| A home is a place that you can live in. It takes a | | | | That is why most of them stand today. They |
| lot of work to make your house a home. The | | | | may not have windows in them any longer but |
| most popular way to do that today is by making | | | | the frame is practically indestructible. |
| an old school house, barn, or church into a livable | | | | When remodeling one of these buildings, you can |
| home. The cost of restoring and modernizing a | | | | redesign it any way you wish. Most of the |
| building like that is not as costly as you would | | | | buildings do not have a bathroom, living room or |
| imagine. It's using the right material in the right | | | | bedroom in them. You can personalize the home |
| places. | | | | by adding all of these where you choose. The |
| Nobody wants an old abandoned building on their | | | | interior walls will need to be insulated and |
| property that will eventually just fall in and | | | | electricity will probably need to be established and |
| become an eyesore. If you buy land that has one | | | | run into the home. When you remodel the home, |
| of these buildings on it, consider turning it into a | | | | you can use the rafters that are already in the |
| home. It may take some extra work but in the | | | | building to create a rustic look or you can choose |
| end, the home you live in at one time held | | | | to hide them away. You can add walls to |
| together a classroom where students learned, | | | | separate rooms or leave it wide open. Include a |
| played, and grew up. It might have been an old | | | | staircase that will go up to the top overlooking |
| barn that housed several animals during a blizzard | | | | the open downstairs. |
| or a church that welcomed an entire community | | | | You can keep the building as old fashioned as you |
| during a rough winter when they wouldn't have | | | | choose which is what most people decide to do. |
| any place to go otherwise. For whatever reason | | | | To do this you need to keep it open inside and to |
| that building was originally built, now it has a new | | | | keep some of the fixtures that were already |
| purpose. | | | | there, such as the well pump that was used to |
| These older buildings were constructed out of the | | | | draw water from the well. You can add modern |
| best materials back then. Logs were cut to fit | | | | plumbing to your building but the pump would be a |
| within one another in order to make the building. | | | | great fixture to have. Set lanterns in the windows |
| Logs were strong enough to hold back the | | | | creating a soft glow at night, especially after a |
| roughest winds, the most severe storms and the | | | | new fallen snow. It looks peaceful and content. |
| heat of the hot sun beating down in the summer. | | | | Making a old building new again is a great way to |
| Logs were durable and chosen to be the perfect | | | | also save on our natural resources by using what |
| fit. Not every log was accepted but the ones that | | | | you can. These old buildings are a great home in |
| were chosen could withstand anything, and have. | | | | the making. |