Meyer May I?

I’m back in the Mitten, friends. Sorry for the week hiatus – it was unintentional. On to the free stuff! The Hubs and I hit up the Meyer May house recently… never heard of it? I am not surprised. If you love architecture (as I do) or history (as my college roomie, Erikka does) this free tour is for you. The Meyer May house is a Frank Loyd Wright house built in 1908-1909 in the Heritage Hill neighborhood of Grand Rapids.

Gorgeous Windows!

 Sooooo cool! They aren’t open a ton of hours, but if you can get there it is a couple of hours of super interesting fun. The house is owned by Steelcase Corp. who acquired in 1985 and restored the entire house, property, and gardens. The tour starts in a beautiful old home next door with a video about the restoration process and a little info about the May family, then proceeds with a guided tour of the grounds and home by a very knowledgeable docent (ours was Barbara Draigh and she’s been a docent since 1990!). The last tour starts no later than 1 hour before closing, but tours don’t start at any specific time.

Table in the wrap room - How cool is that?

Hours are Tuesdays & Thursdays from 10am to 2pm and Sundays from 1pm-5pm. You don’t need a reservation for groups of 10 or less. It is a fairly long tour with a lot of standing so I do not recommend this tour for kids or those with problems standing for long periods of time. They offer the tours year round, so this is a great option for when there isn’t much else going on.

Original custom mural restored - so soft & beautiful.

On a side note, my sister did really well in her first triathlon. My other sister and her husband were able to come to Charlotte from Ohio and we had a lot of fun cheering her on. We were super proud, but I am still disappointed at the awesomeness I missed in GR.

xo