With the weather being cold and wintery, I figured I'd share some pics from a pick I did this past summer. It was a 2 1/2 story farmhouse, with the top 1/2 story being a walk-up attic.
I have been watching this house for quite some time. When we finally made contact with the owners, who were now ready to sell stuff, the house had been vandalized, and much of the contents rummaged through by thieves.
They had initially had plans to do some restoration to the house, but vandals and mother nature's wrath (including a tornado taking out a corner of the house as you can partially see in the first photo,) foiled their dreams of doing something with the property.
I had previously scouted the house last year, and spotted a few things of interest, but at the time didn't have the time and cash on hand to purchase what I had wanted. Sadly, some of the other things of interest also had disappeared by the time I got back to it this summer.
The large attic was the first stop, but the few things I remembered were there last year were in worse shape than I recalled, and a some were missing.
Sitting room view. Once a grand old house.
Kitchen
A small part of the basement.
The basement still held a prize I had spotted the year before, this jam cupboard, with a great crackled finish.
I bought a few other knick knacks, but the cupboard was the main purchase. The house still has some architectural bits in it I may be going back for, and some rougher things that are essentially parts, or upcycling inspiration, but that is about it. This home had previously had a full attic of antiques, but thieves had plundered it heavily prior to the current owners obtaining the property.
It is too bad the home has been looted and destroyed, but has become a fact of life in this world where respect for private property means little to some people.
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