A BEAUTY REBORN

A diamond in the rough—“with emphasis on the ‘rough’!” That’s how TOH host Kevin O’Connor summed up the 1890s Queen Anne in Narragansett, RI, when he first toured it last spring. Just under a year later, the house has been transformed, with a state-of-theart 21st-century interior and a pristine, faithfully restored exterior.

A subject of ’s 42nd television season, the renovation addressed decades of neglect, saving what could be saved, replicating the rest—while working under newly formulated Covid-19 restrictions. home builder Jeff Sweenor and his crew meticulously rebuilt the exterior, opened up the cramped interior spaces, and added 800 square feet of new construction. The result is still a jewel, but it’s more than a piece of history; it’s now a house ready for another century of service, in the modern era, with a full array of amenities for new homeowners Michael