This renovation must be costing a fortune. I realize the owners refurbished doors, molding, trim etc., recycled furniture and purchased many preowned items but custom tile work, masonry, and building a brand new, huge garage plus contractor labor costs aren't cheap. The restoration work is beautiful and I applaud the owners' efforts to keep many historical features of the schoolhouse but I can't imagine the heating costs for such a huge building. The garage alone looks like it's bigger than our house.
@@nailattitudescustomdesignpress lmao they are not doing this with youtube money 250k followers wouldn't get you this kinda money not after the adpocalypse in the mid 2010's it may pay a enough to do full time youtube but you wouldn't be rich you would still need to do sponsors etc. to be able to live.
Phenomenal ! At 74, I attended Tatamy School in Tatamy, PA. Your school; my school- memories!!!! You have treated Union with respect it deserves. ENJOY your home.
You, your husband, and all of your family and friends are AMAZING! I envy your work ethic and your commitment to create such a wonderful home. Honoring the school's history is such an amazing gift to your children, as well as your hometown.
How does one put into words how stunning this project is turning out. The fact you are a mom to these young children and have been able to do all of this researching and sourcing of all the amazing finds. Franklin, IN looks like a great little with incredible charm and obviously great shops that are perfect places to fins what you need. The most impressive part of this whole project is your attention to all the little details that honor and restore the history of this old school.
What a charming town for a charming couple to choose to return to. My husband and I restored an 1837 15 room house so I have enduring respect for your 3 year labor of love. New subscriber! Keep the videos coming.
What a labor of love, I just finished the video prior of the 3 year time lapse, I felt all of the work that went into it, what a place to have your children grow up in and to restore for future generations.
I’m actually kind of obsessed with the fact that you said you want to preserve the graffiti on the vintage desks. Those pieces have so much history from everyone who ever sat there and that’s such a conversation starter. I love how you’re not making it just look old, you are preserving all the stories. I’m obsessed with that!
AMAZING! My husband and I always dreamed of restoring an old building (school, church, firehouse). We ended up in NW Ohio with his grandfather's old farmhouse (4,400 sq ft + a new foundation that could add additional 2,000 sq ft of living space) on 8+ acres. Have done lots of work since 10 yrs of living here. Now down to one room a year. In our 70's and don't really need this much space, but wanted to restore the family history. Thanks for sharing your story. Fascinating to watch. ❤
I can understand your excitement on finding the perfect lighting fixtures. Years ago I found 3 copper art deco wall sconces at a garage sale that had been painted over for years. It took work to being them back to their original beautiful copper sheen. I smile every time I walk down my hallway. I am confident that you will be smiling every time you see your fixtures for years to come. 💡😊
How wonderful, your efforts to save a beautiful old building! I honor your respect for the craftmanship that allowed this building to be built and now treasured for generations to come! I attended a one room schoolhouse from second through 6th grades and was broken hearted to find out that it had been torn down some years ago! These buildings are TREASURES! Thank you for what you are doing! ❤❤❤
Canning season is upon us. We recently moved to a small house on a lot of land. I don't necessarily miss our old BIG house, but I do miss my big kitchen. Working in this one kinda sucks and I can't wait to remodel this place and get a bigger better kitchen just so we can process our garden veggies and canned meats. Oh man, her kitchen is a dream kitchen for a baker, chef and someone that cans a lot of food. 🙋♀️
Oh yes, the school posters. Our schools had them everywhere too. Always beautifully illustrated. You are doing such a great job breathing life into this building.
I would recommend doing a backwards thrifting where you create a FB page or event where anyone that might have something from your school house have an opportunity to show it off and maybe even you can make a purchase
The restoration and renovations are stunning EXCEPT.....the kitchen. I hope there's a future reveal that will make it really shine. Right now, it appears that more thought has gone into the Cocktail Room than the 'heart of the home'.
YES. YES!!!! Recycle those chairs. Give them a new home and put them to work! They were absolutely designed for use, and deserve to be used. All these old pieces of furniture were meant for decades of hard use, and are so sturdy and honestly with just a few weeks of TLC, they can go right back to work for generations to come.
