that's a pickle jar holder. Yeah, there might be wood floors under that ply wood. Hey, that room is a cistern." Can be pretty helpful.
I’m strangely addicted to this channel now. Weird how you tube directs you to areas you wouldn’t think you would be so interested in. Now I wait for notifications!!!
This is the first thing i do when i get home from work every tuesday is look for new uploads from this channel.
Amereskie Mom .
I know exactly what you mean. RUclips recommended Curiosity Inc. to me when it was a much younger channel and I have really enjoyed Alex/family/friends on many adventures, and a fair few downs as well. Very PROUD to see the numbers go up, uP, UP!
Alex if you see this, you are an inspiring man with an inspiring channel! You are a good'en Charlie Brown!
Please please please dont take out that blue tile in the bathroom!!!! It adds so much character! I have always wanted a vintage bathroom in blue. Keep up the good work!
Shelby Nielson Save The tile!
Who wants that old crap 💩 really
Some things can be savaged and some thing must go. That old stuff will have to come down. He doesn’t know what is behind that old title
i think its ugly & most people dont like colored tile.
but i would guess that the bathroom isnt waterproof or sealed. so they should check the walls 1st.
the laundry area wasn't sealed properly. & there is damage on the ceiling from the upstairs bathroom. so it probably needs to be changed. but maybe not.
As posted in another thread they maybe plastic.
Just WOW! I stumbled onto your channel somehow and just finished binging this Potter House series. WOW! Simply amazing what you’ve been able to do and what you’ve found. The slide of the Christmas tree in the house in its glory days was my favorite part! Is that weird? Lol... anyway, new sub here and I look forward to seeing more! Just amazing!
so much history of life,kinda sad,christmas present and toys people outgrew,the bike,the sewing,feels like it was a warm house with alot of love and family
The family must of been shocked too see the house empty after being full for 40 years...Love your channel!!
Who else clicked on this so fast?! Living for this Potter series 😆
Me too :-)
Lots of people are following this unique series from the beginning including myself. It's just so lovely.
I just want to say what I am sure everyone else is thinking and that is i am so glad it is you that got this house and it's contents. Nobody else would have the respect for it that you do.
I live in America, and the better homes and garden magazine was in the year I was born, I have enjoyed these videos, I would have loved to have gotten a piece of the pottery, keep doing the videos.
I love that you found that old pottery picture album. I hope we get to know more about the artist as time goes by.
He is going to do an interview with her soon. Can't wait to see it.
That enamel bucket with the hole in it can be filled with potting soil and flowers planted in them in the summer. The hole will drain excess water. I have one kind of like that and I fill it with petunias each year. Just thought I would share!
I was thinking great to repurpose too!
Alex going forward is rewarding with your helping hands of people.
This is a Pickers Paradise! I thought I was here for the accents( canadian) but the whole series has me binge watching to see the treasures and renovations. Score!
Those photos have just made the pottery worth more..
Those Butterick catalogs are invaluable and essential for movie/TV costume departments.
I'm so glad you are scraping the paint off the wood trim. Too many of these old house renovation shows are just painting it white instead of letting the natural wood shine.
My Gosh! I can't believe how much work you've all done in 12 days! Compared to what it looked like on day one when you first started taking stuff for the shop, donation piles and of coarse garbage out.....it's now like a house again! When you first started I didn't see much hope and I've redone several houses over the years! At first I thought burn it down, clean it up and sell the beautiful lot, lol! As things got cleaned up I saw more hope! Then you showed the slide of the house back in I'd say the 60's and it looked so much like my Grandparents home when I was child!!! You've got yourself a wonderful home there. If I weren't so far south in the US I'd buy it! When your done it ought to be a spectacular!
Those pattern books are Everything‼️
Really neat!
they are fab ! Is there any 50's style dresses ? I would love to buy !
Completely hooked on your videos thanks bud. :) 🤙
glad you like them :)
The vintage kitchen illustration around the 39 minute mark was fantastic.
Onion skins are also used to dye easter eggs for example, I still do it that way - you put 2 handfuls in the water and some vinegar and cook the eggs with it, they will be nice and red.
This truly brings meaning to the phrase , "One man's trash is another's treasure"
It will be a beauty. Too bad the donation place was too lazy to check it out before they refused. Thank you for trying to donate, and use anything that might be good. I hate things going into the landfills also. Really enjoy your videos, hope you are getting some rest. 😴
M W I was pretty disappointed with the charity also. It’s not like cold weather is out of the norm. I am glad it was opened up to the town to come and get stuff. I am sure more than a few people were wanting to go thru the piles to see what they could find. Sort of like American pickers except in Canada. I have really enjoyed this series. I was laughing when you started out the video by walking in the cold.
I had the same issue a few years ago. It was a partially burned house and couldn't get anyone to come. Brand New washer and dryer just 4 months old, lawn mowers that worked, crafts out the wazoo. Finally hired a company to help and just about everything good was used to pay them for their work, so it worked out good for me and the workers. But I was shocked charities we're so particular to come and pick up the stuff that I had cleaned up and sorted over 1/2 alone
Funny thing about charities... they're happy when you bring anything to them, but it's quite a different story when you want them to come get something that you want to give away. The interactions I've had with some of the "personnel" who work or drive their trucks has also been somewhat remarkable. When it's all said and done, after the experiences that I've had with various charitable organizations over the years, I don't bother with those ones anymore. Their loss, not mine.
