Look INSIDE an Amish Home 

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I drove a school bus for a handicap program. I picked up Amish in Middlefield, Ohio. I got to know some of these families quite well. One of the adult Amish I was driving into the school/workshop passed away. My bus aide and I were invited in to see her body with the parents. We were honored to be invited. I've never seen a buggy before that was equipted to carry a casket. My heart sunk as we passed this on the road the next day. Thank you for making these videos and clearing many myths up about the Amish people. Once you get to know them, they are some of the nicest people around.

What's a hoom? Jokes aside, it's nice to see how humble they live. A fulfilling house doesn't need many things, just good people!

The "plastic-rubber " material on the tables is oilcloth. One upon a time it was more widely used. I remember rural relatives used it to cover kitchen and dining tables.

Running water at the kitchen sink but no bathroom, just an old outhouse! THAT is a surprise.

My dad grew up in Millersburg, Ohio, in Holmes County. His family had moved there pre-Civil War, and my great-grandfather was the town pharmacist and spoke Pennsylvania Dutch with his customers, about half of which were Amish. In the 1950s, my dad delivered prescriptions via bicycle and also dispensed medications (which certainly wouldn't be allowed now!). I grew up with a fascination with the Amish, and we visited Millersburg in 1977 when I was in fifth grade. Little House on the Prairie was among the most popular TV shows then, and I returned to Southern California with my sunbonnet just like Laura's and Mary's. In college, I wrote a research paper for my linguistics class on the Pennsylvania Dutch language. Thanks for this tour of an Amish home!! :D

My buddy lived in Lancaster Pa and during a weekend stay he took us for a tour of an Amish community. None of the houses had electrical or telephone wires in the house or screens. One house very close to the road we were in had a couple of pies cooling off on window still but loaded with flies. Never purchased Amish food after that.

I love these homes. They are so simple, neat, stress free, clean. We have too much clutter in our home and it definitely is not as organized. I just love the simplicity of it. I can see myself living in a home like this. Also, these homes seem very similar to the home of a homesteader, who values simplicity, living off the land, canning, providing for their families without any kind of help or working a job, making their own home and furniture, etc.

Delightful to see a home without a giant flat screen TV and electronics everywhere....and I live in Marin County, CA!

One tradition some Amish follow is cleaning their home thoroughly top to bottom before and after hosting their fellow parishioners for church some weeks in a row before they all then have services in the next home in the district, in cycles. Some use their large basements for the meetings. Their houses are typically neat, uncluttered and very very clean. Homey and welcoming as well.

I'm sure that you Erik notice the lack of a background buzzing or humming that the Amish homes have ..even in a regular English home with all the TV's and radios with everything off in the house there is still some different noise that the Amish homes don't have..they always seem so quiet and peaceful.. other than children and critters etc..lol

I noticed the handicapped access ramp. This is a very nice house and the price alone is reasonable for the acreage. I wish I were half as good a housekeeper.

I love everything Amish, they have this graceful elegance about them

These homes are lovely.

These are so homely. Just add some electricity and modern plumbing and I'm sold.

My husband and I inherited some of his grandmother's Amish-made furniture, and it is sturdy stuff! I hope to have it all my life. A wonderful reminder of her legacy of quiet, tidy and quality homemaking wisdom.

In Ashtabula County, Ohio, some of our Amish, when building a new house include plumbing and wiring in order to get building permits and pass inspections. They are left unconnected. Makes it even easier to sell to English. Some of the Geauga County Amish( Middlefield) have running water and fully functional bathrooms.

My grandmother is German/Pennsylvania Dutch from eastern PA. She’s not Amish but I noticed many of the same decor items/influences in her home like in the Amish home. Lots of quilts, wooden furniture, simple decor on the wall, etc. Something about the simplicity and minimalistic nature of these homes is very appealing. 😊

Love all of your videos!! Thank you!! We get our wood every year from a very nice Amish couple not far from where we live, and when our truck broke down while getting a load, the wife was nice enough to give my husband a ride in the their buggy all the way home to retrieve my truck! Great people!! ❤️❤️

My one set of Amish neighbors remodeled an older "English " farmhouse for themselves. The land connects to a brother's farm which is convenient. This house already had an annex to it so his parents moved into there with the youngest sister.

