Has anyone ever had an interest in making an old house, or authentic looking new old house, look old and deiapidated?
As one who has always been fascinated by century-plus old houses dripping with age and character, I have always wanted a moldering, rundown house such as on the Munsters—but have been leery of damage and loss from neglect and time.
Has anyone besides me ever contemplated designing an authentic looking old house or owning an actual old house, and aging it with paint, stain, artificial stress and planned obsolescence, to make a house seem very old and deteriorated?
Halloween is approaching, and during the season of autumn leaves I just get fascinated and obsessed with taking on such a project—with the energy, atmosphere and patina of a very rundown old house, but without the actual decay and property loss that would come from such neglect.
Furniture has been made to look old and stressed and sells as high-end merchandise. Why not a house?
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A few years back I was watching a tv series about crazy homes. I don’t remember the name, but someone on one of the episodes was doing the kind of thing you’re describing. It was an actual old home, but they were repairing/renovating it correctly, but giving it the appearance of being old. Seems like a ill-advised use of funds.
My house is 100+ years old. Built in 1912. You can’t imagine the stuff we find when we start digging in the yard.
A friend of mine owns a metalwork restoration shop. Their motto is:
“We make old metal look new and new metal look old.”
He will make the metal railings and trim for your place.
(He worked on the “Popemobile” when the Pope visited Philadelphia a few years back.”)
I’m not interested personally, but I’ve seen some cafes in my place that use this design for their interior. They make the cafes look like they’re from the 30s or 70s. This seems to be a trend among cafes recently.
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Here is an Abandonded house called Grandmas House where the photographer and book publisher takes grequent phtographs of Abandonded buildings, homes, homesteads, churches, schools.
He is on Face book under Abandonded Alberta but there are many others as well .
Most old dwellings cannot be lived in due to the asbestos, leak paint etc
Oh sorry his video is not avail to be shared just his book.
For Halloween comming up I like the sound effect of the creeking door when he entered.
If you are interested in watching that unique video of “Grandmas House”
go to Facebook under , Abandoned Alberta Group
,look for posting…....... Oct 1, 9:52 Am,
By…................... Joe Chowaniec
“Grandmas House”
He also posted the whole story about it.
@LuckyGuy This body shop just over the Oklahoma border was responsible for all of the vehicles in “Twister.” The guy is fascinating to talk to!
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