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Thursday, May 8, 2014

Historic Home Tour

May 8, 2014

So, whenever I see people who read this blog, they ask why I no longer post. Here is my answer: Whenever we accomplish something on the house, we post.  That should tell you how much we've done in the past 18 months since Kieran arrived.

Recently, we had some motivation because Alok signed us up to be on the Historic Home Tour. While it's for a great organization (Quincy Preserves), I was less than excited due to the condition of our house.  Not the fact that it wasn't done, but the fact that there was literally stuff everywhere.  People's suggestions: shove it in closets.  That's hard when you have no doors!  Literally, everything we owned that wasn't in our storage room in the basement would be viewable.  The prospect of 600 people walking through your house is enough to force motivation.



Prior to historic home tour, I took some pictures for a virtual tour for all of you. We hung pics to show the improvement in the house and I took pics of the pics too :-) Here it is (I've included the pics from the prior blog home tour we did before we moved in in January 2013):


 Outside of the House

The progress





The foyer

The progress






January 2013

May 2014


January 2013

May 2014



Front sitting room/front parlor
The progress






January 2013

May 2014

Dining Room

Progress





Front parlor

Progress




January 2013



May 2014

Apartment area/butlers pantry
January 2013

May 2014




Apartment bath

Progress




January 2013

May 2014



Apartment area

Progress




January 2013

February 2014

Apartment/foyer hallway



Progress




Butler's pantry

Progress



January 2013

May 2014


Apartment media area



Progress





January 2013

May 2014

Kitchen

Progress





January 2013

May 2014


Kitchen

Progress 


January 2013

May 2014


2nd floor hallway 




Progress



January 2013

May 2014


Under the stairs bath

January 2013

May 2014


Master bedroom

Progress
















May 2013


January 2013




May 2014


Master bath



Progress


January 2013

May 2014





Nursery




Progress








January 2013


May 2014



Upstairs back hallway

January 2013

May 2014


Laundry room

Progress






January 2014



May 2014



Attic


Progress



January 2013


January 2014



Spare bedroom



Progress







January 2013

May 2014


Attic bath



My office




Progress





January 2013

May 2014


For the tour, we also displayed some of the items that we found in the house. Here are the highlights:












So what's missing and what's next?

Alok's office/bathroom hasn't changed and the cats were secluded there for the tour so it wasn't pictured.  We also still have a hallway bath that wasn't pictured.  The next steps are: 1) Alok's office bath; 2) Our master bath; 3) Turning the spare bedroom into a nursery.

That's all for now!

Jessica

1 comment:

  1. Absolutely amazing! We stayed there, in the front bedroom, when it was a B&B. We enjoyed ourselves, but everything needed work. What you have done is just stunning! So wonderful of you to open your home up for the tours too, I wish I hadn't missed it! Great work, thank you for the time and money you've put in to preserving Quincy history! Love the artifacts you found (and the beautiful curio they are in)!

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