I have been keeping a secret for the past couple of months but now I feel like I can finally share it with all of you without dying of anxiety. Every year our neighborhood hosts a Holiday Home Tour on the first weekend of December…and we are honored to have one of the homes featured on the tour!!
At first I was kinda, totally freaking the freak out! When we were approached about being on the tour I kind of let my excitement bubble over and I just blurted out YES!!!! Anyone who knows me, knows that this is 100% atypical. I’m the kind of girl who doesn’t make decisions for weeks! So basically the whole thing went down like this. I answered the door, listened to a 30 second schpiel (?) about how they needed homeowners to volunteer their homes for the tour, said YES, and then I closed the door, turned around, and saw our 1/2 finished, unfurnished, huge, money-guzzling, back-breaking, 100-year-old house. 
I admit there was a time period where I thought there was no way this house would be in any kind of condition to have a thousand people walking through and admiring (critiquing) it…but we have really made a lot of progress in the past few weeks. And although the house is nowhere near done I feel okay with people seeing it. It will be advertised as a “work in progress” and that it truly is. There will be no room that is 100% done but I hope people can understand the general vibe I am going for. We are trying very hard to restore the old, charming features of the house while still maintaining something of a modern feel to the decor. This is surprisingly hard to do on a budget. Thank God for second hand stores and Pinterest! Oh and a bit of crafting skills don’t hurt either! So basically we are opening the entry way, living room, dining room, master bedroom, upstairs hall, bathroom, and office to the public. The deal is that the house can be featured again in a few years once we have completed all of the progress we intend to make. There are a lot of people who return to the Holiday Tour and who would remember the home and appreciate the progress we make.
Here is a great article in the newspaper about one of the other homes on the tour. The homeowners, Jeremy and Ashley, have been working on their house for seven (!!!) years and it really shows. I was in awe when I got the chance to see the inside. Trust me you will be, too.
http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=JG&Date=20121104&Category=FEAT&ArtNo=102309998&Ref=PH
Anyways, the tour is on Sat and Sun December 1st and 2nd. It is an awesome time and great for date night or girls night or family fun night…you get the picture! Tickets are $10 pre-sale or $12 the day of the tour. Or make it an event for 4 and you get all tickets for $36. Pick up yours at Nature’s Corner, Bittersweet Gifts, Antiques on Broadway, Candlelight Antiques or any Lake City Bank Location ahead of time or at Simpson United Methodist Church on the days of the tour. For more info visit www.WilliamsWoodlandPark.com.
If you have been reading the blog with interest or are just curious to see the house I would love to see you! Come check it out!
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