I used to be active back on the oldhouseweb forums when I was restoring an Italianate home. Unfortunately I had to sell that house and move because of changing jobs. At the time I bought another Italianate, which mostly just frustrated me because it needed a lot of love and attention that I had neither the time or money to give it. I have just sold that home and moved on to another house - an older and slightly grander Greek Revivalish home.
I hope to be more active again on the forums now, though I've said that before...
Here are some pics of the new place!
The home is a centre hall plan, with a sitting room, both staircases, the bathroom and the kitchen on one side, and the very long parlour and dining room on the other. Upstairs there are four bedrooms and a bathroom. The attic has been finished as a family room, but is currently rented out as a studio apartment. There is only a small basement under the kitchen, which is unusual for this area, but this is also a very old house for this part of the country. The home is built about fifty feet from the niagara escarpment on a huge wooded lot, so even though it is right in the middle of town you can only see neighbours on one side.
Is anyone familiar with homes of this style? It's not common in this area and I'm not really sure what is "normal" about it and what is "unusual" - or what is original and what has been changed. I guess I won't know a lot of that stuff until I have more time to poke around myself.