I noticed a motorboat covered up

Erik: I first visited Lancaster with a friend on a bus tour in 1972! I was very young, but, I've never forgotten that experience..thought I must've died and gone to heaven. The smell of the homemade candles, the food, the simple homes and beautiful scenery; I'd never seen anything like it. I've gone back to visit many times over the years, and, my dream would be to pick up and move there for the balance of my life. I just discovered your channel recently and am enjoying it so much. Many thanks from a lover of all things Amish! 🤗 Rosemarie 💖

I live a half hour from a decent sized Mennonite community. They have an Amish Heritage Center that hosts events, and they have a house on the property that people can tour. One of the most fascinating features to me was the removable wall panels in the downstairs. They could remove a panel and turn it into a great room to host people. The homes to me in general just have so much personality as well as practicality. They are designed for family and community which I think so many people desperately long for these days.

The furniture that displays China and chest of drawers in these houses is always stunning! The open floor plan is so smart.

Amish homes are minimalist yet efficient, which I like. Also, I love all the beautiful wood furniture. The wash rooms are very nice. My favored way to do laundry is on a wringer washer.

The first thing an Amish family will think about in the design of their home is to accommodate the church service. That's the main reason for the large open concept of the main rooms. They also need to have a separate room since the men go into one and the ladies go into the other four church.

I'm from Kentucky and enjoy being around Amish people they are so pure and open

My family has Pennsylvania Dutch (Amish) lineage. I love their decor and all the wood. Mom and I are fixing up our 1920s Dutch Colonial here in Maine.

When I saw the interior pics, I thought, "Where's the clutter"? 😂 The typical American would have a home like this stuffed to the rafters with unnecessary crap from Walmart. We have a lot to learn from the Amish. Their style of living is very utilitarian. Everything has a purpose.

I’d love to live there and please do more of these

Beautiful homes. Yes more videos of homes if possible and thank you to those family's. God bless you all.

I like how large the rooms are! They have a lot of space there. The whole property is quite beautiful.

I love how you say home 🏡 😌 I'm from England 🇬🇧 😀

Yes, would love to see more of these!! Honestly, I was surprised at the low price. That's a lot of land and a lot of living space for that amount of money. I live on the Cumberland Plateau of TN and would expect a place like that to be perhaps double what you mention. Then again, property prices are all over the place right now.

The no electricity thing is a deal breaker for me. I wouldn't want to tear the walls up.

I am shocked at the price of that property! For that price where I live, you MIGHT be able to find a tiny home, on a postage stamp size property, that is a "fixer-upper". Wonderful opportunity for the right buyer who wants to do major renovations! Just found your channel, and I love it! ❤

BEAUTY AND MAGNIFIQUE HOME FOR ME AND MY FAMILY THANK YOU FOR SHARING BLESSING IN FUTURES WORKS SALUTED FROM PUERTO CORTES HONDURAS

I lived in a TN Amish community. We were surrounded by Amish homes. It was a great experience

I Love Amish Homes . Something Soothing about them . PLUS... I Love the WIDE Doors . 🤠🖖

They keep them very clean, that's what I admire, clutter free and polished.

I noticed the boat with motor. Didn’t know they used a boat with motor. I really like the grandparents home.

What an amazing price! A homesteader's dream. I'm a bit surprised by the wheelchair ramp. It looks quite steep. I believe the recommended slope is about 1 inch high for every foot in length. But then, I suspect there would have been plenty of able bodied help available to assist anyone in a wheelchair up the ramp!

I really loved this home just so clean and spacious. ❤

Built to last !

As always a fantastic video. 99.9% of people have no clue how little you really need to lead a happy life!

I love it . price is doable. Yep it's for me. Show more .

For some reason, the dream catcher really threw me for a loop. I would've never thought the Amish would be "into" those. Also, I thought it would be 2 million easy, on the price, especially when I heard the acreage. This was a lovely property, very well tended & that land is gorgeous.

That basement looks better than mine!

I love the very neat simplicity of these homes. I'd like to own one.

I didn't know there were so many items inside an Amish home. I always thought they lived so minimally that there'd only be a couple of items in each room. They even had items made of plastic like containers, an office chair, toys and heart-shaped balloons. This was a very nice and informative video. This has peaked my interest.

I'm quite surprised at all the decorations and toys in the kids rooms, I had thought decorations are a no-go for amish and toys would only be handmade toys. The house itself looks extremely lovely to me, homey. I wish I could get myself to live like this.

