When the Thomas family bought the old Laurietta plantation in Fayette, Mississippi, the house that came with it wasn’t exactly a selling point.
It had been built in the 1820s and was on the National Register of Historic Places, but after years of neglect, it was a shell of its former self.
After an intense, three-year renovation project, here’s how it looks now…
They were determined to do it right, and that meant hiring a crane to lift the 2,770-square-foot house onto supports, “where it sat for more than a year during repairs to its foundation and the installation of new insulation, plumbing, and electricity.”
