A few years after I moved into my house, a heard a knock at the door and saw an older man standing outside. Curious, I opened the door and he introduced himself to my husband and me as someone who grew up in my home as a little boy and lived there until college. We […]

A few years after I moved into my house, a heard a knock at the door and saw an older man standing outside. Curious, I opened the door and he introduced himself to my husband and me as someone who grew up in my home as a little boy and lived there until college. We are only the fourth owners, so this was a really special introduction. We welcomed him in and showed him around and realized that not a lot of changes had been made since the 1930s. Today’s home tour with Alyssa Jill Harris of the brand Willa Heart had a similar experience with her own home. “The family that built our home lived in it forever and about four months after we moved in, the daughter (who is now in her late 60s) popped by to drop off the original floor plan. She hadn?t been in since the renovation and walked me through the whole house, explaining what used to be and showing me photos. She really got a kick out of our bathroom because it was her childhood bedroom. She also gave me a poster that had hung in in the den, which is now our bedroom,” Alyssa shares. Alyssa and her husband, Tim, moved into their Camden, SC home three years ago, after relocating from Boston. “We wanted something in the historic dist...