Well, for all the talk about this
not being a This Old House style re-model, we went and submitted our info to This Old House for their Owner Remodel contest after viewing some of the less "exciting" entries. It was probably right after we hit submit that we began to see all of the more amazing entries into the contest. While we now realize that we haven't a snowball's chance in hell at winning this, we're still proud of the work we've done and love living in the changes that we've made to this place.
On a side note, I spent about 7 hours a couple weeks ago pouring through the Archival section of the St. Albans Messenger looking for info on our house and the people who owned it before us. The amount of information that I found was staggering. I found the advertisement that listed "Lots on North Main St. with great lake views" from the turn of the century. I found a notice for a meeting of a musical society in St. Albans to take place at our house under the hospitality of Mrs. Ruth Cushing who was an organist and pianist in town for local churches and events. This explains the marks on the floor of the parlor, definitely the marks of a piano!
I also found classifieds dating back to the 1920s, the first for Corrine Boucher, the maid for the house who had lost her purse and ending with classifieds in the 1970s advertising "furnished rooms with carpeting and television. Single Men only". Curious.
I'll be posting more pictures of Aria's room project to the website here in the next couple of days.
