Comedian Taryn Delanie Smith’s 235-year-old Hudson Valley farmhouse was built by a tanner who made boots for Revolutionary War soldiers – and one of George Washington’s boots turned up next door

Taryn Delanie Smith bought a farmhouse in New York's Hudson Valley that was built in 1791. One of George Washington's boots was found in the attic next door. She calls it The Manor, and it's got a Great Dane, four hens and a lot of ducks.

Meet The Manor

Built by Jacob Mills, the town poor master. He also ran a tannery making boots for Revolutionary War soldiers, which explains the Washington connection.

Side clapboard exterior of the historic farmhouse alongside a raised bed vegetable garden — Source

Historic foyer staircase with white turned balusters and deep-set window sill holding orchids — Source

She went to buy four adult ducks. She came home with seven ducklings. Relatable.

Seven baby ducklings huddling together inside their wood shavings bedding pen — Source

Four hens too.

Barred Plymouth Rock hen perched calmly inside the backyard chicken enclosure — Source

Don't touch the stairs

That transom over the red doors ended up being the template for the new kitchen windows.

Bold red double front door beneath a multipane colonial transom window — Source

Screened porch. She says this room is why she bought the house.

Screened sunroom porch with rustic fieldstone wall, slate floor, and dog bed — Source

Those dips are 235 years of feet. She won't refinish them or put carpet down, and good.

Close-up of original wooden stair treads worn down from centuries of foot traffic — Source

She priced out a hand-painted mural, winced, and went peel-and-stick. I couldn't tell.

Scenic pastoral landscape mural wallpaper applied across the foyer entryway wall — Source

Bruce. On the good chair, obviously.

Great Dane resting comfortably on a cream upholstered armchair with knit throw — Source

Living room

These walls used to be flat dark green.

The wainscoting's new. You'd never guess.

Living room wall showcasing classic wainscoting trim, landscape art, and tall grandfather clock — Source

Trick worth stealing: a second strip of trim laid flat on the ceiling next to the crown molding. Your eye reads the ceiling as taller.

Architectural molding detail running along the wall and meeting the living room ceiling — Source

Rechargeable picture lights. No wiring, no electrician.

Rechargeable brass picture light mounted directly over an ornate gilded painting frame — Source

'Evening in Penguorn', an original from the late 1800s.

Late-1800s original landscape oil painting titled 'Evening in Penguorn' — Source

Tall antique wooden grandfather clock standing beside a colonial sash window — Source

The clock is the only thing the last owners left behind. It doesn't work, and she'll pay anyone who can get it ticking again.

Close-up of the antique grandfather clock face with intricate brass filigree details — Source

Dudley Hardy over the fireplace, late 1800s to early 1900s.

Antique oil painting by Dudley Hardy centered above the white living room mantel — Source

Hand-carved by Zimbabwean artist Tadzwa Tandi. At least one commenter wants it badly. Same.

Hand-carved green stone bust of an African woman wearing earrings — Source

The dining room is also the kitchen

Walls and ceiling are two slightly different sage greens. Sneaky.

Dining room painted in sage green tones with long wooden table and chandelier — Source

Long table on purpose. Her family does big gatherings.

Long dark wood dining table with woven-seat chairs leading toward the sunroom doorway — Source

Dining room corner featuring built-in buffet cabinets and decorative blue-and-white wall plates — Source

Yes, a fridge in the dining room. The kitchen's gutted, so this is it for now.

Stainless steel French-door refrigerator positioned against the dining room wall — Source

Architectural blueprints for the kitchen addition spread open across the dining table — Source

The kitchen is a skeleton right now

Those beams are getting wrapped in reclaimed wood so they match the old part of the house.

Upward angle showing vaulted ceiling rafters and twin skylights in kitchen addition — Source

Somewhere in the tour she mentions buying a $20,000 oven at an estate sale for $1,000. I need to start going to estate sales.

Kitchen renovation room stripped to wooden studs and concrete slab subfloor with scaffolding — Source

Before. The 1992 addition. Hexagon island, turquoise tile, peak early '90s.

Before photograph of the 1992 kitchen with hexagonal island and turquoise floor tiles — Source

Floor-to-ceiling cabinets go on this wall, with a rolling library ladder. The comments lost their minds over the ladder.

Kitchen addition timber frame with vaulted ceiling and cutout for enlarged garden window — Source

She made this window a lot bigger so she can look at the garden.

Direct view looking through the framed rough window opening toward lush backyard gardens — Source

Upstairs

Photos of friends and family from her wedding, all the way up.

Gallery photo wall lining the staircase wall with assorted framed photographs — Source

Cozy yellow guest bedroom with black metal frame bed and crisp white bedding — Source

Framed folk art painting depicting a wedding procession hanging in yellow guest room — Source

Every guest room gets its own books.

Built-in white painted bookshelf loaded with colorful hardcover and paperback books — Source

Window seat reading bench with white cushion nestled between built-in bookshelves — Source

The primary used to be three small rooms.

Expansive primary bedroom featuring light wood flooring, four-poster bed, and chandelier — Source

The carpet came up and the floor still shows exactly where the walls stood. Love that.

Hardwood floorboards displaying visible indentation marks where interior dividing walls once stood — Source

Interior French doors with divided glass panes beneath an antique crystal chandelier — Source

This chandelier was pulled out of the powder room of a 1920s mansion before it got torn down. A powder room.

Detailed close-up of hanging crystal drops on the primary bedroom antique chandelier — Source

She says she retires to her chambers to faint on this. Commenters noticed she got a lot sillier once the tour hit the second floor, accents and all.

Upholstered chaise lounge fainting chair dressed with a blue throw blanket — Source

Charcoal sketch from a trip to Ireland. One of a kind.

Framed one-of-one charcoal sketch of people on a beach in Ireland — Source

Her designer friend Galey Alix picked a king canopy bed. King, because Bruce sleeps here too.

Light wood king canopy bed styled with white pillows and a beige throw blanket — Source

Outside, with the ducks

Summer plan: wine out here, watch the fireflies.

Screened-in porch sunroom with exposed stone masonry, wicker patio chairs, and dog — Source

I didn't expect a pool.

In-ground backyard swimming pool bordered by concrete decking and flower gardens — Source

Raised timber garden beds filled with vegetables beside a historic fieldstone outbuilding — Source

Daily egg run.

Freshly gathered brown farm egg held gently in two hands beside the coop — Source

Every day the ducklings get carried out to the field for a bath in a wash tub. They were about four weeks old here.

Ducklings paddling and splashing actively inside a galvanized metal wash tub — Source

Their names include Polly, Petunia, Crusty, Scratch, Samuel L. Quackson and Bootstrap Bill Turner. Miniature donkeys and miniature cows are next, apparently.