12 Home Features That Have Faded Away!

Have you ever seen something in a home and had no idea what it was? Homes have evolved over the years and there are many features that are no longer used in modern homes. For instance. Have you ever heard of witches stairs? How about Victorian sash shutters? Join us as we explore and learn about 12 home features that have faded away!

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[ZMAN_]

Thanks For The Great Content every Saturday!👍🏻🇺🇲

[-Thauma-]

Those stairs in the beginning of the video.... Imagine you are coming home drunk and just need to go to bed - upstairs.
Good luck 😂

[jasonmitchell]

Great video. The two things that first come to mind that you didn't mention are the older houses with pocket doors, and of course dumb waiters.

[leesashriber]

I'll take an older home anytime!! Those stairs are definitely different. I had actually never heard of some of these. Enjoyed this my friend 😊

[lesyeuxsansvisage]

Newer homes are rather hideous, and age poorly. Craftsman homes were meant to last several lifetimes, as were Victorians and Colonjals. Update the heating and air, and you have a home that isn’t going to go out of style, and will continue to be efficient.

[jessicayoung]

They should have kept the shutters, I don't know why they'd get rid of such a neat and efficient feature.

[paul]

Speaking of speaking tubes, we had intercoms in our house when we were kids that also were used for radio listening …those sure were the good old days!

[chrisnemec]

A very nice one. Re: speaking tubes: Some of the fancier ones had a whistle built into the cover so you could blow on the whistle to get everyone's attention before talking into the tube.

[philipcollins]

U always come up with the most interesting 🤔 things to learn about... thanks 👍

[Storms]

I like the old windows that had a hand-crank for opening them, where they then opened up the same way old windows shutters used to. I'd love to have an old house that still has them.

[laurab]

I'd take an older home over a new one any day..
They have such character and are built with real wood and made to last.

[paulstan]

I can remember a lot of those features in my aunt’s old 1800’s house when I was a kid. There was also a narrow staircase in the kitchen that only went up to the maids quarters.
Hi Jodie! 👋😁🇦🇺

[Shat_Tastic]

4:25 My dad put one of these in our 2 story house in the 70's .I remember being bad and tossing crap in it and then getting yelled at a week later.

[DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE]

Hello from Simon in Australia, Thanks for the video, love it ❤

[scoobydoodle]

Man, those witches stairs are crazy looking!

[brendaholliday]

Rhett, I enjoyed this video about home features that have disappeared. I grew up in a house that was built in 1906 and we had radiators for our heating. If we were out of the house and came in from a cold day and turned on the heat we would have to wait for the radiators to heat up the house and it seemed like we would wait for hours, period! Have a fantastic weekend. Take care 🐎

[jessicayoung]

I've seen many homes with screened in porches. I think they're nice, never thought of sleeping out there but I can see how it would make sense back then to do so.

[shannondore]

I think the witch's stairs are kinda cool. I've never seen them before.
And as someone who works at a dry cleaners, I can attest that people just don't iron at home like they used to. We get a lot of customers that bring in items just to get them pressed.

[eagletalons]

The "Transom window" over the doorway for air circulation in not seen to often in new homes nowadays...

[mvttstk]

Our modest vernacular style home was built in 1913. We are the seventh owners, and fifth family to live in it. It has been built out toward the back and has had many modifications, including the enclosing of what was either a patio or sleeping porch. When the former owner told us that a pass through from the kitchen to dining room had been enclosed for a "modern" (late 1950s) kitchen cabinet update, I was stunned.
It is fun to go around and try to work out what our home might have looked like, and I am convinced that the original kitchen cabinetry had been installed in various locations (e.g., drawers in the enlarged pantry, which was likely once a semi-enclosed back porch). 😂