I'm baaaaaack! Can I share my latest (year-long) craft? Hint: we bought a historic home! About This Page:

[alicia]

(I do swear that I have some Disney-related things to share here, lol!)

Hey Guys and gals! I've got some pictures to share of our latest project(s)

This past year has been a rough one! I'm finally able to slow down and think about Disney again. We're looking at next January. So, here's the reason for my super-long absence. The family farm, which was just four doors down and across the road, was about to be put on the auction block by the bank because of grandpa's decisions. The hubby and I swooped down abiut a month before the auctuon and were anle to purchase it. It is 77 acres, 3 barns, shop, storage building, and a home that dates to the 1840s (ish). The house had sat abandoned for more than a decade because the grandparents built a new one across the road. Now, grandma is a hoarder, in the true sense. She left a hoard here and started a new one in the new house. In March 2016, we began packing and storing the hoard in a barn (icccck!), right after our last trip. We had a mess to fix, clean, paint, and repair:

Before, front view:
housefrontbefore by Alicia Helton, on Flickr

Front hall before:

entryhallbefore by Alicia Helton, on Flickr

Bathroom before:

bathroombeofre by Alicia Helton, on Flickr

bedroom one before:

br1before by Alicia Helton, on Flickr

bedroom 2 before:

br2before by Alicia Helton, on Flickr

dining room before:

diningroombefore by Alicia Helton, on Flickr

guest room before:

guestroombefore by Alicia Helton, on Flickr

living room before (was a kitchen added in the 1910s:

lrbefore by Alicia Helton, on Flickr

kitchen before (was a sleeper porch enclosed in the 1930s:

kitchenbefore by Alicia Helton, on Flickr

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We (with a couple of helpful family members) had to replace windows, add storm doors, re-wire, re-plumb, relocate the kitchen, gut and rebuild the bathroom (even replace studs and joists), sand and refinish the floors, paint ALL remaining surfaces, drywall 4 ceilings (we suck at that!), and build one bathroom from the ground up. Most of it took place from May 20- September 15!!! Whooooo! Obviously, some things will take longer to complete, but we're mostly finished now!

Front after (don't fret, the arched windows were not original, but a later, Gothic Revival change). They are still over 6 feet tall! We also are working on the limestone wall and new planters.

front by Alicia Helton, on Flickr

Front hall at Christmas, looking toward the entry to the rest of the house. I faux painted and did a border using my Cricuit, to keep the Victorian paper intact. It was a horrid mauve

christmasentry by Alicia Helton, on Flickr

Bathroom after (sorry about the construction mess):

bathroomafter by Alicia Helton, on Flickr

Bedroom 2 (a HUGE difference!):

br2befoeandafter by Alicia Helton, on Flickr

Here's my Disney fix! I bought a Port Orleans bed scarf and pillow!

br2 by Alicia Helton, on Flickr

Dining Room after (door now where there was a window! It's now painted.

diningafter by Alicia Helton, on Flickr

The guest room is my Disney room (along with the kitchen!)

Guest Be after by Alicia Helton, on Flickr

Living room (WAS the old kitchen):

lrxmas by Alicia Helton, on Flickr

The kitchen also had a lot of my Disney stuff!

kitchenafter by Alicia Helton, on Flickr

My Disney coffee bar!

Mickey coffee bar by Alicia Helton, on Flickr



We built this bathroom ourselves! The tub was sitting in the barn lot. I had to clean, clean, clean, and paint it from 20 years of dirt and poo. The window was one of the 150-year old ones that I used Rustoleum Looking Glass on and chalk painted. The magazine rack was in the house and was ruined, so it was chalk painted to match. We used my parent's first table for my vanity.

New bathroom by Alicia Helton, on Flickr

whoooo! That was a lot!! If you'd like to see more, I have a public album on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/bellydonsah...8707654&type=3