- This Old House Victorian Warmth Home Design Games For Machine
- This Old House Victorian Warmth Home Design Games For Mac 2017
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Angela Peterson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Q: Can you describe your master bedroom? Lisa: I put plum-colored wallpaper on one wall and it has a silver shine to it. I painted the other walls a similar color.
That room has white woodwork. For Christmas we put up a white tree with purple ornaments.
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We also have a lighted floral tree. It has purple ornaments on it now, but I change the ornaments for each season. Q: So you decorate for other holidays? Lisa: I decorate my rooms for holidays and the different seasons. Next is Valentine’s Day, then St. Patrick’s Day, Easter and the Memorial and Labor Day holidays.
After that I add my fall decor. Q: What kind of work do you do in your current business?
Lisa: We do interior and exterior painting and we refinish pieces. Historic homes are our passion. We find them the most fulfilling because we are giving new life to something older. Q: What do you love about old houses? Matt: I’m an old house geek. I love the woodwork and the idiosyncrasies an old house has that you don’t normally see in newer homes. We both love the real woodwork and the character and charm of an old house.
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Q: What are some of the amenities in your home? Lisa: We have maple floors on the first floor, and upstairs they are all oak. We have built-in cabinets that are hickory, large windows, crown molding and pocket doors between the parlor and the living room and between the living room and the dining room. We also have a large double front door with large glass inserts, and custom doors with leaded/etched glass inserts and sidelights between the foyer and the parlor. Q: How did you end up buying this house from a relative? Lisa: We didn’t know my cousin was selling it.
Matt saw it online and called me to tell me about it. When he told me, I said “that sounds like my cousin Joan’s (Russell’s) house.” Q: How is your home laid out?
Lisa: On the first floor we have a large entryway with a staircase, a parlor, living room, dining room, a kitchen with an eating area and a bathroom. There’s also a bedroom on the first floor.
The second floor has three bedrooms and one bathroom. Q: What changes did you make to your home? Lisa: Structurally it was all great. We refinished woodwork and took off wallpaper and painted. Almost everything needed a facelift, and we wanted to give the home our personal touch. Q: Was any work done in the kitchen?
Lisa: There was a butler’s pantry off the kitchen, but we turned that into a mudroom. The rest was just decorative.
The kitchen was pretty much finished, we just refreshed it. An addition to the kitchen was added before we bought the house. It has a very large window that looks out into our backyard. Q: Did you do any work on the exterior? Lisa: We started it about two years ago, but we have to finish the peaks and will do that in spring. We have to rent a cherry picker. We did all of it ourselves.
We painted the outside different shades of gray, and then accented it in white and cranberry. I painted the decorative woodwork over the front porch the cranberry color, and that took me 36 hours. Q: How long did it take you to finish all the projects you did? Lisa: We worked on the house every night after work. It took us 11 months. That didn’t include the exterior. That took us about three months on weekends.
Q: Did you retain any of the original decorative elements inside? Lisa: We kept the damask wallpaper in the parlor, living room and dining room. My cousin added that and she purchased the paper from the Pfister Hotel. We don’t know why she got it there. I love that paper. It fits the home. Q: Any projects left to do?
Lisa: We want to redo all the hardwood floors. We are also going to have the chimney restored this summer and we may have the fireplace repaired. Q: How would you describe the fireplace in your parlor? Lisa: It’s all original and it has a decoratively carved front, sides and mantel made of wood.
It also has the original tiles on the floor. It’s one of the things that captivated me when I first saw the house as a child, but also when we considered buying the house. We have a second fireplace that is also beautiful in the master bedroom. Q: Do you have any furniture that is original to this home? Lisa: We have a very ornamental black wood chair with caning, and a love seat that has its original green upholstery.
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