There is so much I love about this: the history, the way you are preserving the past and pairing it with the present in your own style, the fact that you are a fellow Hoosier and this is all taking place just miles away, your creativity and vision. But not the least of it all is your calm and soft way of presenting it all. It is delightfully soothing. Thanks for sharing the journey!
Wow! I am looking at those school chairs thinking "who would tell that old USA schools had the same chairs like we did" and then lable said Ex Yugoslavia. Of course I recognize those, we all sat on them and have very nice memories attached to our schools. I am happy they will still be in use and get a new life. Those are some happy chairs trust me, full of positive energy.
I am always thrilled when you post a video. When you were showing us the lights in the house, every time you walked through the green entry area I almost fainted from pleasure! When you discussed paint color plans in the past, frankly I was not excited about them, but that green is unbelievable. Yes, they DID know something about color back then!!!
Your joy in those school house chairs was infectious -- you brightened my day! Love everything you're doing. The schoolhouse pendant is wonderful! When we downsized and moved to our small home, we decided to go with an older style to fit the older house we now had. We fell in love with a replica schoolhouse globe ceiling light (from Etsy) for our little entryway. It's the same shape (though much smaller and a flush mount) as yours and we love it! There's something about the functionality and simple clean shape that just feels right. I love all the wonderful old furniture you're pulling together (I grew up with barrister book cases and they're just great). Looking forward to all the upcoming videos you mentioned!
I'd say it's pretty normal for a school - where crowds of children moved from one room to another, several times a day. I love that you're dedicated to such a thoughtful renovation, including your furniture choices. (I love vintage stuff, too.) Between doors, windows, and the new hanging lamp, your front vestibule is looking quite authentic! 👌
I am so excited for you and your family. Not many families can say they lived in a schoolhouse. Not many children can say they grew up in a schoolhouse either. It looks so beautiful. A lot of memories will be made in your new home.❤❤❤❤❤👍👍👍
Im so glad you’re taking your time and finding the right things to put in your home. I’m glad you didn’t do a run to pottery barn or something and furnish your home. Your home is beautiful and custom.
Beautiful job! Just stumbled on your videos this a.m. We designed, contracted, & built our 5000 sq ft home on 5.56 acres going on 17 ago so I feel your excitement along the way. The only negative about that much space as you age is keeping it up (cleaning, repairs, etc). We were 41 & 51 with a newborn & a 10 yr old when we moved in & now we're 58 & 68, our sons are now 26 & 16. Father time starts catching up. We adore our home & I'm certain you will too! Good Luck & I'll be watching for future updates.
Every video new great stuff love the school chairs and so glad you're doing it again. Using and reusing stuff. So GREAT. You have such fantastic ideas. No need for vacation schoolhouse so fantastic who would want to ever leave. Still binging on your chanel.
Chairs are very cool. Hyped for garage and patio above coming along. Excited about seeing the different colored paint you chose on walls too as it comes together with furniture/life.
I see you convention the basement into three apartment for parents and a caregiver. From the age of ten until I left for college my grandfather live with us. I learned so much history from his life experiences.
Me too! My 2 bedroom house has a lot of color too. Very green living room but it's lighter and brighter very spring green , my laundry room is lavender and the kitchen is white and dark blue. The bedrooms are softer colors very very light pink and light green and bathroom is beige walls and aqua blu tiles
It's looking great! That's a lot of hard work! My husband and I were renting an old apartment that still needed work. Use to be an old doctors office and was over 100 years old. If I was much younger and healthier I would have liked living there and liked helping to do some of the work but because of being disabled now I was unable to do much. Living with out A\C and Heat was another thing too for me. Think we were there for maybe 2 years. Loving all the work yall are doing! ❤❤
I was born in Franklin Ind. at Johnson county memorial hospital, I think that was the name of it. I lived in Greenwood. When I first seen the picture of the school it reminded me of the one I went to in Greenwood. V.O. ISOM CENTRAL ELEMENTARY! I wish I still lived in Greenwood. You guys have done an amazing job.
