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Architecture
Curb Appeal: What Came Before and the Happy Diversion of Curb-Side Sleuthing an Old House’s History
Dan Cooper is a well-known author, and has published over a thousand articles on the subjects of antiques, architecture, preservation and historic interior design. His first book, New Classic American Houses, was published by The Vendome Press. Dan is also President and CEO of Cooper Lace, has designed and sold historic lace curtains for twenty four years, providing them to private homes, museums and film sets. Dan is also recognized as a leading authority on the subject of historic carpeting.
Preservation
The Painted Wall: Freehand Scrollwork
The Governor Galusha Homestead in Shaftsbury Center, VT is an amazing survival of original freehand brushwork. Jonas Galusha (1752-1834) served as a captain in the Vermont militia in the Revolutionary...
Homeownership
The previous owners of our house installed antique lightning rods along the rooflines.
Preservation
Q & A: Richard Irons Restoration Mason
Richard Irons, 70, of Limerick, Maine, described as one of the best restoration masons in America, has worked on historic houses and museum properties in the northeastern United States for more than 40 years.
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Homeownership
Waiting for an Opening: Reclaiming Vintage Windows in your Antique Home
Use oil paint on your windows every five to eight years, for if this is done, they will continue to last forever.
Marketplace
Historic Homes: Insurance Basics
Many homeowners mistakenly insure their home for the purchase price or market value when they should be looking for guaranteed replacement costs.
Homeownership
Impure Thoughts: Stylistic Gamut
People have always dragged their possessions from household to household, whether it was by sentiment or economics. If you study period interior photographs or paintings of actual dwellings (as opposed to advertisements or designer’s renderings), you’ll rarely see one that contains furnishings that were all made within a year of each other. Careful scrutiny will always reveal items from a previous era.
Architecture
Fenced In: Period Appropriate Fences
An overview of period-appropriate fences: their existence on any specific historic property either directly enhances or detracts from the historic impression of the structures. Fences have always been a device to differentiate between “mine” and “yours” and originally were of use containing livestock.
