Remove garbage disposal

Create virtual tour

Finalize furniture and decor

List property on AirBnB and VRBO

Get listing photographs for AirBnB

Figure out laundry

Design & launch website

Reach out to Palmer house owner

Create welcome booklet for guests

Replace stove and refrigerator

Replace faux turf in lanai with hardscape

Purchase guest soaps wholesale (H.O Biggelow)

Get guest linens for beds and bathroom

Repair tear in sofa upholstery

Restore original mirror

Remove phone cable

Replace thermostat with Google Nest thermostat

Order NOS Bryant brass switch plates on Ebay

Replace showerhead

Get guest signage

Replace driveway with crushed brick

Replace hassock seats

Get shower curtains

Install retroreflector to retaining wall

Repair Winckler bedroom door handle

Clean and restore original sink

Remove landscaping stones

Clean and restore original toilet

Replace door handle in bathroom

Get flatwear and silverwear

Discard unwanted furniture

Fix leaky hot water knob

Order national register plaque

Reintroduce natural growth to South lawn

Install national register plaque

Replace plastic switch plates with contemporary Bryant brass switch plates

Fix fireplace gas flow regulator

Purchase bedside table lamps

We hope that, by doing so, we can provide others with the opportunity to experience a rare slice of Frank Lloyd Wright’s vision for Usonia, while also subsidizing the very real and inevitable costs associated with preserving such a unique structure.

When it’s ready, we plan to open the home for overnight stays, as other Wright owners have graciously done.

Re-screen busted screen doors

Get rugs for the bedrooms

Repair kitchen cabinets

My wife and I have recently purchased the home, and want to continue to restore and preserve it into the future.

Restore bathtub back to original color

Get spare keys and guest lock

The home was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939 for Michigan State University art professors Alma Goetsch and Kathrine Winckler, and is considered to be one of the most elegant examples of Usonian design.