5:10 Card catalogs are so great for seed packets, hair accessories, office supplies like tape, staples, paper clips, post-it notes, with built-in label holders, and it’s cool you can use them separately as they’re already separate. Love, love, love what you all are doing! What a special home this will be! 😊
I love this so so much. I wanted to buy a church to turn into our home but it never happened! You optimistic personality and attitude are so infectious and lovely. I don’t know how you didn’t loose your mind! Beautiful beautiful renovations! When I saw the brick, was so hoping you would keep them! It’s so warm and inviting. Have a huge brick wall in my large family room. It was painted white and I’ve always wanted the raw natural brick back and watching your videos have inspired me.
I taught Home Ec for 30 years. At one time, I had 8 work tables in my sewing classroom, just like the one your dad bought, only taller. Love what you're doing.
My town in Glasgow Scotland designed and peddled “revolving chalkboards” all over the world, some show up on salvage pages. wilson and gardens originally then became “Unique”
I just watched two of your videos. Wow! That is a great undertaking remodeling a school house to become your new home. I can see why it is taking SO long. There's lots of details to look after plus you want to keep the nostalgia look of the old building where you can. I like the furniture you chose, including the old desks with the graffiti. Amazing that you can still find those chairs and the desks even today. Well keep enjoying shopping for the perfect pieces that reflect that era. I love your modern touch in the kitchen and bathroom as well. Enjoy the rest of the ride. You guys and your trades people are doing an excellent job! You have done alot yourself. I was amazed when I saw you climb the scaffold on the other video I watched where you painted the ceiling and walls, I believe. Keep up the good work and I hope you can get your rest in between. You will surely be proud of all of the work you did and the outcome when it is all DONE! What a celebration that will be. Congratulations on your purchase and the vision you have for the finished product. All of the best to you all.
Very COOL you guys! Not only will you soon be able to enjoy this space as a home, but now you can look back on all these awesome memories of this remodel as well. You put in so much devotion into restoring this historic building, and it surely shows. May your videos inspire all of us to take risks in creating something new out things that would otherwise be demolished or put into a landfill. Way to go you guys! What an exciting opportunity, and may you all thrive in this space together for many years to come!
My name is Tresa Lancaster and we live nearby on the outskirts of Trafalgar to the west of you. We drive by the the old school and have watched as you have transformed it. It has been wonderful to it restored and beautified ! I love watching your viedos to see what you have been doing and seeing the diligence in detailing it. Just beautiful!!❤
You all did a wonderful job🥰. I would of loved to had an old big farm house refurbished❣️, I tell my young adult sons to dream big, do what's tugs at your heart. I didn't have anybody to tell me those things.
I subscribed because I love home Reno’s and even more so if they are reinventing old buildings that served the community as something other than residential in the past. Love how your place is coming together. ❤👏🏼👏🏼
Wow, soooooo much progress! Well done! Won’t be much longer and you’ll be sitting in your home having a morning cup of something and telling us how glad you are to be moved in. 😀
I grew up on a 40 acre farm in Columbia City, IN and I love my home state. I have since moved numerous times from Japan, to Cali, to New Hampshire to Florida... I am now in the Smoky Mountains and I love it here. But Indiana will always seem like home to me!! The ppl there are some of the best in this country!! JUST as a recommendation, I would have put in an elevator from the bottom floor to the main floor so that if you do ever bring in the parents to live permanently then accessiblity would be premium. We put an elevator when we built our home for my MIL and boy am I glad we did. She fell and broke her back and her mobilty went downhill fast. Its a great investment and will definately make it easier for grandparents getting up and down floor levels. Also I liked the idea of the lockers being added as well!! I mean it is a school house after all... lol!! Great job and have the best time in your new home.. buildiing is so fun and making a place all your own is so rewarding!! Beautiful family btw!!
What a labor of love! You have a great eye! I’m one of those boring people that likes very neutral walls (beige/white/grey) but I really love the way you have used colors and also tried to incorporate some of the original colors of the school!
I remember sitting in those chairs you purchased in Grade School about 5th and 6th grade. When I was in First Grade I went to an older Parochial school and we had the very very old desk chair combination which was wood seat and desk combo with iron trimmed, and they connected to each other so they could be placed in a row. You've probably seen them in old movies. Love all your lighting fixtures and the sconces, etc. It just keeps getting more and more amazing. Always waiting for a new update. It's definitely worth a professional showing by some high end magazine.
