Comments on: What Nobody Tells You about Living in a 100-Year-Old Farmhouse Before You Move In http://chickensintheroad.com/living/what-nobody-tells-you-about-living-in-a-100-year-old-farmhouse-before-you-move-in/ Life in Ordinary Splendor Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:00:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CraigErik http://chickensintheroad.com/living/what-nobody-tells-you-about-living-in-a-100-year-old-farmhouse-before-you-move-in/#comment-136189 CraigErik Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:58:29 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/12/20/what-nobody-tells-you-about-living-in-a-100-year-old-farmhouse-before-you-move-in/#comment-136189 Loved this article. I bought a 1889 farmhouse last winter and can relate to what you have experienced. I love it! In fact, it gave me the idea to create a website and chronicle my journey to a more simple way oflife and to share the progress of our restoration. Please check it out. www.quiettimes.webs.com Loved this article. I bought a 1889 farmhouse last winter and can relate to what you have experienced. I love it! In fact, it gave me the idea to create a website and chronicle my journey to a more simple way oflife and to share the progress of our restoration. Please check it out.

http://www.quiettimes.webs.com

]]> By: designingdiana http://chickensintheroad.com/living/what-nobody-tells-you-about-living-in-a-100-year-old-farmhouse-before-you-move-in/#comment-132653 designingdiana Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:23:27 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/12/20/what-nobody-tells-you-about-living-in-a-100-year-old-farmhouse-before-you-move-in/#comment-132653 I want to share a gem of a find I discovered to help with drafts (and rattling windows) in old houses. It's called Rope Caulk. Buy a bunch. It's fantastic. It is a sort of rope that's a putty and you simply mush it in the cracks/gaps holes. If you have true rope windows... make sure to putty the holes where the rope comes out of the window frame, and also cover the rope channels. BTW... the rope caulk pulls off easily when you need it to. No mess. It's a life savor. Buy early in the Fall as it tends to sell out. Peace :) I want to share a gem of a find I discovered to help with drafts (and rattling windows) in old houses. It’s called Rope Caulk. Buy a bunch. It’s fantastic. It is a sort of rope that’s a putty and you simply mush it in the cracks/gaps holes. If you have true rope windows… make sure to putty the holes where the rope comes out of the window frame, and also cover the rope channels. BTW… the rope caulk pulls off easily when you need it to. No mess. It’s a life savor. Buy early in the Fall as it tends to sell out. Peace :)

]]> By: KATHY http://chickensintheroad.com/living/what-nobody-tells-you-about-living-in-a-100-year-old-farmhouse-before-you-move-in/#comment-121640 KATHY Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:09:23 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/12/20/what-nobody-tells-you-about-living-in-a-100-year-old-farmhouse-before-you-move-in/#comment-121640 Oh my god, it's my house. Ever year from nov. to march everyday I walk thru my house saying that's it I'm moving.Then from April thru Oct. I love that the house that never gets warm is the coolest place to be.My husband just laughs at because he knows that after living here for 15 years now I'm never leaving this old cold run down takes to much to live in house. Kathy Oh my god, it’s my house. Ever year from nov. to march everyday I walk thru my house saying that’s it I’m moving.Then from April thru Oct. I love that the house that never gets warm is the coolest place to be.My husband just laughs at because he knows that after living here for 15 years now I’m never leaving this old cold run down takes to much to live in house. Kathy

]]> By: Sybil http://chickensintheroad.com/living/what-nobody-tells-you-about-living-in-a-100-year-old-farmhouse-before-you-move-in/#comment-116461 Sybil Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:19:45 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/12/20/what-nobody-tells-you-about-living-in-a-100-year-old-farmhouse-before-you-move-in/#comment-116461 HA! I can totally relate. Our house turns 300 years old this year. We can see outside through the cracks in the corners. And pass papers up stairs (or down stairs) through the gaps between the floor/ceiling boards. Good times! HA! I can totally relate. Our house turns 300 years old this year. We can see outside through the cracks in the corners. And pass papers up stairs (or down stairs) through the gaps between the floor/ceiling boards. Good times!

