In other news, owning an old house is really fascinating. You don't just inherit the decisions of their previous owners, you inherit the decisions of their 10-year-old sons.
"Oh this terribly-applied wallpaper hidden under a layer of hastily-applied cheap wood paneling makes so much more sense when you consider it the work of young boys. After all, there was the time I glued sticky-tack to the wall in my sister's bedroom while trying to hang a poster..."