Virginia Chamlee and Tom Canfield toured at least a dozen homes in Jacksonville, FL before stumbling on the listing that would eventually become #projectbelvedere. The 1920s house offered everything that Virginia, a writer, and Tom, who works in the banking industry, had been looking for ? a lovely neighborhood, plenty of historical accents and charm, a comfortable […]

Virginia Chamlee and Tom Canfield toured at least a dozen homes in Jacksonville, FL before stumbling on the listing that would eventually become #projectbelvedere. The 1920s house offered everything that Virginia, a writer, and Tom, who works in the banking industry, had been looking for ? a lovely neighborhood, plenty of historical accents and charm, a comfortable living space and the large kitchen that Virginia had always dreamed of. “Plus, I wanted something that could be a project ? which it definitely was,” Virginia adds. Turning their historic house into the right home for them didn’t come without hiccups. Shortly after buying the house, the couple decided to undertake a big kitchen renovation. Midway through, they discovered extensive water damage in the walls of another part of the house. The walls had to be taken apart and reconstructed entirely ? “it was a worst case scenario kind of thing,” Virginia says. Just about a week after the damage had been fixed, Hurricane Irma hit Jacksonville. Even though Virginia and Tom were smack in the middle of their renovat...