The Box in the Attic.. Exploring an Abandoned House..

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So let's head over to Belgium.. tucked away in the woods and forgotten lies this beautiful little house.. The structure of the place was relatively sound, and this one was literally as if they just got up and walked out.. Inside a puzzle of a life for me to put together.. The most gorgeous furniture ide seen, along with some really strange oddities ide not seen before..


The most amazing spinning wheel spinning its own nature stood in the one room.. along with the little spindles..


A scrap book so carefully put together with precious momentos tucked amongst the pages of a families travels..


Portraits of faces left on the side boards and walls.. watchers of the house..

So many black and white photos tucked in draws and albums..


A freeky puppet doll lay on the sofa.. amongst other very different ornaments.. and little wax figures..

Hung on the wall was a really unusual framed photo of two little girls.. in the photo was real hair stuck to the faces.. this was done in the victorian era.. sometimes when a person died, a braid of hair was placed in a photo with them.. as an everlasting memory..


This house was a real mix of old and new.. one room was papered top to bottom with sheet music..

Before I leave a place I always love to have a quick peep in the attic.. After getting a chuv up into it, the one end had a single box sat there.. wrapped in newspapers where three faces made of wax.. it creeped me out for a second as they looked sooooooo real!!!


The detail was incredible, I could even see the eye lashes.. These are called death Masks.. wax was used to make a mask of the deceased face, again, an eternal memory.. this is still practiced today in some cultures.. time for me to go. I learnt so much from this house, yet very little about the family.. thankyou for reading ☺️

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Wow, completely awesome!!! Those faces are amazing and the wall wrapped with music scores is more than cool. How much I like the furniture in the rooms... I think I could easily live there, it that condition it is right now. :)

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it was really mad! I'm so glad your enjoying my posts. All of the house was damp and Cobwebs everywhere and smelt old and mouldy.. but honestly a good week cleaning it and you could of lived in it.. the furniture was just wow!! all just left there.. it had been empty for about 8 years.

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Every summer I spend at least a month in a house that is closed for the rest of the year. So for 11 months, it is closed. Locked.
One year it happened that mould felt that house is an excellent place for invasion. I spent one entire week cleaning and throwing away old clothes, a whole closet...
So, if this place would be offered to me, no problem. I have experience in cleaning 😂

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Hahaha!!! I shall give you the details!

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I am already packing my suitcase xD

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the wall wrapped with music scores is more than cool. How much I like the furniture in the rooms... I think I could easily live there, it that condition it is right now.

me too

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How very cool! Exploring abandoned houses is one of the most fun past times I can think of. And those masks are crazy! I've heard of death masks, but seeing one in person, preserved and forgotten in an attic..just all around awesome :)

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Wow, what a place. As you say, the furniture is quite beautiful. A much loved home at some point. The death masks would have creeped me out big time !

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Wow!... Lovely post!... What a palce to explore!... Greats shots!...

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That must be where the demented being/ball of energy behind creating all of the AI art lives.

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Hard to believe this place was left totally untouched. I wonder how is it possible. The spot got trapped? locked? sank in the sands of time for a hundred years?..

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really incredible to be honest.. aot of the Belgium French places are like this. its to do with their probate law usually

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Look at that, completely untouched. It would never happen in the UK, unless you stepped though the wardrobe into Narnia. Awesome experience!

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I have to agree.. the house was really well known to the Belgium and french explorers as well.. yet look at how she looks..

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good guys! they do not pass the info to wrong hands, and do not pull it into souvenir pieces either

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