The dining room is absolutely beautiful. I love that the woodwork is a lighter shade than what you typically see in older homes. The light fixtures are incredible. Love the old telephone too.
Oh my gosh, this house is magnificent! I don’t know when you started work on it, but clearly I’m gonna have to go watch some more of your videos to catch up😂
"Hey honey, whatcha doin'?" "That will be another project." LOL! You folks are an absolute joy to watch, listen to, and learn from, as you show us the restoration of your exquisite Barber home! Like many other viewers, I, too, hope to restore a Barber home someday. Your videos are the best as I learn many new things through your labor of love. Thank you for the uploads as always! You guys are the BEST! Keep up the GREAT work and never lose that unique and quirky sense of humor! THANK YOU!!!
The phone in the dining room reminds me of one of my favorite movies, "Meet Me In St. Louis". The boyfriend calls from New York and the entire family is privy to the conversation as the daughter shouts into the phone, because it is (of course) long distance.
I super enjoy your videos! The humor is on point. Also, that red wallpaper is perfect for the space. On a Victorian house tour. The dining room had red wallpaper. Because, and I quote, “red promotes digestion.” Whether that be true or not??? meh. Anyways love the house and cool to see the progress. It gives me the motivation to keep working on my house.
This is just beautiful! I love the wallpaper! I took piano lessons in that house as a child and feel a connection even though I haven't been in that house for 30 years! Thank you for all your hard work and sharing. I love seeing the transformation and miss my hometown.
Enjoyed the video! Love that you put William Morris wallpaper through the house. Perfect! The dining room looks wonderful! And the phone is awesome. You definitely wouldn’t want it in the parlor. Looking forward to seeing your future videos. Hope you get some sweet corn soon! My husband drove up from Texas once and bought 200 ears, mostly for friends. A few great corn parties, too. Take care, Jan
We hid one of the land line phones in our old telephone when we had a land line, so you had to open the bottom to answer the phone. Our old house was in Oak Park, IL. We still have the old phone but now just a wall decoration and something for hubby to bang his head on.
@@JamesABeckHouse We always wanted to restore an old house, but we have been in this 1978 ranch for 30 years and are still just keeping up with repairs. We go into old houses (100+ years) that are being torn down and rescue doors and trim and anything else salvageable. We give it away or sell some but just want to keep it out of the landfill. The last house had hand hewn two by fours with the bard still on two sides. LOL.
Great way to hide the thermostat, but I wondered, why did you go with antiqued/distressed looking William Morris paper and not new WM paper as it would have been installed in the house? Both of course would look just fine.
@KeiPalace good question as we did look at both. But found that there was just something too new/perfect about it that just seemed off and prefer patina and imperfection over perfection.
@kathrynnewhall5687 yes we have this past year we did 2 of them one was for Christmas homed tour. You can follow us on Facebook for details and other news
Thanks for name dropping "Plaster Magic"! This is the solution for our failing plaster in the powder room ceiling. Love the wallpapers! Bravo!
I'm loving your posts. Very educational and humorous. Thanks for sharing. Ken from Indiana
The dining room is absolutely beautiful. I love that the woodwork is a lighter shade than what you typically see in older homes. The light fixtures are incredible. Love the old telephone too.
Perfection ❤
Wallpaper choices are perfect and so is the phone!
I ❤ the dining room wallpaper. It looks great with that beautiful woodwork!
That wallpaper is perfect!!! I love it and what an amazing idea you had with that phone!! I enjoy your videos and your humor!!
Oh my gosh, this house is magnificent! I don’t know when you started work on it, but clearly I’m gonna have to go watch some more of your videos to catch up😂
Very nice, great ideas.
I love your choice of wallpapers.
"Hey honey, whatcha doin'?" "That will be another project." LOL!
You folks are an absolute joy to watch, listen to, and learn from, as you show us the restoration of your exquisite Barber home! Like many other viewers, I, too, hope to restore a Barber home someday. Your videos are the best as I learn many new things through your labor of love.
Thank you for the uploads as always! You guys are the BEST! Keep up the GREAT work and never lose that unique and quirky sense of humor!
THANK YOU!!!
Love the clever idea of hiding the thermostat! Well done! And the wallpaper is beautiful!
An old house owns me too, the paper looks awesome!
