I'm building soon. A first for me. Wish I could capture some of what I see in each room, lee lee. So far am planning French cottage coastal look on a lake in south mississippi. I study and study and have great decorator and builder. Well, I got a special opportunity! Sooo thankful!! Always wanted to do this building project. Am trusting I will like the end result half as much as I like your home. Congratulations !

Finished upstairs bath. Before/after.

lovely

Thanks everyone for the awesome comments. We have had all the landscape pulled out and still waiting on the new to be put in. Ill post those pics I'm sure in the spring. Right now the outside looks quite rough.

Mumsicade: Much luck to you on your up coming build. Looking forward to seeing your progress.

Very Nice... Just like everything else you and your crew have tackled.
Now, what is this about ripping out all the landscaping?

Finished back porch.

Mediterranean brings in colors like gold, appricot and turquoise. I actually can see a Teal or Peacock color for your trim. You could also go with a Rust-Brown depending upon how much color you want to bring in.

New look for this area.

Inside I use turquoise as an accent in every room. My front door is teal.

Front door.

Beautiful, leelee27.

Wow, I just had this pop up. Such a lovely home. Also, this is the first time that I have ever seen a home on Houzz that is close to my own-I just live about forty miles from Henderson, and my son lives in Tyler.

Lucindalane: Next time your in the area we are right on Main Street.

Thanks, leelee27. The next time I go to Tyler, my mom and I just might take the scenic route through Henderson. I think we can detour to, maybe, Highway 64 there, and take a direct route to Tyler. I went to school at SFA, so I used to go through Henderson all the time. ^_^

Have you checked out the pictures of Spanish Mediterranean homes on this site, there are some beautiful examples, one looks very similar to your beautiful home!

Lucindalane: You went to SFA? Did you read that this house is the Homer Bryce home?

Halfpint2. Can you post a pic of the one similar?

Oh my goodness. I knew that the name sounded familiar. Somehow I always remember the Steen name more in regard to my old school than Mr. Bryce.

I think the foot ball stadium was dedicated to Homer in the 80's. But I'm not real sure of the year.

Well, I graduated in 1979. I think he was the head guy on the Board of Regents then.

Yes. He was.

What a gorgeous home. I think you picked the perfect trim and front door colors, your choices really let the architectural features shine. Love what you did with the back porch and garage. I look forward to seeing your landscaping choices, hopefully a fountain is in your future. So wonderful that someone who appreciated the original details bought and restored this gem.

SFA was very fortunate to have such such a successful alumnus as Mr. Bryce to take an interest and financially support the school. It's also great that his home has been cared for there in Henderson, and you are certainly carrying on the tradition.

Amazing home, I love it!

I love the picture of your front door & was delighted to see that I have picked the same light fixture for over my front door. I haven't had mine hung yet though. My door isn't near as beautiful as yours but the light fixture is very nice. I will remember that I have great taste every time I go in. :)

You should contact a magazine like Southern Living or Better Homes & Gardens to do a spread on your house once it is finished. With its beauty and history it would be a great story. Judging from the responses on this thread, there is a lot of interest in it.

OMG!!! Your house is flippin beautiful!! I am sitting at the dining table of my brand new, not quite finished, house... howling! I love the character and hope you will continue posting this absolute Eye Candy.

I just skimmed through this whole thread again, mostly to look at the pictures. I saw where you said a local magazine was going to do a spread on your house. If they have an online version of the magazine, please post a link when they do the article.

Thinking more about your front door, I am considering whether a turquoise color might look good on mine. I have light gray siding & multi-colored brick, so I had planned to paint it a charcoal gray come spring. I have a few months to think about it until then. The turquoise is beautiful......

We are waiting for landscaping to be put in. Things are taking a lot longer than expected. Magazine will probably be spring when yard is pretty.

You have done a great job. It's been a long road. Since this was first posted. Glad you posted all your journey on your way to a beautiful home. Enjoy.

Thanks everyone for the comments. I'll continue to keep you posted.

Got some of the landscaping done.

A tresure there.

Well done.

Nice landscaping!

Converted detached garage. Media room. Yes we are LSU fans. GO TIGERS.

Great location for game parties - well done!

Just saw your discussion for the first time, and I am GREEN with envy! To think you actually get to sit on that sofa and admire the fireplace, lay on that beautiful bed, and actually use that bathroom :)

Please keep us posted!

Beautiful House. Glad you didn't tear out the tile because that is really period, and could look great with the right color palette. But I like what you did too, and it is always good to go with something that can be removed if you are altering the design of a historic house.

The trim color is nice, but maybe a tad fleshy for my tastes. I think I would go with a cooler color, something like oyster or antique white, to go with the sills and columns, and maybe a version of the door color (bit darker and more subdued maybe) for just the inside sash (the part that holds the glass, not the casing) for a bit of punch. It was typical of buildings of this period to have a darker sash and lighter casings, although not always on a house like this.

I was thinking of something darker for the fascia, perhaps a color like what is on the garage door, maybe slightly darker, or maybe just on the corbels. Or the section underneath the fascia (top wall trim) might look good in turquoise.

I would try it on the low gable on the side by the door and see how you like it first, up close and at a distance. It can be tricky to get the color harmony just right, but I think it could be enough to give it a bit of sparkle.

The windows look to be in pretty good shape and so much more character than new windows, although it looks like some picture windows were put in the 60s or so.
I hope you are keeping the old windows and are just replacing the glazing putty and such. Make sure they do not use DAP glazing putty--it is terrible. Steam works well to remove old putty and paint. A traditional linseed oil based putty is better. John Leeke is a great source on historic window repair.

Martha Stewart has turquoise sashes (or storms, don't quite remember) on one of her homes, and they looked terrific. It is a very traditional color for masonry homes and evokes verdigris, the natural color of weathered copper. It is also very traditional color for garden benches and such, esp. in France and England. Not sure about Spain/Mediterranean--I think masonry benches are more customary.

Have you thought about listing the building? It could have helped with the expense of rebuilding the arches and other repairs.

Whoops, I see the post was a year ago and you no doubt have painted by now!

It's never too late.......live your dream.

(Leelee, you glamourpuss, you!)

Love it, even the sink sitting on top.

Palms have been planted.

The new landscape three years later.

Aah, I've been missing this thread - looks wonderful, Lesli. :)

Before and after. Looks a lot better.

I put shutters on the larger windows.

Leslie - catching up to you and your new "country house" . .. had an idea regarding the institutional side that you may want to consider .. one of the upper windows might be charming with a very mediterranean approach of sideless sunbrella awning on a simple wrought iron bracket over the single upper . .. landscaping is filling in.