Is This Heaven? No, It's Iowa! S1 Ep1
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- Greetings from Fairfield and welcome to our first episode!
We bought a cheap old house on the internet and have been in our 1896 Victorian Queen Anne for a couple of years now.
But we were not really sure where to start with our channel and videos.
So here is a little introduction of how we found the house,
a quick little walk through and a handful of projects on our plate.
On a side note we've done alot of house history research here and have lots to share with you in future episodes. There's one reference in this video to a wallpaper project I did and show a photo of Magician Doug Henning for fun.
But Its also rumored he tried to buy this house in the 1980s when he lived here in Fairfield, Iowa.
The detail is amazing! I got to take piano lessons here as a child with Mrs. Sloca. This house is Fairfield famous and I love seeing it being cared for even though there are endless projects. Thank You for sharing.
It appears , heaven is in Iowa ! ❤
@@DianaJewell-jf9epwho knew? 😅
No matter how many projects you have, this house is a treasure!!!!!! Absolutely Gorgeous!
I'd never leave...
Ever!! 😊
7 minutes in and I’ve yet to see a single pic of any room as a whole. The close-up pics show the incredible workmanship and details but I’d like a sense of the rooms as a whole and where it all fits in. That truly is a magnificent, well preserved Victorian home. There can be no doubt that master craftsmen built that home. You’d be hard pressed to find anyone, anywhere with those skills nowadays. Good on you for taking on that huge labor of love.
Exactly. I just wasted 8 minutes I can’t get back.
@@RowenMyBoat seriously? If so bad what did you watch 8 minutes?
@@denisebailey512obviously because i didn’t read the posters comment above to understand what this 8 min intro was supposed to be about. Honestly, I probably wasted 5 mins because I was skipping through it trying to come to some substance or seeing the house better.
@MarkMaciag-dz9gb still finding our footing with videos here and are working on putting together a walk thru video. Stay tooned...
@@JamesABeckHouse I loved the video and subscribed. The music was nice tok❤
Going to recommend this video to Laine and Kevin (Our Restoration Nation).
Keep going! Keep loving the old houses!
I can imagine having afternoon tea with cake on the porch 👍🏻👍🏻
You had me at ‘secret library’. Oh my.
I forgot to breathe as I watched this. All I can say is....WOW!
STUNNING 😍 the secret library OMG ❤️
Incredible house!!! Here in NE IA in a 1898 Victorian, love them, too. So glad some idiot didn't paint the eoodwork.
I so agree with you on the woodwork! It’s a happier house because it didn’t have to take on that indignity. Patina is beautiful.
This house was so lucky you found it.
Stunningly beautiful house!.....i'm in L💖VE!!🤗🤗🤗
It's awesome to see that you two are taking on the responsibility for the care of this incredible mansion. You've got your work cut out, it's going to be a full time job for the rest of your lives. Please start recognizing the importance of workplace safety, especially lead paint hazards, because if you get sick you won't be able to take care of the house. There is nothing cheap about your masterpiece, not when it was built, and not now while you're maintaining it.
Amen to truth! Used to work for an Historical Preservationist Remodeler Dangerous Material Removal! Whew I answered the phone that way before saying how May we be of service lol! This home is a LOT of work and WORTH it wow it’s spectacular!🙏🏻❤️
The house is in pristine condition. What ever you paid, this is a steal!
ART THROUGH AND THROUGH! 😍
Appreciation and restoration of these beautiful Victorians is so wonderful. Thank you for the tour, this home is STUNNING.
What an incredibly beautiful house! Love it ❤
The surviving carriage house is stunning in its own right!
Oh my! This video brought back so many happy memories of being at my Aunt Agnes' house in Blooming Prairie, MN! It's an old farmhouse built in the later half of the 1800s and had some of the same features! Just a gorgeous house and so is yours!
How amazing that the woodwork, fireplace tiles & mantels are all intact! Also so many of these grand old houses have been divided up into apartments over the years. It's a real treasure!
I've lived in a Victorian for 40 years. I love the charm and style. Queen Anne built in 1904. Hope you love your house as much as we love ours!
Love! The ghostbusters clip-exactly!
You bought a historical treasure!
What a stunning architecture. ❤
Now this is my type of channel! Historic homes, 80’s movie references, and diy projects. 😂
Such craftmanship! Thank you for restoring this magnificent house!
Wowsers! The place seems like it was hermetically sealed for the last 100 years!
❤. I lived in Waterloo Iowa in a sears and roebuck home built 1903. Beauty craftsmanship in all these home and a testament to craftsmanship as 100+ years they are still standing as regal as ever
great insert from Ghostbusters
Looks Like Heaven to me!!
AMAZING ♥️♥️♥️
What a beautiful mansion, so perfectly detailed! Lots of work l am sure, but so worth it!
Wow! Truly beautiful......inside and out! ❤ The secret library and fixtures!
Those houses are beautiful treasures , the attention to detail in those days were incredible
I love old houses and yours is a beauty. Thank you for saving this gem. Many being destroyed due to new builds. Looking forward in your restoration mission.
