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The wallpaper doesn't really "sing" in this photo, but it's a slightly shiny turquoise and silvery mauve that goes well with the warm browns of the woodwork. The house being so out-of-plumb, we have a lot of filling in to do on the north end of the room. Oh well.... ;-) When the trim is applied on the top edge of the wainscot we'll re-install the window's woodwork. J has the new valves applied to the water lines, and they don't leak! HURRAH! The sink will go back in soon.
I salvaged the "early" toilet-paper holder from the basement bathroom, and am contemplating whether I can install it in this tiny room and not wound an arm every time I sit down (it sticks out about six inches, and has a "blade" to cut the paper, which was probably not perforated in those days). BUT IT'S SO KEWL! :-) I just love anachronistic appliances....
St. Louis is filled with houses of every vintage, but most of the older ones we've had a chance to see have been "updated to death." One of the things that we like about OURS is that it's been comparatively neglected in that respect -- there are a great many original features still intact, and as we enjoy historic architecture and décor, it's been a pleasure to us to bring our house back to the style it originally flaunted. I've been rehabbing rooms in order of ugliness -- you should have seen some of the wallpapers and carpets we've replaced!
LOVE IT! Thanks! LOL
ReplyDeleteAnytime you want to post more of your decor, WITH photos, I will sit in joy and read. (maybe you already have, prior to my becoming a regular here...?)
i'm not sure if I put up a photo here when we finished the living-room; i'll look.... :-)
DeleteWe bought a cookie-cutter new house at 2000 which doesn't have any interesting details except a natural forest preserve on a backyard. Owning a whole house first time in our lives was enough novelty for us, and fortunately, the North Florida population enjoys low real estate prices, so we payed all off in 7 years..
ReplyDeleteI painted all interior walls in my new house, which was a novelty for me as well, in Moscow everybody has a wallpaper in their apartments. I remember making my own wall-paper glue (like everybody else did back then) . The recipe was simple - water mixed with small amount of wheat flour, quickly boiled till thick. Almost a white sauce minus butter and milk.
:-) it's interesting how paint and wallpaper alternate in popularity! if you google "wallpaper paste" all kinds of recipes pop up....
DeleteI think you're doing great.......and it's very satisfying when you can look back and see the finished result....bit by bit. If the house has feelings I bet it's loving it !
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
"if the house has feelings i bet it's loving it" ... i like to think so! :-) all our work here has been a labor of love, and that's what makes a house a home, i believe!
Delete"all our work here has been a labor of love, and that's what makes a house a home, i believe!"
DeleteI'm with you on this.....couldn't agree more.
All the best Jan