“Shall I let all this die without a word?” Sitting on the piazza of her house sometime around the year 1919, Elizabeth Allston Pringle decided that the answer would be no.
How I LOVE this story! I don't think there is much more one can do that is more noble than to restore a historic home. I did. My house in Virginia. Even contractors were afraid of it. Not me. She called out to me, "Make me pretty again." and I did. Yes, it was a labor of love. How I miss her!
I see pictures everyday of abandoned old houses, makes me sad. It appears to me that the majority doesn't care but there is a small minority that puts up their money and muscle to leave behind something of beauty for everyone.
How I LOVE this story! I don't think there is much more one can do that is more noble than to restore a historic home. I did. My house in Virginia. Even contractors were afraid of it. Not me. She called out to me, "Make me pretty again." and I did. Yes, it was a labor of love. How I miss her!
I see pictures everyday of abandoned old houses, makes me sad. It appears to me that the majority doesn't care but there is a small minority that puts up their money and muscle to leave behind something of beauty for everyone.