]]> By: Melinda http://chickensintheroad.com/living/what-nobody-tells-you-about-living-in-a-100-year-old-farmhouse-before-you-move-in/#comment-116208 Melinda Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:21:42 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/12/20/what-nobody-tells-you-about-living-in-a-100-year-old-farmhouse-before-you-move-in/#comment-116208 Oh my! I remember my Grandma's home years ago had a slant! You would get a great workout on your calves it was so slanted. HAHA! Keep warm! :snuggle Oh my! I remember my Grandma’s home years ago had a slant! You would get a great workout on your calves it was so slanted. HAHA!
Keep warm! :snuggle

]]> By: Lauralynn http://chickensintheroad.com/living/what-nobody-tells-you-about-living-in-a-100-year-old-farmhouse-before-you-move-in/#comment-115874 Lauralynn Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:39:16 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/12/20/what-nobody-tells-you-about-living-in-a-100-year-old-farmhouse-before-you-move-in/#comment-115874 U are so dang funny, enjoy everything you write:) U are so dang funny, enjoy everything you write:)

]]> By: Sheila http://chickensintheroad.com/living/what-nobody-tells-you-about-living-in-a-100-year-old-farmhouse-before-you-move-in/#comment-99509 Sheila Sun, 14 Nov 2010 06:39:11 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/12/20/what-nobody-tells-you-about-living-in-a-100-year-old-farmhouse-before-you-move-in/#comment-99509 We lived in a small house in missouri back when my son was a baby and we had to deal with mice all the time , we had an old dresser in my sons room that a mouse was constantly building a small nest in , it seemed like every other day I was cleaning fluff out of the top drawer only to find more the next day (btw the fluff was from cards we had recieved when hubby and I were married :hissyfit: ) and finally one day I went to clean out the fluff only to find 5 little baby mice :? LOL. We lived in a small house in missouri back when my son was a baby and we had to deal with mice all the time , we had an old dresser in my sons room that a mouse was constantly building a small nest in , it seemed like every other day I was cleaning fluff out of the top drawer only to find more the next day (btw the fluff was from cards we had recieved when hubby and I were married :hissyfit: ) and finally one day I went to clean out the fluff only to find 5 little baby mice :? LOL.

]]> By: Tracie Smith http://chickensintheroad.com/living/what-nobody-tells-you-about-living-in-a-100-year-old-farmhouse-before-you-move-in/#comment-85280 Tracie Smith Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:37:07 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/12/20/what-nobody-tells-you-about-living-in-a-100-year-old-farmhouse-before-you-move-in/#comment-85280 Too funny, this sounds just like our farmhouse in kentucky...yep 1886...and ditto to the rest above...ha ha Too funny, this sounds just like our farmhouse in kentucky…yep 1886…and ditto to the rest above…ha ha

]]> By: Patchkat ~Susan in TX http://chickensintheroad.com/living/what-nobody-tells-you-about-living-in-a-100-year-old-farmhouse-before-you-move-in/#comment-81802 Patchkat ~Susan in TX Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:56:16 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/12/20/what-nobody-tells-you-about-living-in-a-100-year-old-farmhouse-before-you-move-in/#comment-81802 Our country "palace" was built in a HS shop program, trucked on site and assembled modular style 40 years ago. We're pier and beam and the house shifts from day to day depending on the moisture (or lack of) in the ground. It's a real challenge sometimes with the doors. We are fortunate to not be entertained my mice in the house curtesy of our 6 feline house companions. The original owner of the house ( the one who commissioned it built and moved onto site) DID die in the house. Sitting in his easy chair in the living room. It's a good thing the cemetery is within a mile, lol. No ammo boxes here! Love your blog. Our country “palace” was built in a HS shop program, trucked on site and assembled modular style 40 years ago. We’re pier and beam and the house shifts from day to day depending on the moisture (or lack of) in the ground. It’s a real challenge sometimes with the doors. We are fortunate to not be entertained my mice in the house curtesy of our 6 feline house companions.

The original owner of the house ( the one who commissioned it built and moved onto site) DID die in the house. Sitting in his easy chair in the living room. It’s a good thing the cemetery is within a mile, lol. No ammo boxes here!

Love your blog.

]]> By: Laurel http://chickensintheroad.com/living/what-nobody-tells-you-about-living-in-a-100-year-old-farmhouse-before-you-move-in/#comment-80964 Laurel Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:09:57 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/12/20/what-nobody-tells-you-about-living-in-a-100-year-old-farmhouse-before-you-move-in/#comment-80964 I love this post! So true. We found out about that whole space-heater-and-electric-blanket thing the first winter, too. BRRRR! We had to borrow three oil heaters from three different friends -- and then we had to figure out how to plug them in so the breaker didn't keep blowing :] I love this post! So true. We found out about that whole space-heater-and-electric-blanket thing the first winter, too. BRRRR! We had to borrow three oil heaters from three different friends — and then we had to figure out how to plug them in so the breaker didn’t keep blowing :]

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