When Restoration Projects Go Wrong…
I came across this article today. It is all about the restoration of a late Victorian house in the American city of St. Louis, Missouri.
It seems that the city authorities would like the house to become a tourist attraction, illustrating how one of the leading local families of the 1880s would have lived. Unfortunately, the antique dealers charged with fitting out the house have managed to spend $83,000 of tax payers’ money on antique fittings, only to have a local historical expert describe the interior as looking “like a 1930s brothel”.
The antiques are now all to be sold at auction - presumably to fund a second attempt…
Read the full article on the St. Louis Today website here.