If houses could talk...

If I had to chose one inanimate thing that I would want to talk, I would choose a home. Think about it, houses hold family secrets, heirlooms, traditions, old conversations and new. I am really interested in history, specifically older/historical buildings, so I would really love to hear what an old house has to say about it's past inhabitants. A house is a home for people it is a haven for their every day lives. They eat, sleep, talk, and dream in them. A house could tell you so much about someone. It could tell you about their daily routine, what they talked about in privacy, their interests and hobbies, what school they went to, who their friends were, and what kind of job they held. Houses can hold years and years of history, memories, and milestones; birthday parties, holidays, new babies, special moments, and other significant events. Let's say there was a random singed piece of a door frame and you have no idea what happened to it. You could just ask the house and he/she would say something like, "Oh that happened when little Johnny, who lived here 30 years ago found his parents matches and was experimenting with them until his mom found him and stopped him before he burnt down the whole house!". Or there could be height markings going up one of the beams in your basement. You could ask your home, "What are these from? Whom do they belong to?". Your house could reply with something like, "Oh those! They are left from the family before you. The mother and father kept the height of their daughters from the time they were 2 until the girls left the home. Now that they've both gone off to school the parents decided to move to a smaller place, and now here you are!". A house could explain things for you, tell you things you never knew, and even tell you about what time were like many years ago (depending on its age). Wouldn't you like to know what stories your house has embedded in it's walls?