Our First House Mystery! SOLVED!!! 

They said that the best part of the house was the green conservatory I hope you can do that restore a green conservatory that sounds so life giving and beautiful and magical and magnificent and anything less a disappointment Hope with modern technology and still given to quality and like of the period I hope you can do that It make just require some thought and imagination and brain storming but how absolutely glorious if you could have some beautiful flowers up there and even an English tea table there Don't stop dreaming Sometimes ideas on how just come to you over time

Restoring an old home is give and take, you’ve chosen well. You’re doing a great job.

I love, love, love your Hall and Brown shirt! I am an avid follower of Kim and Kaleb from the 2nd Empire Strikes Back!! ❤

I grew up in my grandparents' house (c. 1888) in northeast Nebraska way back in the 1960s. Two comments, first on the upstairs porch (outside my bedroom); my grandmother would drag out the carpets and rugs onto this 2nd floor porch and proceed to beat the dirt out of them when spring cleaning, as well as shake out any other bed coverings. In the winter it was common to drag out the mattresses and let them outside on the porch overnight to kill off any bugs living inside the mattresses. People today should understand that the Victorian housewife were meticulous with cleaning. Trivia to witness, this is the reason there were small casters under all Victorian-era furniture so that it could be moved around and cleaned under and behind. Second comment on the storm windows. On my grandparents' house it was possible to hang and remove the storm windows (for winter) and the screens (for summer) from the inside of the house. There were two hooks attached to the top of the window frames on the outside that received corresponding metal eyelets (for a lack of a better term) from which the window frames would hang. A person would open the bottom sash of the window from inside, pick up the storm window or screen and turn it sideways and thru the open window, twist it around and with great skill and care catch the eyelets on the window with the hooks on the top of the frame, hand the storm window or screen (which is now held on the sides and outwards at an angle, slowly let the thing down and it would fall into place in the window frame, and be attached with a small hook at the inside bottom. No climbing up or down ladders on the outside required. Meanwhile, whenever these screens or storm windows were removed and carried all the way down into the basement, my grandfather would clean and touch up the paint and get them ready for the next cycle as the seasons passed. There was one entire room in the basement devoted to storing these windows.

That was a fun mystery to solve. I was thinking it was going to be a room that was exposed to the cold for someone with TB to sleep in in the Winter. I like the truth better. Can't you see the Lady of the house still in her dressing gown taking tea in the conservatory in the morning? Again I respect that your plan is to restore and conserve. It is going to look great.

You both are doing amazing work and should be very proud of all the hard work rod iron will look amazing 🎉❤ love you both

Love all of the stories and watching you lovingly restore this beautiful home Thank you for taking us all along for the ride ❤

Wow that conservatory did look amazing, we did add one to our 1905 home in the UK. They are a great place to chill on rainy summer days.

Nice hoodie!

One of the fantasies I have when I actually own an old house is I will go up to the attic and find a mystery like you did! When I was first married, we went to visit my in-laws. At the time they lived in a fascinating old house built around the turn of the century. It had 4 floors (including the attic, which was big enough to have been used as a dormitory at one time), a root cellar under the porch, and a finished basement with it's own entrance! We found some cool stuff while up in the attic, stuffed behind the original walls. We found an original negative (on glass) of the house, some medicine bottles ( the original owner was the town doctor), and an old skate key....fantasize about going back there to that attic and see what else I can find! It was in a small town (in central Missouri )too. Your channel allows me to go back and relive those days all over again. Thank you!

I like to think that previous owners told their kids that the laundry chute was out of bounds, but they could play on the porch roof!! Was it a space for husbands to sleep if they don't finish their projects?!! (probably!) A conservatory would be super cool, but expensive!

Love the Hall & Brown shirt! So glad you follow Kaleb! Very informative. Here in SW Iowa, across the river in Nebraska City, NE. There is Arbor Lodge. They have a plant conservatory.

conservatory - greenhouse - imagine the possibility later of being able to 3-D print yourself one for your house.

Beautiful 😍

The decorative wrought iron railing would look very nice on that flat roof.

Loved the history of the house. You and your wife are doing an excellent job. Blessings and prayers...

The conservatory seemed so much bigger than the space it sat on. Can't wait to see more progress!

Thanks for putting these interesting videos out. We appreciate the research, too!

Oh my you have to try to redo the conservatory on the porch with safety glass maybe sometime in the future but that iron works nicely. Ps I like the hoodie you have on from the other RU-vidr.

Have you checked the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps? That will show the outline of your house with the number of floors. I would be happy to check. I don’t know what dates are available for your area. The Sanborn will likely give you a closer date range for the conservatory.

Very amazing to have a conservatory! It must have been an after thought, and very cool for sure! 💯❣️ What brand of stripper works best? I have been struggling with removing paint from my old house windows and trim. Do you have any tips you can sure? Thanks for sharing! 💯

Get to painting those columns Mr. Honey! They ain’t gonna paint themselves. How are you going to secure those fence thingymabobs to the floor of the roof of the car port? I’m stumped because…snow and junk and stuff, not to mention derecho winds that could potentially suddenly happen. Wouldn’t want those things to go flying through the neighborhood.

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conservatory. man i would sell my soul for a house with a conservatory. please put the conservatory back and make it a greenhouse with chairs in it