This was very interesting, lovely homes and beautiful property. Hopefully it will sell to someone within the Amish community. Thanks Erik 👍👍🙏

Kind of put me in mind of how my grandparents lived in their early married years

Beautiful homes! I thought it would be listed for more!

I really enjoy the Amish home videos and I like how you talk about their traditions and life styles.

Those blue colors are beautiful

I've been inside an Amish home. Very tidy, organized, simple. The sound of a ticking clock and a woman sewing to pass the time was so pleasant for the soul.

Excellent video..great overall coverage of Amish homes.. because I live in where there is a large enough Amish community I have a house full of the handmade Amish furniture that I have been buying from the local Amish furniture store over the last several years I've been purchasing the furniture and filling my place up in preparation for my retirement soon I'll have all i need ..it is all the very best top quality you could possibly imagine and honestly dirt cheap..all of Thier household furnishings etc are all ment to last several lifetimes ..most all of the Amish that come into my work all have at least one English neighbor that'll help them pertaining to internet use..great video.. thank you for sharing ✌️🙏🏻

Beautiful home and incredibly low price! And yes, I'd love to see more!!!

Love the openness buy one of those bedrooms would become a bathroom FAST !!

I love the smaller cozy one.

Beautiful homestead!

This was wonderful! Please show more Amish homes. Thank you.

I love this. I am going to search for more of yours.

As a Horseman, I'd be most interested in seeing the stables with the stalls. I noticed they had two outdoor riding areas, and a third if you count the paddock outside the buggy storage barn. If I was a buyer that house's price is incredible. I'd buy it in a heartbeat just for the horse property aspect alone (and the houses are very nice, too!). Even though non Amish people are going to want to put in a washroom and electricity no doubt (I know I would). Still a heckuva price. I hope the property finds a great owner. :)

Really enjoyed this video and homes for sale videos are my favorites!! I love getting a peek inside!

U bet show more homes 🏡

Wow! I have fly strips during the summer, oil lamps, china displays and an open coat/hat rack in my home for all my boys coats and their baseball caps!! A clothesline outside! We also have a few antlers and even a few dream catchers!! Wish mine looked as nice, however!! This is beautiful!! Love the big, huge kitchen! For spending as much time as I do in mine, and for a family of 9, I wouldn't mind it if mine were that big!!!

I love tours of Amish homes - such a treat.

The way he says “home”

Where are you from that you pronounce homes that way?

I love it.

I am PA German (not plain) and this home reminded me a lot of my grandparents' home in PA. The local insurance company calendar was standard, a large breakfront holding at least 12 place settings of stoneware for big family dinners, our women all had LOTS of canned goods shelved in the basement -- that they had canned themselves to carry a family through the winter. Of course, grandparents' house had the front room or parlor with a 1950s modern sofa and older rush seat comfortable wooden chairs -- no soft easy chairs. And a 1960s cabinet TV in the corner. They had dark green window shades and no curtains or drapes, so quite plain. My grandparents got up prior to sunrise and bedded down about 8 PM so they didn't do a ton of reading or watching TV past sundown. These Amish houses have no carpets because they have to be able to sweep the floors without vacuums, in contrast to my grandparents' front and middle rooms which had carpets, one wall to wall, the other an older Victorian carpet. The Amish houses have no furniture groupings, squishy sofas, no end tables with electrical lamps for reading, few if any books, no phones, radios, TVs, electric clocks or computers to connect family with their neighbors or the greater world. You wonder how much education the children get -- not much about the outside world, lots of religious training and memorization of old German texts, ending school at age 13. There were a few thin books beside one of the child's beds but that is it. Very old plain furniture and it is ALL placed up against the wall so there is a huge area of floor that has nothing on it. Not conducive to conversation. The Amish furniture is decades old and NOT antique quality. But yes, many quilts -- every wife knew how to make quilts and the mother and girls' dresses. We ALL had mother's and grandmother's handmade exquisite quilts for our beds and they got a lot of use in winter. I still have many of them. By seeing the wash room/mud room and kitchen with no dishwasher, you can tell an Amish wife's life is extremely labor intensive as is the farmer's work putting hay into a hay wagon by hand. Kids are taught chores VERY early and do a LOT of work compared to modern kids. I wish we could see the bathrooms or where they wash themselves. Do they do that in the kitchen near the stove so water heated on the stove can be poured into a tub? Outhouses can be arctic in winter so they probably have chamber pots under their beds which they have to dump in the AM. That kind of life is do-able for an outsider but extremely restrictive. I would not want to be Amish -- no connection with the outside world is not living life to the fullest in my opinion. At least if you live in the modern world you can let in what you want in your home and disregard the rest. With the Amish it is AUTOMATIC restriction and NO rebellion or you get kicked out of the church and your family members shun you FOREVER. This creates so much shame, family division, and hard hearts. What the bishops (all men, of course) say, goes. Period. It is sad. They exert extreme control over the families in their particular jurisdiction. I lived seeing Amish every day growing up and we had a Mennonite girl in my class in school. She wore the white prayer cap and braids. She was a nice girl but rather shy and quiet. Amish life is not like women read about in those Amish romance novels. It is hard work and I don't even know if Amish women use birth control, so they are absolutely tied down to home with tons of kids underfoot.

