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Mesta Mansion Home from the 1880s being restored.

09/29/2026

a video showing the entire library from the other direction.

Off the main library is the library study. I am currently working on a reading nook that will have shelves on either sid...
09/27/2026

Off the main library is the library study. I am currently working on a reading nook that will have shelves on either side.

11 YEARS OF MESTA MANSION 🏚️ → 🏛️Eleven years ago, I did something that was either very brave or very foolish.I bought M...
09/26/2026

11 YEARS OF MESTA MANSION 🏚️ → 🏛️

Eleven years ago, I did something that was either very brave or very foolish.

I bought Mesta Mansion.

At the time, I knew she needed work.

I did not know she would need eleven years of my life.

I did not know how many walls I would open, how many ceilings I would repair, how many pieces of old wood I would save because surely I could use that somewhere. I did not know how much plaster, paint, drywall, wiring, research, frustration, laughter, exhaustion, and sheer stubbornness could fit inside one old house.

And I certainly did not know that, eleven years later, I would still be here.

But so is she.

There have been moments when saving Mesta Mansion seemed entirely possible.

There have been other moments when I have stood in the middle of a half-finished room and wondered what on earth I had done.

Some rooms are now close to finished. Others still have exposed framing and walls waiting to be closed. There are beautiful rooms, ridiculous rooms, mysterious corners, unfinished projects, discoveries, setbacks, and enough work remaining to keep me occupied for a very long time.

But compare the house of eleven years ago with the house today.

She survived.

That matters to me.

Old houses disappear quietly. A roof begins to fail. Water gets in. Windows break. A building sits vacant. Eventually someone decides it would be easier to tear it down than save it.

Mesta came frighteningly close to becoming one of those houses.

Instead, for eleven years, we have been putting her back together piece by piece.

Lately something rather wonderful has happened.

You found her.

Thousands of people who never knew this house existed are now following her rooms, her history, her strange stories, her restoration, and occasionally my questionable decisions.

You comment. You share old memories. You identify things I could never identify myself. You tell me stories about Homestead and West Homestead. You argue over what color a ballroom ought to be. You ask to see the next room.

Every time you share one of these posts, another person discovers that this extraordinary old house is still standing.

So on Mesta Mansion’s 11th anniversary, I have a favor to ask.

If you have been enjoying this journey, share this post.

Let’s see how many people we can introduce to Mesta Mansion for her anniversary.

If you have been here awhile, tell me in the comments:

When did you first discover Mesta Mansion, and which room, story, or restoration project made you decide to stay?

Eleven years ago, I bought an old house. I think somewhere along the way, I became part of its story too.

Here is to Year Twelve. 🏛️

Perhaps Facebook really can help save an 1880s mansion.

On the otherside of the doors you can see the music room. This is the main part of the library and one of the filming si...
09/26/2026

On the otherside of the doors you can see the music room. This is the main part of the library and one of the filming sites in the house for Gone.

Just past the music room is a small corner room which will hold as a Moroccan themed room for spices and tea storage (no...
09/24/2026

Just past the music room is a small corner room which will hold as a Moroccan themed room for spices and tea storage (not to be mistaken for the tea drinking room), along with items from my travels to Morocco. It has been waiting for roofing to be finished above before the rest of the drywall could safely go in. That roofing went in this summer! Drywall and insulation can now go up!

To the right of the main entry is what will be the music salon. We have a victrola, piano, cello, and violin.
09/23/2026

To the right of the main entry is what will be the music salon. We have a victrola, piano, cello, and violin.

09/22/2026

Well thanks to the heads up we got yesterday, we officially applied!

close up of the fireplace.
09/21/2026

close up of the fireplace.

the dining room with the original ceiling! The fireplace came from a different victorian home.
09/20/2026

the dining room with the original ceiling! The fireplace came from a different victorian home.

The entryThe door on the left is the main door. The middle door to the ballroom. The right door to the basement.
09/19/2026

The entry
The door on the left is the main door. The middle door to the ballroom. The right door to the basement.

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540 Doyle Avenue
Homestead, PA
15120

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(814) 952-9647

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