Man, it’s stories like this one from Better After reader Bethany that make me wish I had bought a 136-year-old fixer-upper farm house. Too bad those don’t exist where I live. The closest I could come is buying a 25-year-old faller-downer meth house, which is nowhere near as charming. No thankies.
But she scored big with this beautiful home built in 1878, which switched hands a few times before it ended up being purchased by her grandparents in 1972. Eventually, it came into Bethany’s possession and she has been bringing it back to life ever since.
Luckily it had been lovingly cared for and only needed a few cosmetic updates, including new lighting and uncovering those original fir floors. 136-year-old floors! Wow, what a treasure. Bethany, start a blog already, we need to see more!
12 Comments
Dharma
October 20, 2014 at 1:31 PMWhoa. Is it possible to *die* of jealousy?
Hanna
October 20, 2014 at 3:51 PMGorgeous!
Hanna
October 20, 2014 at 3:52 PMP.S. why on earth wouldn’t you want a meth house?! 😉
beck campbell
October 20, 2014 at 3:53 PMThis makes me wish I had one more house in me…but I just don’t. I need to embrace and enjoy the wonderful home I live in now that I swore 15 years ago (when it was brand new) had EVERYTHING I needed or wanted…only to add on…TWICE…replace flooring, replace countertops, replace cabinets…geez.
Fawn Klepper
October 20, 2014 at 7:30 PMI have to know where that light fixture is from. Any chance you can find out?
Lindsey @ Better After
October 21, 2014 at 10:11 AMBelieve it or not, she found it at a second-hand store! Yay for her, bummer for everyone else!
Hayley
October 20, 2014 at 8:26 PMWow… This is inspiring. I can’t wait to have a home of my own!
Rebecca
October 21, 2014 at 8:07 AMWow that is beautiful!
Fawn Kleper
October 21, 2014 at 10:19 AMLucky her! Thanks for looking into for me.
Bethany
October 21, 2014 at 2:15 PMThank you for sharing our dining room photos, Lindsey! It was so fun to see it pop up in my reader yesterday. 🙂 And thank you everyone for your kind comments!
G
October 21, 2014 at 10:01 PMGorgeous! Let’s see more 🙂
LeeAnn
October 22, 2014 at 3:15 PMSimply gorgeous!