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
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
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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