The TREASURES we've FOUND at the HOUSE I Episode 5 

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Love the kitty paw-prints ❤

This video was like watching an archeologist's documentary! Every find was a treasured item that tells the story of the people who came before! You have such an appreciation of the history and how wonderful you are taking steps to preserve or utilize your finds! Kitty steps in the concrete... now that's priceless archeology treasure!

What I love most about your videos on the summerhouse is hearing and feeling the happiness in your voice. You’ve found and are making a personal bit of paradise Thank you for bringing us along on this adventure. I always feel inspired after your videos to make progress on my homemaking and gardening. 👩‍🌾

That house is lucky to have you. What a treasure.

How satisfying was the sorted hardware! 10 out of 10! 😁

There is something so special about restoring the old and forgotten treasures.

Much admiration Benita. The house and grounds look spectacular. You have done an awesome job. You can see all the love and attention. I’m sure the house appreciates the gentle restoration.

I love that old peg board you found! It looks great on the timbers in the entryway. So functional too. I love how commited you are to keeping so many original features. Good for you!!

I can't wait to show your videos to my Grandma. Her father was Swedish and she always thought about what her life would have been like living in Sweden. It's such a treat getting a glimpse into such history. Thank you for sharing. Your content is so informative and meaningful. Lots of love from the United States.

I love the reverence you have for the history of your beautiful property! I enjoy your work so much ❤

You really did find TREASURES!! And each one tells a story…….wonderful 😊!!!

So exciting to bring "new" treasures to light in your summer home! Particularly the time stamps, wallpapers, cat paw prints, lovely old table and loom... Proof that homes have living histories - and many stories to tell! ❤️

I love your journey in this house! Thank you for sharing it.

The first time I visited Europe (as a teenager, half a century ago), my little room at a B&B in England felt like a cave: it had been wallpapered so many times there were no corners or edges anywhere. Everything was rounded at wall and ceiling joins. I remember wishing I had X-ray eyes to see through it all!

Not gooseberries, they have thorns. Looks like blackcurrants. I’m impressed with your hard work and by how methodical you are. Inspirational content ❤

This beautiful old house is full of history and treasures

Don't you just love when your old house talks to you? I get excited when I start noticing things that aren't immediately apparent. I love that you are documenting your changes as well. Do you have a mini flat bar? If not, I would love to send you one. I find it incredibly useful. And that loom!!! How exciting!

What a treat to see all these treasures. Thank you for sharing, and making such an interesting video. Europeans who emigrated to Canada created farms and tools just like home. My grandparents farm looked just like this, in the end. No one to appreciate all the treasures, at that time - so sad. You are doing a wonderful service to history and showing how much has been lost in disrespecting our past.

Loved all the treasure finds and the way you have stored them for future reference for new owners. The past is always exciting to find in hidden nooks and crannies cannot wait to see more updates on your lovely summer house.

TY for sharing your treasures with us! It's wonderful that you have such a deep appreciation for the history of this property and want to preserve it. This place could not have fallen into the hands better stewards that will bring it back to its former glory. Under your care this property will thrive. I'm sure the neighbors appreciate your efforts as well.

I love the stories of buildings. Our little barn has all of the tractor oil changes from the 1940's through the 1970s logged on the wall. I can't imagine finding a potential Neolithic artifact! I love seeing you having so much fun with this project.

I am an archaeologist and have worked at sites from the 1800s here in the States. Lovely to see you document with such precision and care! If you are ever removing grass/topsoil and find a well-defined, square area of darkened earth, that’s likely an old privy (outhouse) site. Lots of treasures and information in there for us…maybe not for everyone else 😅. Keep up the great work!

Amazing finds, wow is right!! All those tools and metal parts in the sunlight were just art in this video. So beautiful-- you can make anything so appealing. Thank you for these and all your videos. They are so well done and so calming.

This was one of my favorite videos of yours! Thank you for sharing the boys of history of your property. It was so interesting.

WOW! You've done so much at this property. Lots of hard work but a very satisfying adventure.

Wow, oh, wow! Those kitty paw prints are the best for me 😺 I truly admire your orderliness and making do with the stuff you found. It may be just plain, old junk for some, but you turn it into a whole new level.

