This past weekend my mother and I went on the very first annual tour of historic homes sponsored by Preservation Greensboro. My mom and I had such a great time touring all of the eleven gorgeous homes that were featured! I encourage all of my local friends to join this organization and help our town preserve it's history. (I know I have some activists reading!) And, if you don't live in the Greensboro area then join the preservation society in your backyard, or start one!
My account of the eleven homes! (bare with me this might be a long post):
I'm going to go in the order I toured them, just cause!
The Brooks-Carmichael House
This home, while not my favorite on the outside, was drop dead gorgeous on the inside! It have the prefect blend of modern and antique decor and the best layout and renovations. This house burnt down in 2004, but look how they carefully and accurately brought it back to life!
Pickett House
I love mid-century modern! This house was so cute, while very small is was almost all open concept save the bedroom and bathroom. This home at one time was in very bad shape but with some renovation it was brought back to life. Originally this home was a two bedroom but was converted to a one bedroom to have more livable space.
Hewitt House
This home is very grand is the only word that comes to mind. It's huge and elegant! Not my style of house, but very well preserved. They even had the grand (it was very large) fire place in the living room completely restored to the original! My favorite part of this home is the sun porch, i have an affinity for lots of windows.
H. H. Felder House
This home was the first home in the state and the third home in the nation to use 100% GREEN renovations. The renovations were done by Southern Evergreen. Another great style of home, craftsman, which has lovely characteristics inside and out. Unfortunately these people used interior colors what were very typical of the time period in which the house was built, which makes it look a little out dated.
Cannon Court
This is a group of condos that where on the tour and they are super cute. We saw two units one was a one bedroom, one bath and the other was a two bedroom, one and a half bath. They were beautifully restored right down the the picture rails. The kitchens were tiny, however. There were other units for rent to all my renter friends in town!
Sweeney- Penn House
This home is for sale by Preservation Greensboro, Inc. This home needs lots of love, it was the former home a little old lady hoarder who let it go to ruins (just about.) I went inside (they had cleaned the hoarding mess out of the bottom floor.) and it just need love, there is some really great potential here! They are also having a huge estate sale at some point to sell the hoarding mess. (there was some really cool vintage things) So if anyone knows anyone who has the time a resources please let them know about this amazing home!
Wilson Sisters Double House
This home was a duplex. I think it's beautiful the way if doesn't look like a typical duplex or double house from the outside. It is just as beautiful and magnificent on the inside. It really has the space of a single family home and not too mention the backyard of one! The lady that owns the home and lives on the side we toured was somewhat eccentric and had some fabulous art work. This home really reminds me of the duplex my grandmother lived in while I was growing up.
The Clapp House
This house greeted you with a marvelous front porch with natural wood flooring! On the inside well these people definitely didn't believe in less is more. They had decor in every nook and cranny, however it was all very nice things and not on the hoarding level. It had a great simplistic layout which was fairly open for the type for home. It had a gorgeous professional grade kitchen, that anyone who even sorta likes to cook would stop and gawk!
Tar Heel Manor
Oh my goodness I really liked this house and I think the people who live here are pretty cool too! (they lived behind me when I was a kid and then a couple blocks away for the past few years, now they live here) I just don't even know where to begin with this home, it was amazing start to finish! It was originally two different homes that have been put together to create this lovely, spacious and all around cool home! It has modern, it has old fashioned, it has everything!
Crutchfield House
I think this home has tons of character! It wasn't overly big, but by no means small. It was completely restored to its original (or original to the period) luster. This home was also very nicely decorated with a combination of contemporary and traditional furniture. This front porch also had natural wood (by this I mean it's not painted.) Which if I ever have a front porch of my very own I would like. (I took a picture of the wood, however I am being super lazy and not uploading my pics tonight!)
The Beasley House
Last but not least, the Beasley House. It's a traditional farmhouse style home. It looks a lot bigger on the outside than it felt on the inside, however it had some pretty nice features and you could tell they put a lot of work into restoring the home and keeping it updated at the same time.
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