The school is looking great. I attended an old school much like this one in the Midwest. I've sat in many of the vintage desk you purchased. Brings out tons of memories. Beautiful and thanjs for sharing all your hard work.
Love the light fixtures and I really wish I could visit the shop you bought some of the them from. I was just thinking as you were panning through the schoolhouse--how fun that will be for your kids to grow up in, it's huge.
I just discovered your channel! My husband and I are seniors, past the age of remodeling or even moving into a new home. However, your renovation adventure is so cool! It’s fun watching the process and living vicariously! BTW, your children are the sweetest!
Im with you on the second hand furniture Putting new into old seems unconscionable Adore what your doing Kinda glad my hubby and i didnt get the old school building I would have died as an older mom just seeing all the space there is in your school…. I think it would have taken us longer than3 years Cheers to you Its going to be a marvelous place to live Outside i can see a row ofapples, cherries, plums, and pears And lots of flowering trees It will be magnificent‼️
The thrift store is stunning. Also, suggesting the kids costumes too be Toy Story 4. The babydoll and ventriloquist dummy. The place is looking amazing, and the tile is stunning. And the place looks grand 💖
Great light fixtures. I love the furniture you have acquired thru various sources. They really fit the feel & style of your schoolhouse home. It seems things are really coming together now. I can imagine you all living there soon.
It has been so fun watching your schoolhouse becoming a beautiful home. You are cute as a button when you get so excited and in turn you help ME get more excited about redoing some things in my own home. ❤😊
This renovation must be costing a fortune. I realize the owners refurbished doors, molding, trim etc., recycled furniture and purchased many preowned items but custom tile work, masonry, and building a brand new, huge garage plus contractor labor costs aren't cheap. The restoration work is beautiful and I applaud the owners' efforts to keep many historical features of the schoolhouse but I can't imagine the heating costs for such a huge building. The garage alone looks like it's bigger than our house.
They won the lottery and they are just doing this for fun!
@@Blue-fr1oswait seriously?
UA-cam pays for most of it, I mean 250k subscribers is not bad to be getting a good paycheck from them
Honestly??? Cause I was wondering the same thing!! Lots and lots of money to do this!!
@@nailattitudescustomdesignpress lmao they are not doing this with youtube money 250k followers wouldn't get you this kinda money not after the adpocalypse in the mid 2010's it may pay a enough to do full time youtube but you wouldn't be rich you would still need to do sponsors etc. to be able to live.
Phenomenal !
At 74, I attended Tatamy School in Tatamy, PA.
Your school; my school- memories!!!!
You have treated Union with respect it deserves.
ENJOY your home.
Wait so you’re 74 and you went to school at the school she’s turning into her home? Wow
@@NennaLena LOL-- No. It is confusing.
I went to grade school in a building similar to the one that she and her husband are renovating.
You, your husband, and all of your family and friends are AMAZING! I envy your work ethic and your commitment to create such a wonderful home. Honoring the school's history is such an amazing gift to your children, as well as your hometown.
wonderful kids!
How does one put into words how stunning this project is turning out. The fact you are a mom to these young children and have been able to do all of this researching and sourcing of all the amazing finds. Franklin, IN looks like a great little with incredible charm and obviously great shops that are perfect places to fins what you need. The most impressive part of this whole project is your attention to all the little details that honor and restore the history of this old school.
What a charming town for a charming couple to choose to return to. My husband and I restored an 1837 15 room house so I have enduring respect for your 3 year labor of love. New subscriber! Keep the videos coming.
oh how I would love to see your home!! 😍♥️
What a labor of love, I just finished the video prior of the 3 year time lapse, I felt all of the work that went into it, what a place to have your children grow up in and to restore for future generations.
I’m actually kind of obsessed with the fact that you said you want to preserve the graffiti on the vintage desks. Those pieces have so much history from everyone who ever sat there and that’s such a conversation starter. I love how you’re not making it just look old, you are preserving all the stories. I’m obsessed with that!
