Welcome!

I am a graphic designer/illustrator living in the suburbs of Chicago. I have always loved everything about the Victorian era, and was fortunate enough to purchase a small 1873 house 15 years ago. I've filled the yard with perennials, trees, a pond, gazebo and arbor.

I look forward to the day when I have both enough money and time to really get the interior of the house back to the way it may have looked in 1873. Hardly anything is left that is original. My goals are lofty, and I am somewhat of a perfectionist, so I want to do it right.

This blog will hopefully inspire me to get my thoughts together and finally get started!