Seven historic homes will be open to the public May 7-8 and 14-15.
Design mother/daughter duo Mary Louise Stonecypher and Jordan Vaughn in their Galveston historic home on Saturday, April 22, 2022.Watermarks on an antique mirror in the ladies parlor tell a little bit about the historic pink home’s age and history.
Mary Louise Stonecypher and Jordan Vaughn, a mother-daughter team who own Alayna Louise Interiors, have been working on this home for six years. It will be unveiled to the public in May for theMuch of the work inside the home is complete, but there will be more to come, including adding draperies and furnishings, before its formal opening in October as a luxury boutique hotel, the 1874 Guest House.
Stonecypher grew up in the Houston area but has lived in Tennessee for more than 30 years. Her two children live in Houston so she visits often, and on one visit, she saw the dilapidated home on 10th Street in Galveston, hidden behind palm trees and other foliage, and fell in love. The main building will have men’s and ladies sitting rooms and a luxurious kitchen and dining room on the main floor. Four guest suites will occupy the second floor. A new-construction building behind the boutique hotel has a single suite on the second floor.
The Hughes lived in the home with their two children for a time, and it’s been in the hands of others, too, including the. Before Stonecypher bought it, the house had been split into apartments, so some of the early work was devoted to demolishing unnecessary walls. They rewired and replumbed the house and added an elevator to make it more accessible.