@@droolies7079 I read about a guy who had a junk truck and cleaned out houses like that for minimum wage and the unwanted stuff, then he had yard sales out of a storage unit, now he has 10 trucks and 4 thrift stores
@@kiminalaska9363 A friend's friend, buys up storage lockers and estates and what ever he can and has an antique store but the common stuff he puts in a rented 1000 sq foot storage unit and has a yard sale every week end and makes about $1200 a week end
Alex's kids could do that with the left overs and pay their way to college
Hans. Best supporting character in a series. ever.
As to the people just dropping by -- ask them if they want to help. When my nephew and I cleaned out my sister's place, a guy named Steve drove past the open garage and saw the dumpster, swung around the block and stopped and said, "You're not throwing out the scrap metal, are you? There's money in that!" We assured him there would be a scrap metal bin too, and before long he was back, driven by curiosity to offer to help. He did a heck of a lot of work just for pizza and the odd collectible that took his fancy. We also set out quite a few things with a "Free" sign beside them and everything disappeared except the world's ugliest lamp. :)
I'm getting sad. It's coming to an end. Really enjoyed this series.
I'm sure he'll find more interesting properties and adventures to share with us.
me too!
with the extent of work that needs to be done i dont think it will be ending anytime soon.
Thank you for taking us on this journey with you. I would love to do something similar, but cannot. Your kindness in posting the video allows me to join the adventure. Your effort is very much appreciated.
thanks for watching Jen! some days I think it would be better to just be a spectator too! haha :)
@@CuriosityIncorporated I'm sure you do! I am going to be so sad when this series is done. You are going to have to find new place to start then to keep me happy!
Omg Hans! Thank goodness he didn’t die in the fall! What a delightful man 😊
What a beautiful difference to see the original wood
I think that one of the things I like BEST about your channel Alexander, is that there is absolutely no procrastination on your part. You get after the project, bring in help and just get it done! 12 working days to get as far as you have is AMAZING! I am so enjoying learning about the value still in old things and those 40's and 50's pattern catalogs were a FANTASTIC find! Thanks for sharing your adventures with all of us :-D
C L Aldridge Art what a work ethic Alex has! and an electrician apparently....💖
16 years ago we bought a century old farm house in the country and have been renovating it since then. It started off looking pretty good but over the years we have been discovering so many problems with it. But my husband has really turned it around and replacing windows, redoing the outside and roof, replacing the main door, redoing all the floors to laminate (would love to do hardwood but that is out of our reach), replacing our oil furnace to two heat pumps, redoing our upstairs bathroom and various other minor renovations has turned it into a place we are proud to call home. It cost us a lot of money over the years but finally have our dream home. (No valuable pottery in our place though.. lol)
My heart did a little dance when I saw the Western Horseman magazine!!💖
Loved the enamel bucket with the hole in the bottom!! Something like that is perfect for planting summer herbs. Makes for a great summer vintage look sitting on the porch or patio. Love watching this series!! ♡
I've been binge watching your videos ever since I accidentally found them on youtube. I love the series on the Potter's House---thoroughly enjoyable. I look forward every week to the next video on the house and its transformation. I think you must be the most hardworking man on youtube. I'm also enjoying your sense of humor. Corny jokes and puns are the best!
Me to my boyfriend: A new upload!!!
*we run and plop down to watch*
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that's so amazing! thanks guys!
May want to have the foundation, wiring and the plumbing checked before you repair walls. May have to redo some of what you are trying to fix... Not trying to tell you what to do but just my observation of the house. So enjoying the house videos.
Pretty sure this isn’t his first rodeo
That was what I was thinking. Not much has been said about any electrical, plumbing etc work done.
Dude, this series is better than anything I have seen on TV for home improvement, etc. This series is gold!
It's really interesting to see how much less fabric was used in the 1945 Butterick dresses than in the 1952 Butterick dresses. I always understood the war effort made fabric more expensive so less was used in clothing. The clothing patterns economized. Well you could really tell in those catalogs. The 1952 dresses were so much more pouffy, full skirted, and wide. A big difference! And that explains a lot about 50's style - a reaction against economizing during the war.
I never considered that! You're right!
You can thank Christian Dior for that.
I always found it interesting that during the Great Depression, flour companies started printing their flour sacks with pretty floral patterns, because they found out that women were using them to make clothes, and they wanted to give them something pretty to wear.
@@Palitato I still have flour sacks that I croched broders on them. But I'm old now lol
Palpitations, I've always love that story about the flour companies. The way I heard the story is they found out women were using the flour sack material to make clothes for their children, especially dresses for girls, so the companies started using fabric with prints.
Loving all your adventures but Hans telling the story of falling out of the tree is pure entertainment. I’m glad he’s a freaking Viking too! Thanks so much for sharing.
LOVE the pictures of the potential kitchen redo. Can’t wait to see more progress.
Someone has probably said this in the comments already. If not, the old pots, like the enamel one with the hole, can be set a couple of inches into your flower garden. You then add some beautiful annuals and they make great decorative pieces especially beside an old wooden ladder👍 I have several.