Homes have lives, too: past glories, stories, secrets and certain energies that they retain and others they transmit. Visiting good friends in a small village in Germany, Wolfstein, I was shown around a fairly remarkable abandoned home.
High ceilings, dirty grey walls, spacious rooms, bathed in light, but also full of shadows and dark corners. It even included the only bomb shelter of the village which, mercifully, was never used.
Following World War II, a seamstress apparently took over this sulking, giant space (which explains mannequins left behind). Afterwards, another family lived here, until someone passed away and those left behind did not upkeep the home, abandoning it.
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Which is where my friends, the couple that my wife @dianarpo and I are here to visit, enter the picture. Because (human) nature abhors a vacuum, they decide to occupy this space and set up their flower business, there :)
Just like that, a home is raised from the dead—and a once neglected, sleeping beast stirs back to life...
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Excellent news, @princessmewmew! Many thanks, for your kind attention :)
Flowers: beauty. With them present, it would always be a beautiful place regardless of its state or little history :-)
I agree, @jeffways. Flowers redeem a home, somehow, pardon it’s sins & permit it to start, again :)
What a lovely post with a surprise outcome!
Thanks for the post and repurposing the house!
Thank you, for your kindness, @bigtom13. Even inanimate objects, like a house, can serve as a reminder that resurrection is possible for us all :)
This is one of the reasons we chose to restore an old home rather than buy something newer. When we moved here three years ago our house had been abandoned for sixty years and has a rich history even though--built in 1872--it is young compared to many European structures.
Filled with crumbling plaster and worn wood floors, it is slowly yielding to a renewed state. In the winter it can be a dreary place, but as your friends' flowers infuse life, so here Spring, Summer, and Autumn colors brighten the place.
The last owners were not very handy inside, but they planted sprawling gardens in the '50s that have since run wild and for three Springs now our badly-in-need-of-paint home has been dressed with vibrant color that bursts from every corner of the poorly tended property. All through Summer and into the fiery leaves of Fall, nature seems to strive to compensate for the deterioration of the man-made structure.
It warms my heart to see a home like the one you pictured here being repurposed for some beautiful venture, and I wish your friends much luck and happiness in it :)
Thank you, dear @jrhughes, older homes (like older people) have more character, don't they? They have lived! Your home sounds lovely, and the image you vividly paint reminds me of a lyric from a song I adore:
"Amid concrete and clay/ and general decay/ Nature must still find a way..." I'm grateful for your kind attentions and sweet wishes. Sending warm smiles your way & much love <3
from the architecture of this house, it looks old house, looks antique from the picture
Yes, it’s not new, that’s for sure. But, old is relative of course and, by European standards, I don’t know that I’d call it ‘antique’...
Good
The new buildings of today become the old ones tomorrow... The amount of face lifts we give to them determines how new they become to the eyes.