AMAZING! My husband and I always dreamed of restoring an old building (school, church, firehouse). We ended up in NW Ohio with his grandfather's old farmhouse (4,400 sq ft + a new foundation that could add additional 2,000 sq ft of living space) on 8+ acres. Have done lots of work since 10 yrs of living here. Now down to one room a year. In our 70's and don't really need this much space, but wanted to restore the family history. Thanks for sharing your story. Fascinating to watch. ❤
I can understand your excitement on finding the perfect lighting fixtures. Years ago I found 3 copper art deco wall sconces at a garage sale that had been painted over for years. It took work to being them back to their original beautiful copper sheen. I smile every time I walk down my hallway. I am confident that you will be smiling every time you see your fixtures for years to come. 💡😊
How wonderful, your efforts to save a beautiful old building! I honor your respect for the craftmanship that allowed this building to be built and now treasured for generations to come! I attended a one room schoolhouse from second through 6th grades and was broken hearted to find out that it had been torn down some years ago! These buildings are TREASURES! Thank you for what you are doing! ❤❤❤
Every time I see your huge kitchen...I think of canning. The house is beautiful and coming along great. Your children are adorable.
Canning season is upon us. We recently moved to a small house on a lot of land. I don't necessarily miss our old BIG house, but I do miss my big kitchen. Working in this one kinda sucks and I can't wait to remodel this place and get a bigger better kitchen just so we can process our garden veggies and canned meats. Oh man, her kitchen is a dream kitchen for a baker, chef and someone that cans a lot of food. 🙋♀️
@@minnamae25Yeah, the kitchen is the most important room.
Oh yes, the school posters. Our schools had them everywhere too. Always beautifully illustrated. You are doing such a great job breathing life into this building.
The lights are beautiful.
Love your obvious delight at getting to the "put it back together" stage of the reno.
I would recommend doing a backwards thrifting where you create a FB page or event where anyone that might have something from your school house have an opportunity to show it off and maybe even you can make a purchase
Incredible!! BIG CHANGE WITHOUT CHANGE we still can see and fill the nostalgic of the past in everything you DID A WONDERFUL JOB🤗
The restoration and renovations are stunning EXCEPT.....the kitchen. I hope there's a future reveal that will make it really shine. Right now, it appears that more thought has gone into the Cocktail Room than the 'heart of the home'.
Everything you choose is beautiful and so appropriate. You ARE creating a warm and inviting home. Well done.
I really am pleased that you kept some of the brick walls.
YES. YES!!!! Recycle those chairs. Give them a new home and put them to work! They were absolutely designed for use, and deserve to be used. All these old pieces of furniture were meant for decades of hard use, and are so sturdy and honestly with just a few weeks of TLC, they can go right back to work for generations to come.
There is so much I love about this: the history, the way you are preserving the past and pairing it with the present in your own style, the fact that you are a fellow Hoosier and this is all taking place just miles away, your creativity and vision. But not the least of it all is your calm and soft way of presenting it all. It is delightfully soothing. Thanks for sharing the journey!
Wow! I am looking at those school chairs thinking "who would tell that old USA schools had the same chairs like we did" and then lable said Ex Yugoslavia. Of course I recognize those, we all sat on them and have very nice memories attached to our schools. I am happy they will still be in use and get a new life. Those are some happy chairs trust me, full of positive energy.
Wow u sound like a freak! Those chairs r fucking stupid
yep. they look just like the chairs we sat in and the desks also! great memories!!
I love all the big windows that make the rooms so bright. ❤
Growing up I often thought about how cool it would be to convert an old schoolhouse into a home. So in a way you are living out my childhood dream.
A library that size would be amazing!
I am always thrilled when you post a video. When you were showing us the lights in the house, every time you walked through the green entry area I almost fainted from pleasure! When you discussed paint color plans in the past, frankly I was not excited about them, but that green is unbelievable. Yes, they DID know something about color back then!!!
This is such a fun project to watch! I love that it leverages your parents work and contacts and your gifts!
Astonishing! What a great choice of style and renovation! Your work gets us sooo inspired, we hope to see more very soon, thanks for what you do!
That’s going to be an amazing home when done. Can’t wait to see what it looks like. Loving all the vintage school pieces you have found.
