Before we get too far into the renovation process I wanted to make sure I got a bunch of photos of the interior of the house. I can’t wait to show you some of what we’ve found during demolition too in a follow up post.

If you missed the previous post here’s a drone video made by Perkins Enterprises (our partner Jaime’s construction company with his brother Erik):

The house had not been lived in for about 25 years and this is exactly what it looked like when we first stepped foot inside:

Here’s the living room to the left of the front door:

There’s a small bathroom that was added probably in the 1950s and that large opening used to be the back of the house:

In the back of this room was a small porch that was enclosed to be a pantry:

 

To the right of the front door was another small den. The house was being used for some storage by the family but other than that not much had changed. 

What I really think is amazing now looking back at these photos is how many layers of house is underneath that paneling an linoleum:

Looking from the den through the kitchen to the master bedroom:

The kitchen downstairs. We’ve also found evidence of the kitchen being in two other locations over the years:

The kitchen after cleanup:

A small half bath off the kitchen :

The master bedroom:

Directly in front of entry door is a tiny staircase that goes to the upstairs:

There are two bedrooms upstairs. Here is the first one:

Love the vintage stuffed animal:

The second bedroom:

Shoes:

Here’s a quick walk through tour of the house Jaime’s brother Erik made right before demolition. I’m so glad they made this! All the guys are natural comedians…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJX_nPv6G8s

Now that all that’s been shared I can start on the demo posts! 

We’ve already started demo on the interior of the house and store on Main Street and I wanted to share some before photos. First, here is a drone shot from above that gives a good perspective of the property. That is Brett on the roof starting demo:

There’s also this great video made by Perkins Enterprises (our partner Jaime’s construction company with his brother Erik. They have a bunch of great construction videos on their Youtube Channel.): 

The store has been empty for close to 25 years but it was also left as it was. Burton and Hazel Jacks bought the house and store in 1967 and ran H&B Jewelers for almost 25 years. Burton died in 1985 and Hazel in 1996. I’ll write more on the history of the building in a future post.

There were ledger books and receipts still left in the file cabinets dating back to the 1960’s:

Everything left was slowly deteriorating over time from all the water damage:

I love the old windows in the front! They’ll all have to be redone but I really want to keep the same vintage display style:

For quite some time there has been a huge hole in the roof allowing it to rain inside the building:

Here you can see the old door entrance to the house:

Looking closely there were so many cool things left on the shelves….like the H&B Jewelers stamp: 

Cash receipts all handwritten: 

Tie clips still in the boxes on the shelves:

I’m still editing the house photos so stay tuned for that tour! 

Oh my word. I can’t believe we are undertaking another building project of this magnitude but sometimes projects choose us. It’s been less than a year since we finished the Sixty-One Park Farmhouse and this is our new project that I’m calling One-Twenty Main:

I’ve been in love with these two buildings since we moved to Bryson City. The brick store was built around 1950 and the little attached house might be as old as 1900. I still have a lot of research to do. Both have been empty for 25 years. The store was H&B Jewelers for a very long time, run by Hazel and Bud Jacks. They lived in the cute little house attached to the back:

We are partnering again with the Perkins family on this restoration! The front brick building is going to be my new art studio/shop downtown. The plan is to have some open studio time where people can come work on their own and also take classes (not just from me, I have so many artists I want to take classes from too!) The adorable cottage on the back will be a vacation rental right on Main Street near our other store Bryson City Outdoors. Also, isn’t that huge wall just calling for a mural?! 

I’ve set up an account on Instagram too where even more photos will be shared soon: @onetwentymain I can’t wait to share all the cool things we’ve already found that will eventually go back into the house. I’ve also been glued to the microfiche machine at the geneaology society tracking down all the info I can.