Wow!! What a house. It is absolutely gorgeous inside and out. I could definitely live here.😊🎉❤
Taking the vunacular from the silly Alphabet Mofia, forgive me. But from a young child I would call myself a "Trans-Victorian." All my life I felt I was born in the wrong time. Realizing I'll never have the honor or privilege of owning one of these beauties. I resigned myself to collecting anything and everything Victorian from the age of 12. Wherever I lived I'd decorate the inside to look as Victorian as possible. Refer to the practice as "Derenovation." When I retired I moved overseas and brought the habit with me, live a quiet life among all my Victorian treasures and could not be happier. Thanks for caring for these beautiful pieces of art. Never live an ordinary life!
Couldn’t you just DIE it’s so gorgeous 🌟🌟🌟! I’m 69, while in my late teens early 20’S I worked for an Historical Preservationist Remodeling and Removal of dangerous materials! Whew what a mouthful! Lead, and asbestos were nightmares! I was his ‘right hand’ which was laughable and meant answering phones with that whole name before I got to ask how May we be of service! Ran errands to historical antique wholesalers to replace cornices, light fixtures, and loved those omg I could stay all day in those! I helped with SOME of the lead removal those hazard suits were worse back when! I’m so happy you’ve collected Victorian items, and you’re right, it helps. I would turn this into an Inn! I don’t care much for B&B’S, bad experiences twice so no more. It’s more expensive I’d have to cook myself, and I’m NOT cleaning anything anywhere period it’s NOT a vacation! 40+years rest/hosp ind, gimme resorts 5 star or a cute full service Inn anyday. I was GOOD at customer service and retired as a bartender, even though everyone wanted me to go into mgmt umm nope! Hope all is well with you! Sorry for the long ness but I was ecstatic to find a fellow lover of Victorian. Ps, my favorite Victorian in Houston Texas was sold to tear down😱the horrors! It was almost twice the size of this one🤦♀️😭Blessings of Health, Love, and Peace of mind🙏🏻❤️
Self promotion whilst attacking others hmm interesting display of pride right there
Me also, obsessed with the era. Always have been. I swear I lived a past life at that time. 2nd grade I could draw perfect pictures of the homes and dresses, so bizarre.
I can’t even imagine the amount of craftsmanship in this house and what it would cost to build today. You couldn’t even get aloof this old growth wood anymore. Thank you for preserving this!
I love every space…what a gift to have to style lasting and being appreciated and preserved
It is beautiful, congratulations on your new home 🎉
Gorgeous!
This house is amazing! I mean once you get done restoring this old girl.... she's beautiful now, can't wait to see the projects after they're done!
I AM GREEN WITH ENVY !!!!! And lm not a jealous person, but hell your home is so beautiful, and like you guys, l would enjoy every moment l lived there. Your attention and diligence in repurposing, refurbishing and replacing every little detail just melts my heart, l am now hooked on your ongoing story after just watching a couple of your vids. Thankyou for sharing your journey with me and everyone else who appreciates your admirable efforts xxxxxxxxx from OZ !!
Your home is absolutely breathtaking. I can’t imagine the patience and dedication it takes to work on such a lovely structure, but it certainly looks worth it.
Absolutely beautiful
Omgoodness
How wonderful
Good for you
Love the wood everywhere! ❤❤❤
I'm super jealous! Lucky you!
SWEET! Nobody painted the wood!! hooray!!
I love the piano music in the background. And the house is absolutely stunning!
This is clearly a George F. Barber design. I love the original detail - please, oh please don't paint any of the woodwork!!
Yes it's a Barber design no. 27 we did a short video a few uploads back on him
Silly man
So many projects 😂❤
For this house I would move to Antarctica
As beautiful, cool, fun and weird as Portland is, their lives are going to improve just by moving lol.
The woodwork is absolutely stunning! I wish you would’ve shown the whole room and not just the fireplace and stained glass. The little reading nook/library is super cool!
@kimberlyearly8918 we will be showing another more if the house as we move forward if you like to follow along please subscribe
What a gorgeous house,you are so lucky to have found it!!
I wish that I had those kind of projects on an old house, I love the fact that you are preserving history.,,,,,,,,,Very nice.❤
PROJECT! 🛎️My new favorite channel 🎉
Thank you for rescuing this beautiful home. ❤
What a stunning house and so many original details! I can't wait to see more.
Your home is stunning.
So many of these homes get torn down or ulta-modernized. Without saving them we will never see such wonderful craftsmanship. they all need to be saved like the wonders of the world. Never to be built again.
Yes I totally agree! The artisan & craftsmanship of these houses is part of our American history & should be preserved.
Ohh beautiful.❤❤
Wow, maybe not heaven, but very close to it❤ so beautiful you guys are so blessed ❤ thank you for sharing, 😊💫
What a beautiful home! I went to college in Oakaloosa and lived in the area for a decade. I maintain that Iowa has the best people but the weather, not so much. You are truly the best custodians of this gem of a house.
