Creativity
27 People Who Found Interesting Things In Their Houses
History might lying right under your foot. Or behind the wallpaper.
It’s safe to say that a lot of us don’t know much about the house we’re living in, especially if it’s one constructed over a century ago. They are filled with stories from the first owners and their children. But for some reason, the house is now sold and is in your hands. Secret stories, spaces, and mementos remain hidden until you or maybe your children happen on them later.
Here are some of the most interesting things people discovered and learned about their houses.
Found what looks like a samurai sword at a 100-year-old house and the blade still looks good.
Found this locked safe under the carpet of an estate home I recently purchased.
Found an old newspaper in the crawlspace from October 2, 1902.
Friend’s bought a house and we know the previous owner was a genius.
This house has a lot of adjacent doors.
I am only staying here for New Year’s and found a hidden bedroom behind the bookcase.
Turns out these is a fake electrical socket to hide a safe.
Turns out our home was made of gravestones. Yikes!
Old homework we found in an old house we’re renovating 1909.
I work in home remodeling. Previous owner of my clients house made an HVAC duct from soldering old anti-freeze containers together.
Found a small soap from a country that does not exist anymore while packing up.
Needless to say, the bathroom in my parents’ house is very well lit.
We are buying this house with a built-in toaster!
This empty SIM car is painted along the ceiling of our new house.
This number is projected through the etching on the glass door of mine during sunny days at this time of the year.
We discovered a locked safe in the floor during remodel of our old home.
Found a note from 1981 while demolishing the bathroom.
There is a hidden room behind the bookcase in my aunt’s old house.
The previous owner came up with this small house for the kids under the staircase.
Unearthed a monopoly board below our carpet!
The window to my backyard splits the view evenly to four seasons.
Found $105 inside the vent when moving the dryer into our new house.
This space-themed wallpaper is vintage and was covered by 3 other layers of wallpaper in a old farmhouse.
Came across a written promise from 1997 behind the wallpaper.
Someone tied up this forg statue on the roof of our newly bought house.
This random chain embedded in my house from 1930s.
Found a secret basement in my home of two years that was not in the floorplan.
