Rally Cap Properties

Throwback to our last transformation in the Sherman Hill neighborhood 🏚️✨🏠 This project was named as a finalist for best historic renovation in the Home Design Awards. The winner will be announced tomorrow night .. wish us luck! 🤞🏼

Built in 1888 by Manassah Sheuerman, this stick-style Victorian was the home of Edward H. Jones and his family, who built up a successful piano sales business in downtown DSM.

By the time we purchased the property, the music of its glory days had long since faded. Having been used as a boarding house and cut into 7 apartments, the home had sat derelict and vacant for decades.

We carefully brought the home back to life, starting with a new foundation and structural repairs. The original layout as a 5-bedroom single-family home was re-established, with tasteful modern updates to the kitchen and 3.5 baths. A front porch was rebuilt to original proportions. The attic was finished as bonus space, and a new 2-car carriage house built in the back.

This project highlighted tons of historic features - oak floors and solid doors throughout, new wood double-hung windows, inlaid cast iron grates, brass hardware, restored clawfoot tub, operating transom windows, custom-milled trim, hex tile, and salvage fireplace surround.

A true challenge; but super rewarding to bring this poor home back to its best potential!

Design & Staging: ALT Design Studio
Photography: Pic Your House
Supported by: City of Des Moines - Government

Come say hi 👋🏼 at our latest rehab project in Sherman Hill! We’ll be at 693 19th today and tomorrow, 10a til 4p, as part of the “Doors to the Past” tour of homes. More info: www.shermanhilldsm.org/product/doors-to-the-past-2023/

We were honored to receive the “Preservation at its Best” award for top residential project yesterday at the Preserve Iowa Summit! Lots of great folks out there working hard to preserve our state’s cultural and physical heritage, we’re proud to be among them.

It was fun to explore Sioux City a bit, especially the incredible host venues and

Special thanks to our historic consultant .lydon , funding partner , and all the friends, family, and craftsmen/women who helped make this project a reality.

The Charlotte E Maish house was custom built in 1911, and was home to Charlotte and her daughters Harriet and Lottie until the 1930s. It housed the men of Tau Kappa Epsilon and ladies of Chi Omega as Greek housing for Drake University in the 30s and 40s. Through the 50s and early 60s it was rented as a boarding house, and converted to a duplex in 1967.

It was in rough shape & vacant for at least a decade when I purchased it, and it was really fun bringing it back to its original glory as a historic single-family home. Too many amazing details to list; shingle-style wood exterior, quatersawn oak & beech hardwoods, brass hardware, original hex tile, marble plinth blocks, and built-ins galore.

Come in and take a look at our recent project, 1115 35th Street!

Jessica Rae Interiors takes us behind-the-scenes with their latest blog post, sharing details on the color scheme, design selections, and staging choices that made it SHINE! ✨👉🏡

Really happy with this dining room transformation on our latest project in the Waveland Park Neighborhood Association.
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Widening the opening to the kitchen allowed for a breakfast bar to increase functionality. Light oak hardwoods and floating shelves drive the minimal palette. Large windows and statement fixtures from West Elm flood the space with light.
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We see some great at-home meals in this buyer's future!
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