The RESPECT and CARE you and your family have demonstrated in the purchasing and refurbishment of this house is laudable. A woman after my own heart. Treasures INDEED ☺. Thanks for sharing your work!!! -V

I googled 1870s attire just to get a picture of what someone would have looked like walking around that house at that time. It’s just amazing to step back in time. - from US

Looks like a whetstone - sharpening stone. And black currants. 😊 The house is so wonderful, as are your videos. Thank you for sharing!

Such a treat to watch you and your progress. Thank you for sharing your journey ❤!

The weather and sky looks amazing! I love the how you have cleaned up outside making the lawn and plants look fresh. I cant wait to see what you do with the gates. All the detail against the simple backdrop should be stunning. Update us soon! ❤

Hi Benita, I want to thank you. I started by watching your posts about the summer house but something has pulled me in 🙂I have watched many of your back catalogue and am really enjoying implementing many of your tips and techniques. I thought I had decluttered but seeing the ease with which you move about and care for yourself and your spaces I am decluttering more. X Thank you

What a lovely and refreshing video. Love your summer house, the respect for every piece of history the house is bringing to you and how you honor those treasures placing as part of your "new" decoration. Bravo!

How wonderful you saved the old wallpaper ‼️ I’m an artist and would love to see all the patterns. Huuummmm … Maybe a BOOK in your future … documenting and refurbishing this wonderful treasure of a home. 🌸🌸🌸

Danke Benita, für deine Führung in eurem tollen Haus. Es steckt so viel Geschichte darin und Überraschungen. Sehr schön.

C'est extraordinaire les magnifiques trésors qu'une vieille maison peut révéler😍Merci pour ce partage et à bientôt😘😘

Love seeing all the old hardware pieces you found and sorted. Reminded me of my Dad's workshop when I was a child.

Lots of work but seems like that is your hobby and passion. So many stories hidden in an old house ❤ Thank for sharing with us 🥰

You found a loom! Incredible. Benita, your love of your home and your clear honor of being its steward brings me to tears. History wrote you into the home's timeline centuries ago. Thank you for sharing this divine and inspired journey with us.

Really enjoyed your trip through time. Love watching such content and the care you take. Thank you special lady.

You are so appreciative and respectful of the house and all of its treasures! It takes a lot of love, care and patience to restore something like that! Looks like the house has found its perfect owners! The kitty paw prints are my favorite! 🥰🐾🐾🐾🥰

Such a lovely place you have there ! It's really coming together. So much hard work, and finding treasures. Such a happy place to be. Thanks for sharing 🥰💐🌞🏜💗✝🇺🇲

No need to go to the gym, you are getting a great workout at the summer house! Thanks for all the updates Benita. This is so nice to watch as it comes together with all its treasures ❤ 🏡 🔨

I always suggest that you live in a home for a year before changing the landscaping. You never know what will pop up! Clearing and trimming all the trees and bushes is necessary not only for access but it helps the plants too. But you know that. What interesting things you've done uncovered. I'm sure you'll find something very interesting to do with those iron fence pieces. Maybe a base for flowering vines or tomatoes? Anyway, lots of work but very worthwhile.

Loved all the treasures you have found and making use of them too 😊. The house is coming on so well with all your hard work 😍 xxx

The best way to stake plants: forage in the woods for recently fallen mid-sized -2 cms diameter - branches (best in my experience are beech) then plant them in the soil to form an X on which your low hanging branches rest, cut to proper height. It is invisible, free and does work very well. That is the way I stake my tall collapsing perennials.

Thanks for taking us with you on this amazing, adventurous discovery-tour, Benita! I watched this video with tears in my eyes because I felt deeply moved and touched. How blessed you are to see the beauty in all these items, plants, inscriptions and all the other traces of the past! They ARE REAL treasures and you understand and honor their very special, important value. How wonderful that you document, preserve, restore and implement all these things! Your house surely sighs up in relief that its history, its soul, its little secrets and the lives that were lived in it are not just „erased by renovation“ but respected and treasured so lovingly! Well done Benita, well done - I‘m impressed in each and every possible way 👍🥹👍 Love from Germany

Ah, so envious. I always dreamed of having a house with a good size courtyard like that. Anyway, I'm so happy you bring us to see the treasures. I was even more excited when you open the workbench drawers and see those screws. I keep saying "Aaaa.." every time you show those old stuff. Idk why, but it makes me happy. Thank you for giving your time and effort to deliver this video. Hope you can keep them coming, Oh, and remember to keep yourself healthy too. Greetings from Indonesia.