This is my first video from your channel and I have serious heart eyes for that wallpaper 😍
The phone in the dining room reminds me of one of my favorite movies, "Meet Me In St. Louis". The boyfriend calls from New York and the entire family is privy to the conversation as the daughter shouts into the phone, because it is (of course) long distance.
I don't remember that part but I do remember when they went around lighting all the gasoleers.
@@icemancometh8679 Sometimes I lose the plot because I'm obsessed with the old house details!
Like the wall paper in the dining room.
Such a beautiful room. Thank you for sharing.
Love how the dining room turned out! Wall phone was a great touch!👍Looking forward to future projects around the house!
LOVE❤ the burgundy & gold wallpaper! ❤. Phone in the dining room? That was the first movie I thought of.
I'm glad Iowa has wonderful homes to restore. Like the way you hid the modern thermostat!
You could actually have one of those phones on each floor and connect them. They will work and you'd have an intercom.
@@WLM596 that is a great idea 💡
@@JamesABeckHouse growing up in East Texas in the 1970s, there was a family who had some of these old phones and did this. It worked 💪
I super enjoy your videos! The humor is on point. Also, that red wallpaper is perfect for the space. On a Victorian house tour. The dining room had red wallpaper. Because, and I quote, “red promotes digestion.” Whether that be true or not??? meh. Anyways love the house and cool to see the progress. It gives me the motivation to keep working on my house.
Red does encourage appetite, and speed is yellow, that's why all fast food restaurants are in red and yellow! (or white)
The dining room is beautiful! I cannot wait to see how the rest turns out. Love it
This is just beautiful! I love the wallpaper! I took piano lessons in that house as a child and feel a connection even though I haven't been in that house for 30 years! Thank you for all your hard work and sharing. I love seeing the transformation and miss my hometown.
Enjoyed the video! Love that you put William Morris wallpaper through the house. Perfect! The dining room looks wonderful! And the phone is awesome. You definitely wouldn’t want it in the parlor. Looking forward to seeing your future videos. Hope you get some sweet corn soon! My husband drove up from Texas once and bought 200 ears, mostly for friends. A few great corn parties, too. Take care, Jan
We hid one of the land line phones in our old telephone when we had a land line, so you had to open the bottom to answer the phone. Our old house was in Oak Park, IL. We still have the old phone but now just a wall decoration and something for hubby to bang his head on.
Love the "Meet me in St. Louis" photo to prove your point!
@lauries6517 TH-cam wouldn't let me use the clip which was funnier but still got the point. Glad you caught the reference. Thanks for watching
@@JamesABeckHouse We always wanted to restore an old house, but we have been in this 1978 ranch for 30 years and are still just keeping up with repairs. We go into old houses (100+ years) that are being torn down and rescue doors and trim and anything else salvageable. We give it away or sell some but just want to keep it out of the landfill. The last house had hand hewn two by fours with the bard still on two sides. LOL.
beautiful home my suburb were i live is called Fairfield
Please show us your DIY's...Love the wall paper!!
@aronleegould6980 will definitely be showing more moving forward since catching up from previous projects before starting the channel
I was thinking about you guys and wondering when you would post another video again and here one shows up. Thanks for sharing 😊
@joycedudzinski9415 thanks for watching
Great way to hide the thermostat, but I wondered, why did you go with antiqued/distressed looking William Morris paper and not new WM paper as it would have been installed in the house? Both of course would look just fine.
@KeiPalace good question as we did look at both. But found that there was just something too new/perfect about it that just seemed off and prefer patina and imperfection over perfection.
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Did you think about lining up the patters horizontally between the rooms so your eye doesn’t “jump” as you go from one room to the next?
@@blaineberkley absolutely
What a great idea!! and yes "We know" lol 😜
Do you ever have open house/tour days? We live in Anamosa and would love to come over and take a closer look at your incredible work.
@kathrynnewhall5687 yes we have this past year we did 2 of them one was for Christmas homed tour. You can follow us on Facebook for details and other news
What about a picture rail.😮
The top molding and trim we we installed in the next video doubles as a picture rail.
the phone would have been a statement look how much money i have I'm important
I’m really liking your channel. Love your house. But, I have to say, the “Whach ya doin’?” Is kind of annoying.