A 17th century cottage in England has been carefully restored into a serene historic home
Elegant elm enfilade designed in England in the 1960s. It features a double cupboard with interior shelving and four spacious drawers. This solid elm enfilade has been completely restored. As the top was too damaged, we decided to paint the enfilade frame with a cardamom tint to keep the colors in harmony. A varnish was applied. Dimensions: W 178 x D 46 x H 72 Origin: England Period: 60's Condition: Very good
Yankee ingenuity and creative vision join forces to breathe new life into the historic Amos Otis house on Cape Cod.
A 17th century cottage in England has been carefully restored into a serene historic home
By: Jonas Samson Photos by: Jonas Samson Commented by: Jim Ross Edited by: Katie Thornburrow and Bill Thompson How Do You Give New Life to a Ruin in a 21st Century Setting INTRODUCTION: Above: Site…
Extremely rare George Jones Majolica Iris Pitcher, England, Victorian, circa 1870s. Professional restoration to the spout.
A 17th century cottage in England has been carefully restored into a serene historic home
A fully refurbished family home location in Alresford, Hampshire. Beautifully restored the home is elegantly stylish and surrounded by an acre of gardens.
Presenting Bora Collection, designed by Claudio Bellini for RH.
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Photographed Wednesday 10th November 1971. The sign on the building on the left says "Hamilton & Sons".
Even in the tightest corners of this cottage, the designer, Laura Parkinson of Palmer & Stone, squeezed a shower, mini fridge, and more.
Flavin remodel of this contemporary home, originally designed in 1958 by Henry Hoover. We added radiant heat under the new purple/green natural cleft slate floor. The original interior and exterior Douglas fir walls were stripped and refinished.
For a winter walk in beautiful surroundings, wrap up warm and visit one of these National Trust spaces.
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CHIC DE LA CHIC… de Gournay , the British wallcovering brand, has partnered with the historic Belvoir Castle to recreate and produce a new hand-painted Chinoiserie wallcovering, inspired by the home’s antique wallpapers dating back to the 1700s. For more than 500 years, Belvoir Castle has been reg
In The Grey Barn workshop in Oxfordshire, England, Theon Design is recreating and restoring air cooled Porsche 911s to the highest possible standards.
Layers of history (1) The hillside figures of the chalk downs are some of England’s most memorable sights and testimony of the human need to make marks on the landscape on a large scale. This need has clearly existed for hundreds of years – though quite how many centuries no one really knows, as the origins of these figures are undocumented. There is a persistent story that this one near Westbury in Wiltshire was first cut to commemorate the Battle of Ethandun, the occasion when King Arthur defeated the Vikings in 878. The battle was probably fought near here at Edington, though the exact location is not certain. The chalk beast may originally have been a more stylized horse, like the wonderful one on the downs near Uffington. But the first written mentions of the Westbury horse are as recent as the 18th century – the creature is mentioned in 1742 and was recut in 1778 by George Gee, steward of Lord Abingdon. The Westbury horse is in a dramatic hillside position and makes a stunning sight as one drives eastwards along the B3098 out of Westbury, the view I have tried to capture in my photograph by risking life and limb and standing in the middle of the road. This hillside is interesting for another reason – it forms the edge of an iron-age hill fort, the earthwork-bound Bratton Camp, which was occupied in the 250 years before the Romans invaded England. And this is a still more ancient site, because the hill also houses a Neolithic barrow some 2,000 years older than the hill fort. So the horse at Westbury is an example of the tendency, common in England, to place structures or images of significance on or near ancient sites. This is hardly surprising when the ancients picked such good locations for their barrows and hill forts, of course. But it is interesting how often this historical layering of structures marks a continuity of occupation and significance going back over millennia. Perhaps it only goes to emphasize the importance of the figure and its positioning that in he 1950s someone thought it right to replace the bare chalk with a layer of white concrete, eliminating the need for the figure to be constantly recut. Much as I’d like it to remain a true chalk figure, I’m also glad that, in its modified form, it is still there, reminding us of the past generations who lived on the hill and gave the area is enduring symbol.
FABRICS FOR HISTORIC BUILDINGS is an informative booklet about fabrics used in early homes in New England. It was written by Jane C. Nylander, a curator of Textiles at Old Sturbridge Village Museum, Sturbridge, MA. I used this booklet quite a bit when we do restoration or decorating on our 18th century home in MA It has 60 Pages in fair condition, some pages loose........still very clear and easy to read.
Barns & Yard of Hanley Hall is a carefully restored Tudor barn & farm cottages. A range of contrasting products was ordered to complete the project.
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