I am in awe of your tenacity and vision! That mosaic tile work is a fantastic touch. Good luck with the rest.
Your joy in those school house chairs was infectious -- you brightened my day! Love everything you're doing. The schoolhouse pendant is wonderful! When we downsized and moved to our small home, we decided to go with an older style to fit the older house we now had. We fell in love with a replica schoolhouse globe ceiling light (from Etsy) for our little entryway. It's the same shape (though much smaller and a flush mount) as yours and we love it! There's something about the functionality and simple clean shape that just feels right. I love all the wonderful old furniture you're pulling together (I grew up with barrister book cases and they're just great). Looking forward to all the upcoming videos you mentioned!
I'd say it's pretty normal for a school - where crowds of children moved from one room to another, several times a day.
I love that you're dedicated to such a thoughtful renovation, including your furniture choices. (I love vintage stuff, too.)
Between doors, windows, and the new hanging lamp, your front vestibule is looking quite authentic! 👌
I am so excited for you and your family. Not many families can say they lived in a schoolhouse. Not many children can say they grew up in a schoolhouse either. It looks so beautiful. A lot of memories will be made in your new home.❤❤❤❤❤👍👍👍
I get more and more excited for you with every post.
Yes
same here!
My grandma had a couple of the old school desks when I was a child. I’m 60 so they truly are antiques. Love your old school!
I'm in my 60's and we had those chairs at my school.
Oh wow! Wonderful new lights! It is coming right along! So excited for you!!!!!!
The back cracking possibilities are endless.
So much progress! As always, thanks for taking us along.
It is looking so good and right on. You have done an excellent job. This retired schoolteacher gives you an A+! ❤️
Absolutely GORGEOUS
Amazing project! Thanks for taking us along! Love you sweet family! Cheers!
Even if the video didn’t have sound your eyes would tell the story and show your happiness!
Im so glad you’re taking your time and finding the right things to put in your home. I’m glad you didn’t do a run to pottery barn or something and furnish your home. Your home is beautiful and custom.
Spent too much time growing up cursing my mom for making us visit antique shops to buy new haha
Beautiful job! Just stumbled on your videos this a.m. We designed, contracted, & built our 5000 sq ft home on 5.56 acres going on 17 ago so I feel your excitement along the way. The only negative about that much space as you age is keeping it up (cleaning, repairs, etc). We were 41 & 51 with a newborn & a 10 yr old when we moved in & now we're 58 & 68, our sons are now 26 & 16. Father time starts catching up. We adore our home & I'm certain you will too! Good Luck & I'll be watching for future updates.
I can't wait,😂 I need to see it finished and furnished 😊
I grew up going to Indian pow wows in old schoolhouses. The ones I played basketball in, around Crawfordsville, are so vivid in my memory.
Every video new great stuff love the school chairs and so glad you're doing it again. Using and reusing stuff. So GREAT. You have such fantastic ideas. No need for vacation schoolhouse so fantastic who would want to ever leave. Still binging on your chanel.
Chairs are very cool. Hyped for garage and patio above coming along. Excited about seeing the different colored paint you chose on walls too as it comes together with furniture/life.
Can't wait to see everything completed! Especially wanting to see the Garage
I see you convention the basement into three apartment for parents and a caregiver. From the age of ten until I left for college my grandfather live with us. I learned so much history from his life experiences.
Awesome, she actually looks like a grade school teacher
I’ve gotten miss Frizzle a lot and I love it haha
I love your amazing voice - and your signature scarves! 🧣
Agreed!!!!
This is so neat! I have been following your whole journey. Congratulations!
thank you!!
Love your project ❤️ ty for the update!
Looking wonderful.
Thank you for sharing this incredible journey! I’m so excited and happy for you 💛
Looking amazing! I love all of the paint colors!
You do? That green color is awful!
