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ModVic Steampunk House – Sharon

Victorian Tea Service and Steampunk House Tour for One or Two (Up to 53% Off)

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In a Nutshell

Victorian-inspired teatime with light sandwiches and pastries; tour of Victorian-era mansion renovated in an imaginative Steampunk style

The Fine Print

  • Expires Jun 12, 2013
  • Limit 1 per person, may buy 2 additional as gifts. Limit 1 per visit. Valid only for option purchased. Reservation required. 24hr cancellation notice required. Valid only on Sundays.
  • See the rules that apply to all deals.

Tea is best when served piping hot and ladled into your mouth by a farmer's wife who found you just lying out there in the cold and nursed you back to health. Enjoy your tea, you mysterious stranger, with this Groupon.

Choose Between Two Options

  • $30 for a Victorian tea service and tour of the Steampunk House for one (a $60 value)
  • $56 for a Victorian tea service and tour of the Steampunk House for two (a $120 value)

The tea service, which is modeled after Victorian-era low tea services common in aristocratic and wealthy homes, includes tea, light finger sandwiches such as cucumber sandwiches, and an array of light pastries. Tours of the Steampunk House begin at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. every Sunday from February 17 to April 7, and explore the 1901-built mansion's recent Steampunk makeover. Exterior restorations include refinished doors and an outdoor fieldstone garden, while the interior now boasts cultured stone in the hearth area and period tiffany style lighting fixtures on the ceiling.

ModVic

Not long after moving into their 100-year-old Victorian home, Bruce and Melanie Rosenbaum realized the roof was leaking. That repair begat numerous others, and over the next 12 years the Rosenbaum's slowly revitalized their abode and discovered a passion for home restoration. In 2007 they founded ModVic—short for Modern Victorian Home Restoration—and assembled a team of collaborative carpenters, painters, electricians, and architects who share their dedication for upgrading Victorian dwellings.

Since then, the Rosenbaums have transformed from simple homeowners to steampunk virtuosi—Wired magazine once called Bruce a "steampunk evangelist"—and have been featured on media outlets ranging from NPR to The New York Times. The Rosenbaum's recent projects have fused Victorian style and modern technology more effectively than a horse-drawn SUV. Clients ranging from tattoo shops to patent lawyers call on their ingenuity to create one-of-a-kind, functional art that combines eras and ideas from salvaged pieces and modern technology. More than a fashion trend, the steampunk design process tells a story by reusing historical artifacts in new ways, thereby celebrating their place in history. ModVic frequently collaborates with artists to create steampunk-related art shows and events, and, as The Boston Globe reports, Bruce and Melanie are turning their home "into a steampunk showcase." Their abode's latest flourishes include a fridge re-cast to look like a Victorian cast iron and a working copper water filtration tank.

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  • Doggy jeans
  • Regular jeans
  • Pieces of jeans attached to dog in random places with masking tape
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  • Shawl that smells kind of like peas probably because it has dried pea soup on it
  • Shoebox with no top so dog can just sit in it
  • Upside-down bread-bowl hat
  • Tiny cane
  • Someone’s hospital wristband
  • Necklace of chicken bones
  • A smaller dog who can remain still for long periods of time so it can form a scarf around a bigger dog's neck
  • Just a man's belt
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How many dogs can you fit in a coffee cup?

ModVic Steampunk House

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    Sharon

    36 Pleasant St.
    Sharon, Massachusetts 02067
    (781) 784-0250
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