The family is renovating an old school in Indiana to make it their eternal home.
Stacie Grissom and her husband Sean Wilson moved to Franklin, Indiana in August 2021 after spending 10 years in New York.
Grissom told SWNS the couple is looking for a place near their family where they can raise my two children, Arlo, three, and Margot, two.
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While searching for unique homes with quirks, Grissom said they came across an old abandoned schoolhouse from 1914, according to the family’s social media account @schoolhousehomestead.
After deciding to buy real estate a renovate it the family set to work on their dream home.
Before the reconstruction, the school was abandoned after its closure in 1934. (SWNS)
“Our lives were very chaotic [as] We are raising two children and renovating,” she said.
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The school was in poor condition when the family first bought it.
Grissom said they had to strip the building to its original bones.
Stacie Grissom and her husband Sean Wilson, with children Arlo and Margot, pictured here, will be moving into the house soon. (SWNS)
“We put on a new roof, strengthened the foundation and put in new windows,” she told SWNS.
The family also installed insulation and internal framing and built the kitchen entirely on their own.
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Additionally, Grissom noted that supplies were slow to arrive because of this pandemic supply backup.
“Things took seven times longer than [we] originally they thought they would take.”
Renovating the property took three years and involved tearing the building down to the bare bones. (SWNS)
Over the past three years, the family has turned the school into a 4,000-square-foot, four-bedroom, two-bathroom home.
Although most of the house was renovated with new materials, Grissom said they refinished one of the classroom’s pine wood floors and used second-hand items from old schools to decorate the house.
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In an effort to preserve the building’s original purpose, Grissom purchased old-school dining chairs in Slovenia.
The family turned the school into a house with four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a kitchen. (SWNS)
Although the family is nearing move-in day, Grissom said this is “just the beginning.”
“We have so many projects we want to do. We also want to add things to the home that celebrate the school [and] we want to put details into it that will tell the story.”
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She added: “I’m thrilled have a thanksgiving day and Christmas here, prepare big meals and show people the beauty of Indiana.”
One family has spent the past three years renovating an old school into their 4,000-square-foot home. (SWNS)
The family shared the renovation process on social media, gaining more than 882,000 Instagram followers on their @schoolhousehomestead account.
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