The kitchen has been driving me crazy, mainly because it was in the most miserable condition of all! The tin ceiling had great chunks of lead based paint dangling from it, hmm images of a big pot of stew or soup simmering on the stove with paint chips floating down into it like autumn leaves!
Category: Kitchen & Bath
The Jacobean Revival | Style Guide
During the last two decades of the nineteenth and first two decades of the twentieth century, American and Canadian architects became well entrenched in the British Arts & Crafts movement, with some embracing elements of the Tudor and Jacobean Revival house styles of the time.
The Outhouse: A Brief History
Outhouses are, after all, a very large part of our history.
Butlers Pantry: A New Old Trend
Recent trends in the creation of a fine kitchen are to create, or repurpose a butler’s pantry.
A Wooden Dado
In the mid to late 18th century, lath and plaster walls were devised to hang beautiful hand-blocked wallpaper.
How To Choose Furniture For Your Heritage Home
Restoring the “envelope” of an historic building requires many skills. Not only does the restorer need to know about the various trades, but must also approach them from a historical perspective.
Circa 1842
Stroll up the path, past some barns and a split rail fence, until you see a clapboard house with a cedar roof, a few feet from the shore of Lake Erie.
A Shaker Inspired Kitchen
The true Shaker kitchen was spotless, ready for hungry workers at 5:30 a.m., and doubtless the epitome of efficiency and craftsmanship among other things.