I loved seeing all the changes and finds. Thank you Benita!

You look like you are having the best time, I enjoyed your beautiful, peaceful video. Much love ❤

I can't wait to get my own home and decorate my house with all the thrift find like you do!

Restoration is such a beautiful journey! Thanks for another video.

Benita, it was such a joy watching you lovingly sort and display your “treasures” from the workshop. Your content is very unique and oh so charming! Thank you so much. ❤

How wonderful to know some of the history of your house and to be able to continue adding to the history, for future owners of your home! 😍

Ah, the lovely table! I’m pretty sure it’s an old card table. We have a similar one, with a hinged table top. It’s folded out when used for cards (or more likely, fika 💕), and doubled up when used as a narrow wall-hugging table. Our table top pieces were badly bent over the years, so we use it with only one piece, just like you are. The top is rotated 90 degrees when folded out, using the plug-like mechanism. That way it’s more sturdy than just folding it out onto the extra leg.

Your house has a lot of history and treasures that you found. That's wonderful how you're keeping all of the old wallpapers in your green chest. The kitty paw prints that were in front of the wood burning stove are absolutely precious! 😺🐾

Oh my....what a lovely video ❤. You sure know how to calm my nerves, lol. Lots of love from Canada 🇨🇦 ❤️

This is quite an adventure you are having. Thank you for sharing 💞

Benita, you are definitely in your element. Now I'm curious what you will do with that old Swedish Sofa!

It is thrilling to see what you find and to learn what you've learned. At a time when so many new homes are being built, at least in the U.S.A., and built of low quality, manmade materials, nothing from nature, I am grateful that you are documenting and sustaining the life of the past. Whether its remnants or whole relics, I love seeing what your land and home retain from earlier times. Forntida andar och skönhet finns i överflöd! Frid vare med dig.

I'm loving going on this adventure with you. Thank you for sharing.

I will never understand this Swedish obsession with wallpaper, but I understand your excitement about the collection of metal pieces. A treasure indeed.

I always love your videos but this one was so special for me. I am a historian, genealogist, and former archaelogy tech, so this hit home in every way. Thank you.

It's beautiful!! It must be so relaxing to be there. So interesting to find things with history and bring them back to life. Thank you for sharing ❤❤

So beautiful and fun! I hope I'm Swedish in my next lifetime! 🇸🇪

This will likely be the only media I consume this week as I'm on a spiritual retreat. What a joy to have your sweet video to ground me after several days of intense other-worldly work.

I truly appreciate how you are adding to the history of the house with your notations on the back of things.❤ And the hardware you found and sorted!🤩

This is by far my favorite video of yours! It's wonderful to see you honor the history of the house and those who came before you and I felt like I was right beside you making the discoveries! Here in the US it seems like most people want new and manicured things - I was raised differently and am so happy I now have a 1952 (positively ancient haha) cottage that retains some of the original features. I love the tools and hardware odds and ends you found - I have some things like that from my grandpa and going back I'm sure to earlier generations too. I love that you're adding your own info to the history and what a treasure the wallpaper archive is! The kitty footprints are the cherry on top, as well as the rose bush outside the kitchen window to be enjoyed from inside. I can't wait for future videos, thank you for sharing and for being such a kind and thoughtful human!

Fantastic treasure finds Benita! I often think of the people who came before and how they lived on the property. We live rurally, there are remnants of a house foundation where we have found bottles and crockery, old coins.

Pani jest taka urocza i kochana,uwielbiam Pani filmy.

How exciting! Your wallpaper experience reminded me of a 1858 artisan’s house I used to live in. (UK) The hallway had 14 layers of wallpaper dating back to the original Victorian which was a rich grey, blue and red, gothic window design. I didn’t think to save pieces though. It also reminded me of a TV programme about the National Trust restoring Paul McCartney’s childhood home in Liverpool. His mother liked to buy roll ends of wallpaper because it was a cheaper, which meant they had a different pattern on each wall in the lounge, some of which the Trust have had to recreate from scratch. Luckily, his brother had lots of photos of the Beatles practising, so were able to be accurate with the patterns. I’m looking forward to the next instalment.❤

Thank you Benita for sharing this beautiful house restoration, and it's so relaxing to watch as well.

