A bland and damaged surround is remade with a period tile installation—and the fireplace becomes a stylish focal point.
Against the spare beauty of Grand Marais harbor in northern Minnesota nestles a cluster of brilliantly colored buildings. The historic timber-frame structures hum with activity—boat building or woodcarving, basket weaving or fiber arts. In the central courtyard, noise rings out from a blacksmith’s shop, while an outdoor masonry oven scents the air with the yield of an artisanal bread-baking class. This is the North House Folk School.
Nestled by the water, snug in pretty new outerwear, this cottage will weather another century.
Paint colors of the past suggest combinations for early period and Colonial Revival houses today.
Visit and learn at Old Salem in North Carolina.
Blue is blue, right? Not so much. Color sense changed by decade.
Some older homes possess showier charms than others: decorative ornament in the form of plaster, composition molding, or wood paneling.
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