WE ARE CODY AND WENDY ARNOLD RECENT EMPTY NESTERS—EMBARKING ON A BOLD NEW CHAPTER. JOIN US AS WE RESTORE AND REIMAGINE A NEARLY 100-YEAR-OLD TUDOR-STYLE HOME, BLENDING TIMELESS CHARM WITH MODERN CREATIVITY. FROM DESIGN INSIGHTS TO RENOVATION ADVENTURES, WE’RE SHARING THE BEAUTY, CHALLENGES, AND DISCOVERIES OF BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO THIS HISTORIC SIXTH STREET GEM IN THE HEART OF NUGGETT HILL. WE’RE SO GLAD YOU’RE HERE!
Let me just start by saying Christian, our Local History and Genealogy Librarian, has truly been a godsend. Over the past few months, she’s uncovered and shared so much about our home and the families who came before us. The stories and old photographs she’s given us have only made us fall even more in
Some may say the last thing you should watch when taking on a project like ours is the Tom Hanks and Shelley Long comedy about a couple being scammed into purchasing a very grand, very beautiful, very dilapidated old home. But not everything I do makes sense. Despite my lifelong dream of restoring an old
In March, on a trip back from Shreveport, our Bailey (as she does for sport) was searching recent listings on Realtor.com. She knows me—and knows me well—because when 800 North Sixth Street popped up, she knew it was for us. She sent me the link with a message: “Maybe this means y’all don’t get to
We have a big job ahead of us to make this house our home, but it’s easy to see why we fell for her—here are a few of the historic details that won us over.
