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Photographs

The house today, the work in progress, and the finished rooms as we plan them. Renderings are labeled as concepts.

Outside

The Albert Blanding House today: butter-yellow clapboard, a grey fish-scale shingled gable and a wraparound porch with turned posts, behind a green lawn and front walk. — The front of the houseBrightened, with the yard digitally landscaped.

The front gable with grey fish-scale shingles and an arched attic window. — The front gableFish-scale shingles and the arched attic window.

The wraparound porch with white railings, turned posts and a spindle frieze. — The wraparound porchTurned posts and the spindle frieze.

The gabled porch entry and front doors. — The entryA gabled roof over the front steps.

Inside

The wood floors, fretwork and mantels as they are today, before the furniture.

Looking through a carved fretwork archway into the living room: wide-plank wood floors, dark-stained trim, a chandelier and a wood mantel with a tiled fireplace and an oval mirror. — Into the living roomThe carved fretwork arch, with the mirrored mantel beyond.

The staircase turning up past a round window, with turned balusters, a paneled newel post and wood treads. — The staircaseUp past the round window to the bedrooms.

An empty upstairs room with three tall windows looking into the trees, a ceiling fan, dark-stained trim and wood floors. — UpstairsThree tall windows into the treetops.

The stair hall: a fretwork arch on the left, a spindled frieze with wheel brackets overhead, and the carved newel post at the foot of the stairs. — The stair hallFretwork, a spindle frieze and the carved newel post.

A white painted mantel with a brick-tiled fireplace and slate hearth, beside a paneled door with a transom window. — One of the fireplacesA painted mantel and a transom door.

A dark red four-panel closet door with pierced Eastlake panels and a white porcelain knob. — The small thingsPierced-panel doors and porcelain knobs.

The transformation

Drag across the photo to see the upstairs alcove become the new half bath.

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Today: an empty upstairs alcove with pale blue walls, dark stained baseboards, wood floors and a wall sconce.

Concept: the same alcove as a half bath, with cream tile, a dark wood vanity, brass fixtures, a lit mirror and a paneled door.

Fall 2026: the work begins

The kitchen before the work: honey-colored cabinets, laminate counters, a white gas range and dishwasher, and laminate flooring laid over the original wood. — The kitchen, beforeCabinets from a past remodel, and laminate over the old floor.

The same kitchen wall with the cabinets, counters and appliances removed, leaving plumbing stubs, patched plaster and the painted mantel. — The kitchen, nowCabinets and counters out, down to the walls.

A wall opened down to the studs, looking through to the entry hall with its tall window and front doors. — Opening upA wall down to the studs, looking through to the entry hall.

When it’s finished

Concept renderings made from our own photos. Drag across each one to compare. Final finishes may change.

Today: the living room seen through the carved fretwork arch, empty, with wood floors, a mirrored mantel and a chandelier.

Concept: the same living room set up for game day, with a 98-inch TV over the fireplace showing a football game, a cream sofa and two cognac leather armchairs around a round coffee table with popcorn and drinks.

Today: the entry hall seen through a wide doorway, mid-work, with torn drywall above the fretwork band, a ladder, a broom and a loose screen door.

Concept: the same entry hall finished, with the drywall above the fretwork patched, a patterned runner, a wood console and lamp under the window, a palm, and a bench with brass coat hooks by the front doors.

The entry hall

Patched, cleared and furnished. The staircase, fretwork and front doors stay as they are.

Concept rendering of the upstairs primary bedroom: a king bed with a cream upholstered headboard, white bedding with a rust quilt and navy runner, brass lamps on wood nightstands, a bench at the foot, a jute rug and linen curtains on three windows. — The primary bedroomA king bed under the treetops.

Concept rendering of the new kitchen: navy shaker cabinets with brass pulls, white counters and subway tile, open wood shelves, a farmhouse sink, a stainless range and fridge, two schoolhouse pendants, a farm table with rush stools, and the dark red painted mantel with white spindles. — The new kitchenNavy cabinets and brass, with the old painted mantel kept.

More rooms on the way

The bathrooms, the porch and the backyard are next.

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