The exterior painting is finished. Time to start working indoors.

The Hill House receives a beautiful 5 color paint job.

Most of the two porches were severely deteriorated or missing and had to be replaced with new construction. The design was pulled from similar vintage homes, since we weren’t able to discover any architectural or photographic proof of what the house had originally.

From 1992 to 1999, the VPA participated in the Winchester Mystery House Christmas Decoration Contest. As you can see from the list below, we did quite well at it. In fact, so well, that in 1996, the WMH folks created a professional category.

In 2000, the management of the Winchester Mystery House announced that they would no longer be holding the Christmas decorating contest. So we went out winners and now the VPA members can concentrate on decorating their own homes for the holidays.

1992 – Sarah’s Bedroom (Second Place)

1993 – Morning Room (First Place)

1994 – Tea Room (First Place)

1995 – Ballroom (First Place)

1996 – Parlor (First Place, Professional Category)

1997 – Ballroom (First Place, Professional Category)

1998 – Sarah’s Bedroom (First Place, Professional Category)

1999 – Kitchen (First Place, Professional Category)

Historical Photos of the Winchester House

We visited the house on its original site on Sherman and got our first tour of the interior. Crazy people that we are, we decide to go ahead and tackle the project anyways.