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Has anyone ever had an interest in making an old house, or authentic looking new old house, look old and deiapidated?

Asked by Yellowdog (12216points) October 9th, 2020

As one who has always been fascinated by century-plus old houses dripping with age and character, I have always wanted a moldering, rundown house such as on the Munsters—but have been leery of damage and loss from neglect and time.

Has anyone besides me ever contemplated designing an authentic looking old house or owning an actual old house, and aging it with paint, stain, artificial stress and planned obsolescence, to make a house seem very old and deteriorated?

Halloween is approaching, and during the season of autumn leaves I just get fascinated and obsessed with taking on such a project—with the energy, atmosphere and patina of a very rundown old house, but without the actual decay and property loss that would come from such neglect.

Furniture has been made to look old and stressed and sells as high-end merchandise. Why not a house?

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