This Designer s 130-Year-Old Farmhouse Was Cut Into Pieces and Moved to a New City
A 19th-century Louisiana farmhouse moves to new digs but stays true to its old soul.
By Hadley Mendelsohn and Produced by Robert Rufino Feb 19, 2021 JESSIE PREZA
It was practically begging to be moved: The former owner of this 3,600-square-foot farmhouse knew the home was in the wrong place so they literally had it cut into three pieces, loaded onto a trailer, and driven to a woodsy country-club community near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. And that’s exactly where Krystal Matthews fell in love with it, while hunting for a place her family of five could really put down some roots. “It just has this charm, everyone who comes in feels it,” she says of the 130-year-old structure. Given that Krystal and her husband, Blake Matthews, flip houses for a living, they were able to transform the old home to suit their needs at warp speed, buying in April 2020 and moving in by midsumme
Arctic blast: Temperatures in the Houston area are expected to plunge into the 20s, 30s Blake Mathews
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Valentine s Day has a very storied past in Southeast Texas and is no stranger to bizarre winter happenings.
In fact, the worst arctic chill ever observed in Houston happened mid-February 1899 when the daytime high only reached 20 degrees and an overnight low of 6 degrees on not just one night, but two consecutive nights.
Mid February has a storied past here in Houston. Everything you see listed below happened on either the 13th or 14th and once again, we re starring down the possibility of very cold temps and icy weather heading into the middle of the month. Never a dull moment in Houston, pic.twitter.com/fOBe8thwYt Blake Mathews (@KHOUBlake11) February 9, 2021