I love the kitty paw prints! So sweet. Good luck with the loom when you get around to it. You've discovered so many interesting things in your summer house. When we moved into our house 40 years ago, we found a locked metal box in the rafters of the basement. Did it hold money? A gun? Stock certificates? No. It held two pieces of adult material from the 50s. A centerfold of a naked lass and a comic showing the effects of putting Spanish Fly into the office water cooler. LOL What a disappointment!

I absolutely adored this video. So many amazing discoveries…so many little treasures 🥰🥰🥰🥰

I love seeing you bring your country home back to life, and the care you are taking in restoring what you can. Look forward to the next video.😎

One of my favourites so far. I love discovering old metal pieces and have a drawer unit full of them. This was very satisfying to watch 😁

I would love to live in something like this. I would be in heaven finding all those treasures! What an adventure. I'm happy to see you love these things as well. Thank you for another great video 🤗❤

Tack för att du delar! Så spännande att få följa med i renovering och inredning av sommarhuset.En riktig pärla ni har hittat.

Thank you for sharing this magnificent journey with us! It is absolutely magical watching you bring it all back to life ❤️

Oh my goodness, such wonderful treasures! I love old homes and I love you are documenting your finds.

It is beautiful a house full of history and stories. I love it! I am happy that you love it too. Irma from the Netherlands

You have just uncovered the beginning of this ongoing excavation! So much fun to watch.

Benita this is a fascinating glimpse of ordinary people's lives so long ago. I wonder if they ever dreamt that many years in the future a curious and respectful woman would see the treasure in their day to day lives. Thank you for sharing this with us Benita.

Love this. 💗 We’ve found a range of items in the garden of our old Czech farmhouse, including neolithic pottery shards (as per archaeologist neighbor) & and a rusted bayonet. Gives me enormous perspective & keeps me humble about my moment on the land as I plow up the potatoes.

Wonderful. What great finds. I’m so glad you can use and appreciate them.

So many great finds. I love that you're rescuing the house from under the layers.

Adorei ver os tesouros que vc encontrou, Benita! Admiro o quanto você é caprichosa e trabalhadora.

Enjoyed watching this. Wonderful history and a beautiful old home

It was a great journey throughout the history of Mary. So many informative details, timestamps and artifacts. The building is blessed to have so attentive and caring owners. Thank you for documenting and sharing the stories. If my childhood memories do not mislead, the berry bush might be blackcurrant.

Everything you do is bringing order and attention. It is also very satisfying to watch. Thank you.

Benita, I have found that old iron gates are beautiful for vines to climb. It adds a charm to gardens❤️

Thank you for sharing your passion with everything that relates to this old house. It is a fascinating series.

Your neighbours must be thrilled with the improvements you are making to the property. I am looking forward to seeing what else you have in store as you continue the renovations.

It’s so interesting to watch what you’re doing at the summer house. I especially enjoy seeing all of your treasures!

Thank you for taking us along on your treasure hunt. Neolithic times? Oh my. The oldest things my family has found were arrowheads. My step-dad and I brought them home in the 1960’s after a wooded area had been cleared for building a new apartment complex. Eventually mom got tired of moving our treasure off the window sill and she threw them away. 😢 So far as we could find out, that area hadn’t been cleared before. In the 1830’s there was a Federal Indian Removal Act made in Cincinnati. Shamefully, many Ohio tribes were “in the way” and put on river boats and “given land” in what is now Kansas and Oklahoma. Tribes included the Seneca, Ottawa and Wyandot tribes who were farmers. Not the “wild Indians of the Western states”. I was learning about these people in school when we found our treasures. Seeing you hold the axe head reminded me of the way I felt touching and holding our relatively young artifacts. I hope you find it is truly an ancient artifact. Thank you for reminding me of those treasures. I’m only sorry that our lands were taken by force. But I still wish those arrowheads were here or in a museum instead of some early landfill.

Lovely video! I have a soft spot for historic homes, and being of Scandinavian descent your property beings back warm memories of my grandparents farm in North Dakota, US. Thank you for sharing!

What fun--thanks for sharing all your finds. Love the table and the work bench and the loom. Great!

So fun to watch, I smiled with every treasure you showed. Thanks for preserving and appreciating all of them, I so love that. And I enjoy the music in your recent videos very much.

So many wonderful treasures! What a delight.