Here’s how it all went down:.

Old houses can build up quite the impressive smell.Cooking smells, pet smells, people smells, garbage, leaky roofs, all building up over 114 years… and yeah.

Luckily a good primer before painting, and good basic renovations do help a lot.. Sloping Floors and General Non-Levelness.I don’t think “level” was really a thing back when this house was built.They built the outside walls out of brick first and then filled in the inside walls after.

Of course, over time everything settles and there are definitely noticeable slopes in the floors in some of the rooms, but you just have to go with it.Chris loves his level so this can be a challenge for him, but he’s learned some.

ways to work around all the weird angles.

that we find in this place.. As much as restoring an old house can be a big, frustrating mess that you don’t see coming, there are probably just as many benefits that will surprise you if you take on the challenge.. For one, building a house back in the day, without all of the technology and conveniences that we have now meant they REALLY had to plan out what they were doing.It didn’t do a thing for my weeds.. Of course the weeds still need to be pulled out, but now they come out as one piece instead of breaking off and re-growing.

I can’t believe I never thought of this these last few years as I’ve been trying to keep up with these weeds.I just can’t believe it!.

So you want to know a little more about.this salt trick.