Me too! My 2 bedroom house has a lot of color too. Very green living room but it's lighter and brighter very spring green , my laundry room is lavender and the kitchen is white and dark blue. The bedrooms are softer colors very very light pink and light green and bathroom is beige walls and aqua blu tiles
It's looking great! That's a lot of hard work! My husband and I were renting an old apartment that still needed work. Use to be an old doctors office and was over 100 years old. If I was much younger and healthier I would have liked living there and liked helping to do some of the work but because of being disabled now I was unable to do much. Living with out A\C and Heat was another thing too for me. Think we were there for maybe 2 years. Loving all the work yall are doing! ❤❤
I was born in Franklin Ind. at Johnson county memorial hospital, I think that was the name of it. I lived in Greenwood. When I first seen the picture of the school it reminded me of the one I went to in Greenwood. V.O. ISOM CENTRAL ELEMENTARY! I wish I still lived in Greenwood. You guys have done an amazing job.
My sister worked at ISOM!
5:10 Card catalogs are so great for seed packets, hair accessories, office supplies like tape, staples, paper clips, post-it notes, with built-in label holders, and it’s cool you can use them separately as they’re already separate. Love, love, love what you all are doing! What a special home this will be! 😊
Loving all the old style updates 💙 I love watching the transformation of this wonderful time capsule of a school
Awesome find on the chairs! Perfect! Love the light fixtures!
I love this so so much. I wanted to buy a church to turn into our home but it never happened! You optimistic personality and attitude are so infectious and lovely. I don’t know how you didn’t loose your mind! Beautiful beautiful renovations! When I saw the brick, was so hoping you would keep them! It’s so warm and inviting. Have a huge brick wall in my large family room. It was painted white and I’ve always wanted the raw natural brick back and watching your videos have inspired me.
Some Beautiful lights! Everything is coming together nicely!
I hope your Family members Enjoy Your Finds for Years to Come! ! !
Love the colors!!! You school house is looking AWESOME!!!!!
I taught Home Ec for 30 years. At one time, I had 8 work tables in my sewing classroom, just like the one your dad bought, only taller. Love what you're doing.
My town in Glasgow Scotland designed and peddled “revolving chalkboards” all over the world, some show up on salvage pages. wilson and gardens originally then became “Unique”
I can’t imagind 4 people living and filling up such a large space.
I just watched two of your videos. Wow! That is a great undertaking remodeling a school house to become your new home. I can see why it is taking SO long. There's lots of details to look after plus you want to keep the nostalgia look of the old building where you can. I like the furniture you chose, including the old desks with the graffiti. Amazing that you can still find those chairs and the desks even today. Well keep enjoying shopping for the perfect pieces that reflect that era. I love your modern touch in the kitchen and bathroom as well. Enjoy the rest of the ride. You guys and your trades people are doing an excellent job! You have done alot yourself. I was amazed when I saw you climb the scaffold on the other video I watched where you painted the ceiling and walls, I believe. Keep up the good work and I hope you can get your rest in between. You will surely be proud of all of the work you did and the outcome when it is all DONE! What a celebration that will be. Congratulations on your purchase and the vision you have for the finished product. All of the best to you all.
Very COOL you guys! Not only will you soon be able to enjoy this space as a home, but now you can look back on all these awesome memories of this remodel as well. You put in so much devotion into restoring this historic building, and it surely shows. May your videos inspire all of us to take risks in creating something new out things that would otherwise be demolished or put into a landfill. Way to go you guys! What an exciting opportunity, and may you all thrive in this space together for many years to come!
If I were still 40yrs old, and had 2 million bucks to put into a schoolhouse, I'd take more risks, too.😂
My name is Tresa Lancaster and we live nearby on the outskirts of Trafalgar to the west of you.
We drive by the the old school and have watched as you have transformed it. It has been wonderful to it restored and beautified ! I love watching your viedos to see what you have been doing and seeing the diligence in detailing it. Just beautiful!!❤
Terrific light choices!
YAY!!! a new update, so exciting!!!
My first order of business would be crashing thru the swinging doors with a Desi reference "Lucy, got some splainin' to do!!"
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Amazing project! I have a soft spot for old buildings and am enjoying to watch your progress 😊
You all did a wonderful job🥰. I would of loved to had an old big farm house refurbished❣️, I tell my young adult sons to dream big, do what's tugs at your heart. I didn't have anybody to tell me those things.
