Restoration Drama
Wayne Bell at door of Merrell House. Photography by Michael Patrick The biggest problem with living in a historic house is time—not just coping with the natural aging process of an elderly building but learning to live with architectural patterns that were made to fit the lifestyle of a different era. Restoration architect Wayne Bell has had to deal with both problems in the ten years he has spent renovating his handsome 107-year-old Central Texas farmhouse. Located between Round Rock and Taylor, half an hour northeast of Austin, the historic Merrell House is a rough-hewn limestone buil...
Source: texasmonthly.com