Then I found the switchboard in the attic."
Here are some of their responses:
1.
“My post-war bungalow had so many old outlets.
He told me that the outlets were for phones, not electric plugs.
I was so confused as to why the house needed eight phone plugs in an 800-square-foot area.
Then I found the switchboard in the attic.
My house was the site of the town’s last phone switchboard.”
45, US
2.
“Our apartment is interesting because it came with my husband’s job.
It’s an old folks community and we have some slightly odd things that must’ve been here forever.
We also have two safety cords (bathroom and bedroom).
It’s great in the winter.”
bonedust
3.
It’s also stocked with rations and canned water."
44, Utah
4.
“My entire house is like one giant sensory gym!
Makes for lots of fun.
Our floor is lava games and obstacle courses.
Everyone who comes over loves it.”
toomanykidsnotenoughtime
5.
“The old Victorian I grew up in had an actual water well on the back porch.
It wasn’t a cistern; the hole went down to groundwater.
c49a679543
6.
“I have annoying creaking stairs, and found out there was secret storage under them.”
obsessedovershoto
7.
“I sacrificed two bedrooms for an old-style movie theater.
Movie night and football games are awesome.”
markh63
8.
Even when I remodeled my kitchen, I made sure to keep this wonderful reminder.”
65, Florida
9.
“My parents' house has a wood stove fireplace in the basement, and it is amazing!
frenzicartist
10.
“I have two refrigerators.
Before I moved into my current place, I already had one nice fridge.
There is space just off the kitchen that’s the perfect size for my first fridge.”
hiddencake55
11.
Thankfully I missed out on that!”
m1shm1sh
12.
“We live in the country in an old farmhouse.
The old owners remodeled the kitchen, and one piece of the cabinet is a moveable island.”
Anonymous, Wisconsin
13.
“We have a vacuum hose in the wall in the laundry room.
It’s an absolute must for cleaning out the lint in the dryer!”
70, Canada
14.
“I installed a comic book floor in both the bathroom and kitchen.
The best part of the project was covering a tacky blue/burnt orange tile wall that surrounds the tub.
I get joy from this every single day of my life.”
54, Canada
15.
49, Minnesota
16.
“I live in a house that was built in 1650 England.
The doorways are so small that it’s difficult to move furniture.”
Bertie, England
17.
But you’re able to still reach the original space through the back of the coat closet.
Just push the hanging coats aside and pass through into a small, dusty storage area.
We call it Narnia.
The most recent addition to the house was a new kitchen/family room area in the back.
It was built outright over the old storm cellar.
It’s where we and about 50,000 spiders take shelter during tornadoes."
64, Kansas
18.
“We have this weird, really loud Radon Reduction system in our house.
I had never heard of or seen one before we bought the house.”
19.And finally, “My house has two windows upstairs… that are not actual windows.
Theyre just for show.”
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Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
