I like surprises. And living in a 100+ year old home definitely provides lots of them. But not what was in store for me when I got home from work today.
Apparently LB was working away in the pseudo basement today clearing things out. (It's more of a crawl space really as they didn't really have basements 'back in the day.' Most of it is a dirt floor actually. Creepy.) He accidentally pushed through part of the wall that was holding up some old paint cans on a series of shelves.
And what was in store was a big surprise...
A whole other area under the house complete with dilapidated washer and dryer and two big mysterious card board boxes. (Feel kind of stupid actually, because if you stand back you can clearly see that there used to be a door frame there and that it had been converted into a shelving unit. But I digress...)
So we have another area of the house yet to be explored. The stuff can't be that old. The washer and dryer are probably from the 70s (the harvest gold color is a dead give away) but still... It's like our very own time capsule!
I must admit that my first reaction was "Who can we sue for leaving this crap here?" But now, I'm rather excited. Just what is in those card board boxes and why would anyone leave them behind? How in the hell did they get the washer and dryer into that space when the door frame isn't wide enough for them to fit through? What other surprises are in store for us?
Pictures to be posted soon.
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2 comments:
That is so cool! Could be vintage Xmas decorations, or tax files (okay, not so fun), and since coloured washer-dryers are back in, maybe you can drag em out and fire em up!
Maybe the stuff belongs to the ghost that lives with you...could be clues to her identity!
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