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SWOOOOOON! Do you have any idea how original that house is?!?! I'll try to dig up some pictures to show you. And by the way, welcome!

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MelissaKD

We're in a historic district and our house is on the National Register. Interestingly, the Historic Preservation Commission has the ability to over-rule code. So our handrail was re-installed at historic height rather than modern code height. Our contractor and the building inspector were discussin...

Neat-o! Hall-and-parlor houses are rarer here, a few hundred miles west of James, but the oldest house in my neighborhood is a brick hall-and-parlor from the 1840s or 50s. It survived because the neighborhood was platted in such a way as to place it on the back of the lot, and a big Queen Anne was b...

There was a cool story of one house that was moved from the top of a hill all the way down to the center of town with log rollers and an ox team, and the sills broke as it was being pulled across the main street so it ended up sitting in the middle of a road for a month or two while they repaired i...

Vestigial fireplace mantels http://www.flickr.com/photos/73746489@N07/galleries/72157628768864943/ Fireplaces in summer http://www.flickr.com/photos/73746489@N07/galleries/72157629042630793/ National Park Seminary http://www.flickr.com/photos/73746489@N07/galleries/72157628930656543/ Early automotiv...

Overall Paint Schemes http://www.flickr.com/photos/73746489@N07/galleries/72157628785101837/ Fishscale and other shaped shingles http://www.flickr.com/photos/73746489@N07/galleries/72157629031900005/ Turned porch posts http://www.flickr.com/photos/73746489@N07/galleries/72157629020474423/ Porch rail...

PICTURES Photo display methods http://www.flickr.com/photos/73746489@N07/galleries/72157628768789489/ Photo display craft projects http://www.flickr.com/photos/73746489@N07/galleries/72157628768786135/ Easels http://www.flickr.com/photos/73746489@N07/galleries/72157628802869599/ Mottoes http://www.f...

FURNITURE Sofa http://www.flickr.com/photos/73746489@N07/galleries/72157628753381105/ Settee http://www.flickr.com/photos/73746489@N07/galleries/72157628753383345/ Divan http://www.flickr.com/photos/73746489@N07/galleries/72157628753418975/ Chaise longue http://www.flickr.com/photos/73746489@N07/gal...

Shelf drapery http://www.flickr.com/photos/73746489@N07/galleries/72157628753219067/ Picture & Mirror drapery http://www.flickr.com/photos/73746489@N07/galleries/72157628753253933/ Piano drapery http://www.flickr.com/photos/73746489@N07/galleries/72157628753271139/ Mantel drapery http://www.flickr.c...

PERMANENT SURFACES Anaglypta & Lincrusta http://www.flickr.com/photos/73746489@N07/galleries/72157628768737193/ Linoleum patterns http://www.flickr.com/photos/73746489@N07/galleries/72157628768720979/ Linoleum installations http://www.flickr.com/photos/73746489@N07/galleries/72157628768729807/ Inter...