Fixing The Front Of A Historical House

As most of you know

that have been following me

for a while we have moved

MANY (is it 15?) times in

the years we have been married.

I have REDONE/REHABBED 

most of those homes.

My favorite house -

besides  the one we are in now-

 was the house in the historical section

of Astor Park in Green Bay, WI.

I LOVED this house.

I thought we would be there forever.

Sadly, it was not to be-

a neighbor walked across the street

one day and made my husband an 

offer he could not refuse.

Thirty days later we moved out.

(Now, remember, back then I

was not blogging.  I took

pictures only to have for our files)

When we moved...the 

front looked like this.

There is a porch swing on the left

where we spent every morning 

drinking coffee.

Here is what it looked like when we

moved in.

When we bought it

the ceiling of the porch

was painted dark navy blue

and there was a cranberry front door.

The first thing I did outside was paint

the ceiling white.

It made the inside much brighter.

The porch floor was painted one of the 

colors off the historical colors list.

Inside there was a vestibule and

a foyer behind it.

The vestibule was missing its door

and the built in bench had been removed.

How I wish I had taken better pictures.

The front sidelights had already

been replaced at this point.

After:

We replaced the bench,

the missing glass between foyer

and vestibule.

We also replaced the front door which

was not original to the house and

replaced the inner door with the one

 that had been moved from its place 

and used as the front door.

Oh----this is the home I miss the most!

---sigh---

Later this week

I will give you a peek at the side/back yard.

You won't believe your eyes.

-Bet you can't believe this either-

I do-

You know why?

Because it was on the INTERNET...

and, as we all know, everything

we see on the internet is true!

Have a great day!