We bought a HOUSE! Retro-renovation of our 1940s cottage part 1

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Something a little different but still historical - we bought an 80yr old Minimal Traditional-style home in my husband's small hometown and are renovating it a little at a time and trying to honor the time-period of the home.
In this video I'm buying vintage 1930s furniture, sewing curtains and accessories, antique shopping, and overhauling a neglected cottage garden. I'm also sharing my research into 1930s architecture and interior design.
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@debraanneclark2188 Год назад

Really interesting seeing how you have brought the house back to life but kept the aesthetic of the 1940's as the theme rather than modernising it

@DixieDIY Год назад

Thanks, I definitely want to keep/enhance the vintage feel of the home

@teddy-3765 Год назад

I'm basically nosey, so this video is ideal for me.

@DixieDIY Год назад

😂 thanks! Glad you liked it

@marywalker5397 11 месяцев назад

Agreed! That big bay window in the front is very cute. I enjoy the variety that you're going to do with the house diy stuff, so I'm going to stay tuned! This video to me still fits with your style.

@kekjo611 Год назад

I had a house built at the tail end of this period that I loved so much. It was a twin with it's neighbor. They were built when the mid-1800s home built on the lot was torn down. This meant our lot was only wide enough for the house and the garage, but was very deep. I also tried to lean into the period with style, but I went slightly more mid-century with since the house was built closer to 1950. We recently sold it (with the kiddos getting older we needed a second bathroom desperately) but I got to go even older with a 1900 home. Side note, I also bought that stool for my vanity! It's the perfect height.

@memamy3076 Месяц назад

you are just too cool with your18 yds of fabric and sewing machine! and the brick pathway! fun, fun!

@stephaniebinks6381 8 месяцев назад

Absolutely love this! What a sweet little house!

@blacktulip1064 Год назад

Excellent video! I love antiques, old houses, gardening and history so was right up my alley. Thank you!! 🥰❤

@DixieDIY Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@susankellam8844 Год назад

What an adorable house! It's going to be fun to watch your progress!

@DixieDIY Год назад

Thanks! I hope so

@karenivicevich1981 Год назад

I really enjoyed watching this. Can't wait to see your progress in the next one. Amazing what you've done so far

@KarinLowrie-vi9cv 3 месяца назад

I love your style and personality. Warmed my heart. Thank you for sharing your talents.

@kjtherrick4031 Год назад

Thank you for sharing this adventure! I really like the furniture, the architecture of the home and the gardens--you and your mother-in-law did a fantastic clean-up job! I absolutely look forward to seeing more of your house and garden projects.

@laceymansell1596 Год назад

How fun! I love it. I love sewing but I also love old houses. Thanks for sharing.

@heidibarrett1956 Год назад

Your daughter's room is adorable! I really enjoyed this video & love how you honor the heritage of your home. Thank you for sharing!

@beth12svist Год назад

For me, the most interesting part is probably the insight into historical house and furnishings styles in the US, and the comparison. The "waterfall/Art Deco" you say did not really catch on that much in the US did catch on much more here in Czechia... the style looks very quintessential to me. It made me wonder why, and conclude it may have something to do with the fact we were a recently freed nation and there was probably far less nostalgia for the past three hundred years. 😉 So modern styles (especially functionalism) caught on more.

@DixieDIY Год назад

I stayed in Prague several years ago and got to check out a lot of the cool architecture that doesn’t exist much anywhere else (like cubism). It was very cool! Yeah, Europe made a lot more deco furniture than the US. I think it’s beautiful! But you just can’t find it over here sadly. Most of those cool modern styles were invented in Europe (art nouveau, bauhaus).

@beth12svist Год назад

@@DixieDIY Well, you have Frank Lloyd Wright. 🙂

@jackiejames4551 Год назад

I found a vanity very similar to the 1 in your video. Someone put it out on the curb. It as dirty and covered in stickers, but i tjought it was pretty and could be cleaned up, plus it was free, so now its mine.😊

@DixieDIY Год назад

Those are the best finds!

@melindajoy779 Год назад

Wow you did your thing on that sweet cottage. Thank you for sharing info on the waterfall furniture! I had decided to redecorate my room in Art Deco style and that furniture will be a perfect complement and easy enough to find on FM.

@renatadennis777 Год назад

The house is adorable. It has great bones.

