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by lisascenic
Mon Mar 28, 2016 8:57 pm
Forum: Craftsman's Guild
Topic: 1920 Brick "foursquare"? with a cictern and a well?
Replies: 29
Views: 2509

Re: 1920 Brick "foursquare"? with a cictern and a well?

What an enchanting home! A well! And a slate roof! And all that beautiful wood! Swoon.... What is the floor by the staircase made of? Tile? It's really unique. It is indeed tile and very unique- however its my husbands LEAST FAVORITE part of the home and if it were up to him it would have been our ...
by lisascenic
Thu Mar 17, 2016 2:18 am
Forum: Craftsman's Guild
Topic: 1920 Brick "foursquare"? with a cictern and a well?
Replies: 29
Views: 2509

Re: 1920 Brick "foursquare"? with a cictern and a well?

What an enchanting home! A well! And a slate roof! And all that beautiful wood! Swoon....

What is the floor by the staircase made of? Tile? It's really unique.
by lisascenic
Thu Mar 10, 2016 7:45 am
Forum: Craftsman's Guild
Topic: A unique archway
Replies: 13
Views: 1588

Re: A unique archway

Not every 1920s house conforms to the "craftsman" style.
by lisascenic
Tue Mar 08, 2016 3:51 pm
Forum: Neighborhood Introductions
Topic: 1917 Canadian Georgian Revival
Replies: 62
Views: 5770

Re: 1917 Canadian Georgian Revival

What was the metallic paint?
by lisascenic
Tue Mar 08, 2016 7:35 am
Forum: Antiques Emporium
Topic: Lucky dining room table find
Replies: 8
Views: 2516

Re: Lucky dining room table find

It looks great in your dining room! Also, I like your orange walls.
by lisascenic
Tue Mar 08, 2016 7:32 am
Forum: District Common
Topic: Small Sink Advice
Replies: 13
Views: 1116

Re: Small Sink Advice

I can't see how one could mount a dink above a toilet tank and still access the toilet tank workings. So say the woman who had to deal with plumbers who installed a particulate catching under-sink trap in such a way that the trap could not be opened, because of how it was situated in relation to the...
by lisascenic
Tue Mar 08, 2016 7:27 am
Forum: Craftsman's Guild
Topic: A unique archway
Replies: 13
Views: 1588

Re: A unique archway

The 1920s were a fun period for architecture. I'd say that arch has what was then called moorish influences. And don't forget that there was a huge craze for all things Arabic and Egyptian in the 20s. Howard Carter found King Tut's tomb. The Sheik made women swoon at the movies. So a little bungalow...
by lisascenic
Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:20 pm
Forum: Antiques Emporium
Topic: Who does the dusting
Replies: 6
Views: 985

Re: Who does the dusting

In a house like that? An army of staff/servants do the dusting.
by lisascenic
Sun Feb 28, 2016 1:58 am
Forum: Craftsman's Guild
Topic: Radiator Paint Question
Replies: 33
Views: 3328

Re: Radiator Paint Question

Ah, those are totally different issues!
by lisascenic
Sat Feb 27, 2016 11:37 pm
Forum: Craftsman's Guild
Topic: Old House Remodeling
Replies: 12
Views: 1443

Re: Old House Remodeling

If you are looking for reproduction wallpaper, don't forget about Adelphi Paperhangings! They block print on high quality paper. Their wallpaper is in the Lincoln bedroom in the White House.