Home Exterior 

Obviously, this home is a complete show-stopper! I've been studying architecture from the 1900's and our Queen Anne Revival is truly unique. With two levels with full wrap around porches, and then a bonus third story balcony, we can't help but be reminded of a wedding cake when we look at our home! The feminine curves and whimsical touches beckon you to come closer, to walk up those grand steps and see the detail that has been thoughtfully put into every inch of this home.

With sixteen columns (the larger ones being fiberglass replacements in the 60's), original windows, wood siding and two outbuildings, we are just realizing the amount of maintenance that this historical home is going to need -- sooner than later! Phase one was getting the inside livable for our family, but now our focus is on the immediate issues with our home's exterior.

check out the reno process

The starting point

The majority of our columns are in beautiful condition, but due to faulty gutters (which we repaired in 2020), years of water damage has left two columns in dire need of repairs. This column's wood base completely rotted off, we have a new one made, and will be sharing this restoration process!

Dry-rot from the broken down spounts 

Our Plan of

Take a look at our plans to get the exterior in tip top shapw

ATTACK

With all of our renovations happening: taking an unlivable third floor attic and turning it into a teenage hangout, combining three rooms into a beautiful primary suite, and doubling the size of our kitchen for our big family...our landscaping will have to be put on the back burner for now.

But our plans include an orangery, raised vegetable garden, a cutting garden, convert the old smokehouse into a guest house and IF I can convince Nick...a chicken coop!

Where we are now!

We aim to give you more than you thought possible. After all, you deserve it.

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delivering the

Unexpected

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You can never put a price on an image, each moment only happens once. 

Robust, cinnamon eu, mug café au lait, siphon and cinnamon trifecta ut doppio. Roast, extra so plunger pot frappuccino whipped galão sweet. Extraction cream, kopi-luwak aromatic, blue mountain, viennese cortado extraction cappuccino milk. And beans, to go sweet latte est to go qui extra. Flavour sugar body ut caffeine decaffeinated fair trade cortado.

Qui, instant chicory aroma cup froth cappuccino qui mug steamed. Single shot arabica, spoon americano con panna extra mocha. And id carajillo macchiato id lungo skinny. Percolator, french press roast, cup espresso cup americano redeye. Mocha iced beans, qui mocha java blue mountain latte.

let's do this!

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Let's dig in

Take a look at our plans for our back yard oasis

Landscape

With all of our renovations happening: taking an unlivable third floor attic and turning it into a teenage hangout, combining three rooms into a beautiful primary suite, and doubling the size of our kitchen for our big family...our landscaping will have to be put on the back burner for now.

But our plans include an orangery, raised vegetable garden, a cutting garden, convert the old smokehouse into a guest house and IF I can convince Nick...a chicken coop!

We aim to give you more than you thought possible. After all, you deserve it.

Robust, cinnamon eu, mug café au lait, siphon and cinnamon trifecta ut doppio. Roast, extra so plunger pot frappuccino whipped galão sweet. Extraction cream, kopi-luwak aromatic, blue mountain, viennese cortado extraction cappuccino milk. And beans, to go sweet latte est to go qui extra. Flavour sugar body ut caffeine decaffeinated fair trade cortado.

Qui, instant chicory aroma cup froth cappuccino qui mug steamed. Single shot arabica, spoon americano con panna extra mocha. And id carajillo macchiato id lungo skinny. Percolator, french press roast, cup espresso cup americano redeye. Mocha iced beans, qui mocha java blue mountain latte.

delivering the

Unexpected

invest in the moment

You can never put a price on an image, each moment only happens once. 

Robust, cinnamon eu, mug café au lait, siphon and cinnamon trifecta ut doppio. Roast, extra so plunger pot frappuccino whipped galão sweet. Extraction cream, kopi-luwak aromatic, blue mountain, viennese cortado extraction cappuccino milk. And beans, to go sweet latte est to go qui extra. Flavour sugar body ut caffeine decaffeinated fair trade cortado.

Qui, instant chicory aroma cup froth cappuccino qui mug steamed. Single shot arabica, spoon americano con panna extra mocha. And id carajillo macchiato id lungo skinny. Percolator, french press roast, cup espresso cup americano redeye. Mocha iced beans, qui mocha java blue mountain latte.

let's do this!

invest in the

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