Open and enter if I dare

@sallypup (57812)
Centralia, Washington
March 23, 2018 3:01pm CST
Simple photo of a door and a doorknob and its plate. That door and its doorknob is one hundred and eighteen years old. The official appraisal went through today. Another hoop jumped through as we seek to enter this house. Our old age house- at least the house will be older than us! Can I live up to this place? The fact that it has been in one family its entire life amazes me. I hope to some day find out more about it from the seller. For now I keep wanting to call this house Grace. I don't know why but I like to give a house a name. A house has a presence to it; a feeling. This one appeared to be calm and stately when I stepped in. So on we go. I continue to look around, to seek things that I do not have to have. Things that will not move with us when we do shut the door on our present life in just over three years.
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (71663)
• United States
23 Mar 18
I love all the wood in that house. How interesting the door and knob are so old.
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (71663)
• United States
23 Mar 18
@sallypup yes back then things were built in like that. Looks original to me as well.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57812)
• Centralia, Washington
24 Mar 18
@shaggin When I found that pie safe, it felt like I had stepped into a museum. I'm glad they did not paint that or try to pretty it up.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57812)
• Centralia, Washington
23 Mar 18
@Shaggin Here's something else to love. The old pie safe! Its like a pantry. Small but looks original to me.
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DianneN
@DianneN (246590)
• United States
23 Mar 18
Imagine that! I've never been in a house that old. Grace sounds very fitting.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57812)
• Centralia, Washington
23 Mar 18
@DianneN I've stayed in some fancier ones when I've been out and about, doing the bed and breakfast thing. This house is not fancy but its substantial.
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DianneN
@DianneN (246590)
• United States
23 Mar 18
@sallypup Substantial is good. You can make it as fancy as you want.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57812)
• Centralia, Washington
23 Mar 18
@DianneN I took photos of hinges! Look at that cool- to me, anyway, hinge and door wood. Just reeks of history.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (137201)
• Philippines
24 Mar 18
That's really an authentic doorknob. I am sure it nice to go around the house and discover something more.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57812)
• Centralia, Washington
24 Mar 18
@Shavkat One closet in particular was fun to discover cause it goes under the stairs and is like a tunnel.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (137201)
• Philippines
25 Mar 18
@sallypup I am jealous. I do like exploring old things, especially within the premises of the old house.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57812)
• Centralia, Washington
25 Mar 18
@Shavkat What are buildings like in your country?
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Belle Starr (Iz)
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
24 Mar 18
I have never named a home, only a car. Our family home in Canada where my mother was born is almost 200 years old and the stories it could tell.
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Belle Starr (Iz)
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 Mar 18
@sallypup Its a pretty typical Canadian farmhouse but snug and homey.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57812)
• Centralia, Washington
26 Mar 18
@BelleStarr I love, love, love it. Kind of reminds me of the one that I am buying. Love that open porch.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57812)
• Centralia, Washington
24 Mar 18
@BelleStarr Your family home must be beautiful.
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
23 Mar 18
The fact that it has been in one family all that time is really something!
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57812)
• Centralia, Washington
24 Mar 18
@JamesHxstatic The real estate guy and the mortgage guy both said that this was a rare case. It looks like it was a farm house to start. The out buildings sure look like something from a farm.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Mar 18
Will the house stay empty for that three years? Why can't you move before then?
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57812)
• Centralia, Washington
23 Mar 18
@JudyEv My hubby will not retire for just over three years. Until then we hope to find a sweet, well behaved senior to rent it.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Mar 18
@sallypup That would be a good solution.
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Toni LoCicero
@BearArtistLady (5382)
• United States
25 Mar 18
@sallypup Just make sure that they don't have a thing for paint brushes! It would be a crime for someone to come in and decide to "decorate" Grace. Oh, about your naming Grace, there are areas of the country where it was common place to name the houses. Grace is such an elegant name for such an elegant house!
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