I subscribed because I love home Reno’s and even more so if they are reinventing old buildings that served the community as something other than residential in the past. Love how your place is coming together. ❤👏🏼👏🏼
Love that you're bringing us along, so grateful for it! It's looking incredible.
Wow, soooooo much progress! Well done! Won’t be much longer and you’ll be sitting in your home having a morning cup of something and telling us how glad you are to be moved in. 😀
What an awesome update!! Y’all have done so much in such a short amount of time. Before you know it you’ll be living it everything is beautiful!!
I love it!! I especially love the way you are keeping it traditional when possible.
Can't wait to see the kitchen and dining!
I grew up on a 40 acre farm in Columbia City, IN and I love my home state. I have since moved numerous times from Japan, to Cali, to New Hampshire to Florida... I am now in the Smoky Mountains and I love it here. But Indiana will always seem like home to me!! The ppl there are some of the best in this country!! JUST as a recommendation, I would have put in an elevator from the bottom floor to the main floor so that if you do ever bring in the parents to live permanently then accessiblity would be premium. We put an elevator when we built our home for my MIL and boy am I glad we did. She fell and broke her back and her mobilty went downhill fast. Its a great investment and will definately make it easier for grandparents getting up and down floor levels. Also I liked the idea of the lockers being added as well!! I mean it is a school house after all... lol!! Great job and have the best time in your new home.. buildiing is so fun and making a place all your own is so rewarding!! Beautiful family btw!!
What a labor of love! You have a great eye! I’m one of those boring people that likes very neutral walls (beige/white/grey) but I really love the way you have used colors and also tried to incorporate some of the original colors of the school!
I remember sitting in those chairs you purchased in Grade School about 5th and 6th grade. When I was in First Grade I went to an older Parochial school and we had the very very old desk chair combination which was wood seat and desk combo with iron trimmed, and they connected to each other so they could be placed in a row. You've probably seen them in old movies.
Love all your lighting fixtures and the sconces, etc. It just keeps getting more and more amazing. Always waiting for a new update. It's definitely worth a professional showing by some high end magazine.
The school is looking great. I attended an old school much like this one in the Midwest. I've sat in many of the vintage desk you purchased. Brings out tons of memories. Beautiful and thanjs for sharing all your hard work.
Love the light fixtures and I really wish I could visit the shop you bought some of the them from.
I was just thinking as you were panning through the schoolhouse--how fun that will be for your kids to grow up in, it's huge.
Wow! It is so so nice . I can’t wait to see it finished and furnished with all your treasures . 🏠
Love the transformation!
I just discovered your channel! My husband and I are seniors, past the age of remodeling or even moving into a new home. However, your renovation adventure is so cool! It’s fun watching the process and living vicariously! BTW, your children are the sweetest!
Im with you on the second hand furniture
Putting new into old seems unconscionable
Adore what your doing
Kinda glad my hubby and i didnt get the old school building
I would have died as an older mom just seeing all the space there is in your school…. I think it would have taken us longer than3 years
Cheers to you
Its going to be a marvelous place to live
Outside i can see a row ofapples, cherries, plums, and pears
And lots of flowering trees
It will be magnificent‼️
I appreciate you taking us into your home and thru this journey with you!
I apologize for the grumpy folks in the comment section
So very exciting to see the progress on this!!!
The thrift store is stunning. Also, suggesting the kids costumes too be Toy Story 4. The babydoll and ventriloquist dummy. The place is looking amazing, and the tile is stunning. And the place looks grand 💖
Thank you for taking us along with your transformation.
Let the fun begin😂This is a very awesome transformation🫠🩷
thank you so much!!
Love how you give credit to others ❤
Love the brick and happy on you brought it out.
Great light fixtures. I love the furniture you have acquired thru various sources. They really fit the feel & style of your schoolhouse home. It seems things are really coming together now. I can imagine you all living there soon.
Looking good. This would be a good home for three or four of those robot vacuum cleaners!
It has been so fun watching your schoolhouse becoming a beautiful home. You are cute as a button when you get so excited and in turn you help ME get more excited about redoing some things in my own home. ❤😊
This has been so much fun to watch. Great job, everybody!