nterior designer Mary Hannon Reid and her history-buff husband knew their lengthy quest for a family home was over when they found a nearly 100-year-old North Carolina beauty that had not only good bones, but also bells and whistles that would make anyone swoon. “Everything had been kind of kept intact, so it was completely authentic to what it was meant to be,” says Mary Hannon, quickly adding, “That comes with the good, the bad, and the ugly.”