What is the weather like there throughout the year?
Maybe any modern paint will lead to trapping moisture inside those wooden front pillars? Old-fashioned Lime-based paint which needs renewing every 2-3 years is a way to protect but not trap moisture, just a thought. Gel Super Glue can "fix" as in solidify wood--I get that from a wood-turning channel where he uses the gel to fill cracks and the thin glue to wick through and permeate soft wood, "fixing" it. Might come in handy for you. Cheers!
Beautiful home but yeah you have a lifetime project.
Paint for wood used to be natural like milk based paint or lime based paint made with natural pigments. The kind that turns to a powdery dust over time. The type that allowed moisture to dry out.
Modern acrylic and even oil based paint traps and holds moisture next to the wood and eventually causes rot. Wood needs to be able to breathe.
Beautiful home in Fairfield. There are lots of wonderful old homes there. I like that little town. It's chock full of interesting, colorful, progressive people along with the run of the mill midwestern types.
Stunning! ❤❤❤
Sitting here watching this with my mom and I said "that's a George Barber house..." Then pulled out one of my books to show her and was like "WOW, here is a picture of THAT exact house in my book!" LOL (The original photo in my book looks exactly the same as the house does today... Amazingly rare to find that)
@WadeMcLure thanks for watching. We should have our full tour walkthru video ready Saturday.
OMG What a stunning home. Light fixtures are fabulous! Just eye candy!
Big beautiful house loveeeeeeee all the wood/stained glass/light fixtures /fireplaces everything is beautiful/u guys r Sooooooo lucky enjoy yr new home just beautiful
You will love Iowa! Beautiful part of the country. Most people are friendly. WELCOME
That's a House that you don't own, you have the privilege of being it's caretakers. With the labour of love you will put into it, hopefully it will stand for more generations. Can't wait to see your journey.
@humphreydane731 we quickly realized this is so very true.
Beautiful home with gorgeous wood work but oh so many projects 😂.
This is a beautiful old house thanks for sharing
wat een prachtig huis met zoveel autentieke elementen wat een geweldige aankoop proficiat groetjes uit belgié
I work down the street from here. Always wanted to see inside this house. Thank you for this tour. It's a beauty inside and out. Yes, these victorians are always never-ending projects but well worth it. Enjoy your new home and town.
Greetings from back in (Eastern) Oregon. I just subscribed. I too live in a Victorian house, though not near as fine as your own. It's like the original owners said, 'build us a Queen Anne, but don't make it too fancy'. We've been here 20 years and we love it. Enjoy your lovely "project"! You will never regret saving that fine piece of history.
I watched this whole video. In the beginning it looked like you had bought an historic gem. With no work to be done. Then you peeled off the bandaid and found “that’s a project” at every turn. Good luck with your adventure.
You are some lucky people. I would have bought it too. Love it
Thanks for the entertaining video. The fretwork is amazing. It makes us miss the Mooreland House and we will enjoy living vicariously through your projects for a while. =)
OMG...I saw this house ages ago when it was for sale. I was in awe with it then and I'm so happy it finally found a family. Please document any restorations you do.
We have been documenting everything we've been doing here and sharing all its history we can find on our Facebook page and will continue to share our work on our new CZcams channel. So please subscribe.
The Ghostbusters part had me cracking up! I'm aghast at how beautiful your "project" is. Good Luck!😅
Its a beautiful house, congratulations on such an amazing home.
There are houses like this all over the midwest, millions of them.
A very beautiful home. I hope you are enjoying Iowa.
Beautiful Gorgeous home 😍
You both are so hilarious! This is definitely a labor of love. Project, project, and more projects! You are doing FABULOUS work on this beautiful house. May you have many years enjoying it! It's going to be so much fun decorating it for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and all the holidays! ❤😂
This is stunning. This home is a George Barber pattern book house. The plans were ordered from a catalog.
Wow you are so lucky to have that beautiful and awesome home. Enjoy.
I love that house growing up!!! Always wondered what the inside looked like. Thank you
My Grandpa and his brother managed a movie theatre in Fairfield back in the late 1920’s. I still have the picture of them standing outside it.
If you would like to share I would absolutely love to see that photograph email is jamesabeckhouse@gmail.com
What a great way to make a video! Very interesting! Just subscribed Australia 🇦🇺
Spectacular 🎉
I just joined your channel to watch all the projects 😊
Thank you
Gorgeous! Congratulations! 😊
What does One do with a House that Huge? Heaven only Knows but it's Beautiful! ❤
You stabilize, repair, replace, restore, maintain, and LOVE it! I have a simple 1913 model. I originally wanted a Craftsman bungalow, but this one hooked and reeled me in! I'm not disappointed!
Omg beautiful. Looking forward to watching all the projects!!!
Thank you
Beautiful house. Great price. TONS OF WORK.
Incredibly beautiful.
Bon courage😊
What an Amazing House! God Bless your projects :)
Absolutely gorgeous!