I loved watching this video. Thanks.

Yes, I enjoyed this video very much! Your commentary, particularly when you pointed out the little tidbits that don't stand out at first or that aren't usual in English houses. Thank you for sharing!

As a Kentuckian, I absolutely noticed the Ale8 carton in the basement.

Thank you. I was totally amazed at the colorful bedrooms…😮

Thanks for the tour! :) Nice easy on the eye interiors; they have a slight "Shaker" simplicity about them. There's a quote, "Cleanliness is next Godliness." Maybe this is partly why the Amish live this way? A home cluttered with lots of stuff is much harder to clean & organize. Especially when many kids & often outdoor-working parents are walking in & out all day long. Simple open rooms are just easier to dust, sweep & mop. (That's a great price for the two homes & all the acreage - wow. And you know they've been well cared for.)

Please show more homes I really enjoy looking at them

I liked in the one boys room, they have a wall hanging of a hot rod car. ❤️❤️❤️

I've been interested in the Amish for a number of years, I love their quilts.

Nice, big, practical homes - but what about things like insulation, heating and cooling? Despite the very reasonable house/property price, the cost of installing plumbing, electricity, septic fields, plus repurposing and dividing space to accommodate bathrooms and closets might make the bottom line quite prohibitive for most buyers.

Very, very nice!!!

Cool! I would be interested in seeing more of these!

This was something I haven't thought to do (use Zillow to explore homes in this way). Beautiful home with more color than I expected. Thanks for the video!

I've been invited into many of the Swiss Amish homes in South Whitley and Ft. Wayne IN. One thing that sticks out is they keep their decorations from their weddings and display it on their walls. The women use a lot of pink floral decorations and beads. Usually they also get a clock or decoration that lights up (by battery I'd assume). Their basements are concrete with polished plywood ceilings and are where Christmas parties are held. Other than that the houses are the same as the video.

$379,000???? That's £316,000 here in the UK. You could buy a 3 bed house for that here. The value for money you can get is amazing

Yes please do more.

More videos like this Erik! Thanks!

In most of the Amish homes I have been inside of in Lancaster County, the lighting is battery-powered LED lighting. There are always candles sitting around, but usually not lit. I was in one home that was lit completely by propane mantles. The piping for the propane was exposed and painted.

Thank you for your very interesting videos. It is so interesting to see how many German "traditons" the Amish have kept. My great grand parents would have lived like the Amish (when I remeber the storys my mother told me about the relatives of my grandmother living about 20 km away in a little rural village). When there is a larger farm in Germany there's often an extra little house in which the grandparents live. In Bavaria it is called "Austragshaus" (or Austragshäusl/Austragsheisl) because when an older farmer retires he is called as an "Austragsbauer" (or "im Austrag sein") ... A funny old-fashioned saying is in Bavaria and Austria if soneone goes to the bathroom (to the toilet): "Auf's Häusl (or Heisl) gehen" or "zum Häusl (Heisl) gehen" because in formerly times people did not have a toilet or a bathroom inside the home - it was in a little shed on the property. So in English it means "Going to the shed" 🙂Maybe the Amish have a similar saying in PA Dutch for that "business". Many greetings from Bavaria, Philipp

Also thank you for these videos, very informative.

That was so interesting. I love learning about the Amish....

Love the channel

Love all of your content !!!!!!

I love the videos of the Amish homes and lifestyle. keep up the good work.

That’s a great value for all that space and land. You didn’t show bathrooms….so where are they, or do they use outhouses?

I enjoy seeing Amish homes and would even consider buying one if thevprice was right considering the costs involved in installing plumbing and electricity.

Beautiful in its simplicity!

I would absolutely LUV to have that lifestyle!