@stevezytveld6585 Год назад

Congratulations on the home. Well done. You've got a cottage... The furniture you've found is really quite beautiful (I dream of a space large enough for a vanity). Good for you for keeping it in the same period as the home. I adore the 30's, they did what they needed to in order to survie. During that decade my Northern Ontario maternal Granddad built 2 homes for resale and one home to live in. I suspect the patterns came from catalogues - simple square house with a greenhouse in the backyard. My only suggestion is to live with the kitchen for a while in its present configuration. See if the layout logic makes sense. I've worked in older kitchens and, honestly, it was easier than the modern. - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi

@DixieDIY Год назад

Thanks, I really want to lean into the time period of the home. I don’t plan to do much to the kitchen both because of budget and because there’s not really a good alternative layout to do. The only thing I really want is a dishwasher 😂

@stevezytveld6585 Год назад

@@DixieDIY Dishwashers are a game changer. I wish our apartment had one, but at least we have air conditioning and a balcony for the veg patch. Leaning into the historic/vintage furniture is perfect. Modern stuff is just so large...

@coreygilles847 Год назад

It’s super cute! You really made the yard look more inviting.

@sunflower7329 Год назад

Thank you! I love the video, and look forward to following your future projects in the house :)

@mrsgingernoisette 7 месяцев назад

I loved all of it! Please show us more

@LauraIngallsGunn Год назад

I'm sure it will come as no surprise but I LOVE THIS VIDEO!!! You accomplished so much in such a short amount of time. Such a darling home. Loved seeing the FLW home. I've toured a few of his gems.

@DixieDIY Год назад

Thanks Laura!!

@autumn7143 Год назад

It’s very cool!!! I’m looking forward to next time!!!

@adrianwalker2833 3 месяца назад

American designer Norman Bel Geddes had an even more famous daughter: actress Barbara Bel Geddes, who played Miss Ellie in 'Dallas'.

@1940sDream Месяц назад

Awww, love her!!!

@bohemiansusan2897 Год назад

You didn't say if you had a basement. I like what you've done so far. My style sense is different but that doesn't mean that I can't appreciate others. I do love hardwood floors. Enjoy your new home.

@aquaaurora2747 Год назад

Lovely home! I would LOVE to get a place with an old established apple tree-even if it needs some tending. Also being lazy I'd be pro cottage garden but would mix some evergreen things in.

@brigbjones 6 месяцев назад

Beautiful home!

@hildamclawhorm6305 Год назад

The updates look really good😊

@woodenkat8971 Год назад

Im dreaming of decorating in a style that isnt ikea so I really love this kind of content. Historical decor is usually to 1950s, fussy or expensive for me right now. A simple start is just the thing I need. I can make curtains!

@susanwenrich2485 Год назад

I loved this

@cherriesnhoney Год назад

very interested to see. so cool

@terrypmusic Год назад

Great stuff

@wendynordstrom3487 Год назад

How cute and moving is s lot of work, but it's so exciting! You're doing a great job! I don't envy to the work that garden is going to take and I think you're very right in simplifying it. I hope you enjoy both the new house AND living in Ohio! Congratulations!🎉🎉

@aanon5716 Год назад

garden looks like an english one. love that. weeds get a bad name sometimes that r really pretty. anyway, the curtains & bedskirt so pretty for a little girls room. i think ur vaca home is perfectly charming.😊

@DixieDIY Год назад

Thank you! The main weeds I didn’t want were the ones that were either dangerous (poison ivy) or damaging other plants (like some other vines). If this wasn’t the front yard that needs to be frequently accessed, but rather a wild space in the backyard, I probably would have left it alone.

@nataliestanchevski4628 Год назад

Yay, congrats on your new home! It's looking wonderful so far. It's lovely that your mother-in-law was helping you. We've just accepted a bid on our house and are busy house hunting. I'm looking forward to downsizing and decorating.

@lynnk4615 Год назад

Love the video. ❤️

@DixieDIY Год назад

Thank you!!

@joycehunt1307 Год назад

I enjoyed your video and seeing some of the same features that I have in my home.

@DixieDIY Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@PepperReed214 Год назад

I just went to the Hollyhock House in LA, which was one of FLW's designs.

@mcanultymichelle Год назад

Nice dress and nice little home

@DixieDIY Год назад

Thank you 😊 the dress is the Davenport by Friday pattern co.

@erink4685 Год назад

If the underpaint peeled off, I don’t think it’s lead. I think it will be acrylic and that’s what makes it flexible! I think.

@DixieDIY Год назад

That’s what I was hoping! But I didn’t have anymore tests at the time and didn’t want to leave peeling paint in my kids room. There is definitely lead paint elsewhere in the house.