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Does anyone else get angry when they are shopping their local antique mall and find vendors offering brand new items or toys that can be found in your local big-box store. It never used to be like that; but recently I've discovered a handful of plac [Read More]

The Bay-and-Gable homes of Toronto are unique within the world of Victorian architecture, in part due to taxation laws of the time that assessed annual taxes based on the width of a lot’s frontage. Canadian pragmatism resulted in narrow lots, o [Read More]

Victorian Petticoat modeled by Lena Curtiss In one of our guestrooms is an Eastlake dresser with marble accents. We bought it a few months ago at a local antique mall, and were delighted to view the same piece a couple of weeks later in the Glenn [Read More]

As much as we dislike lace curtains, we dislike bare windows even more, so the frillies are staying up until we find the right curtains to replace them.  Fortunately, we got some great curtains for the family room on sale this week, so the lace in t [Read More]

June 2008 - Captain's log of My Old House.I am making a blog about restoring or renovating an old house; accomplishments, lesson learned, mistakes and helpful hints/tips. The crowning project of my years of home repairs and remodeling is renovating a [Read More]

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A walk around my neighborhood in all its frozen grey glory.Dead for 107 years and she's still in charge.There's no question that her bejeweled fingers still reach far across the pond......all the way to the cold, cold Midwest.How did they ever let a [Read More]

I got the 2 chandeliers hung in the parlors today. It is hard to believe that has been more than 4 years in the making. They will be coming back down, because the room needs a lot of work. Also, there will be plaster medallions up there someday. For [Read More]

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 This month’s meeting was hosted by a charming couple, Hal and York. Well, York did all the actual hosting. Their house is a late 1880s Victorian mansion in the Sherman Hill neighborhood. The people who built the house were Jewish and kept [Read More]

Photo of Mark Twain’s study - found at: http://www.galenfrysinger.com/mark_twain_elmira_ny.htm  Yeah, I know - it’s freezing cold up here in New York and no one wants to take a walking tour in January. But this one is well documented on [Read More]

This weekend, the bookcase was installed.  Each of the four sections is 8 feet tall, 30 inches wide, and 16 inches deep.Each section was anchored to the wall until all four... [Read More]

Progress.  The living room has received two coats of a color called “carton,” available at Sherwin Williams.  Painting behind the radiators proved to be a... [Read More]

The swatches of fabric we ordered from Smith & Noble for the living room window treatments arrived.  Taking paint color choices into consideration, we whittled it down... [Read More]

The following set of pictures are from my parents' home. They live in a true victorian, inside and out (hunting dogs and all). It's all a bit busy for me, but they do a very nice job of putting it all together. I appreciate what they have done over t [Read More]

Yes, that’s right, more spectacular than you can possibly imagine. Last night was the big dinner party at The Carson Mansion (You’ll notice I no longer jokingly refer to it as a shack). For me this was like going to church. First, as you get clos [Read More]