Tonight was our hearing with the Historic Commission of DeKalb County.  This is where we must get our “Certificate of Appropriateness” in order to proceed with renovation.  Jean is out of town.  Thankfully, Bonnie agreed to attend the meeting with me.  We felt we were well prepared for the hearing, but you just never know how things will go.  I was terrified.

When our turn came, we stepped up to the podium, stated our case for what we want to do with the house and why, and answered questions for a while.  Our COA was approved and now we can get started!

Bonnie snapped the photo below so we could text the result to Jean:

We are approved!