This colonial farmhouse, built in 1920, was purchased by Mabel Daily, a housewife and mother of 13 who had a vision for her family’s future. Generations later, her granddaughter Janny bought the farmstead from a cousin and invested years into a loving and design-intensive restoration. M&H is a mix of the old and the new: original architectural features and high-definition flatscreen TVs; an induction cooktop and a speckled enamelware kettle; antique nightstands and the highest-quality bamboo sheets and bedding, not to mention our single-strand mulberry silk pillows. The house was designed not only with preservation and elegance in mind, but with an eye toward the kind of relaxation that can only come from having your every need met.

JANNY VARNAU

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS

After a thirty-eight-year career in nursing, Janny developed a passion for real estate. She and her brother Mark created Jewell RD Homes, named for their childhood homestead. With operations in Indiana and Florida, JRH buys, remodels, and sells homes and provides design consultation and real estate solutions. It was her vision for what their grandparents’ home could become that fueled the creation of Mabel and Harry’s Guest House, a modern country retreat.

MARK DAILY

HEAD DESIGN CONSULTANT

A veteran of the home furnishing retail industry, with more than 20 years’ experience in visual merchandizing and operations, Mark created the design plan for Mabel & Harry’s Guest House. He’s a residential design consultant and realtor based in Orlando, Florida.