Elsie’s Historic Home Tour

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This past month, we celebrated 1 twelvemonth since we moved into our historical imagination home. Today, I’m truthful excited to stock a lengthy circuit of astir of the rooms successful our location and the decor we’ve been adding. I americium embracing a dilatory renovation for this home. I expect it whitethorn instrumentality 5 to 10 years to implicit each the renovations I person planned, but for erstwhile successful my life, I americium successful nary rush.

Let’s statesman with the exterior. I person ever oohed-and-ahhed implicit this location for arsenic agelong arsenic I tin retrieve (since precocious schoolhouse property erstwhile I archetypal got my driver’s license). I person ever had feelings astir this home, truthful erstwhile we decided to determination backmost to our hometown we wrote a missive to the owners asking if determination was immoderate accidental they would merchantability and they did. We consciousness incredibly fortunate and ne'er looked astatine immoderate different homes. She’s the one!

The 1 hesitation I had astir this location was that the interior was heavy renovated successful a modern way. I privation it had travel with much archetypal character, truthful we vowed to prioritize adding arsenic overmuch antique charm arsenic possible. Recently, we hosted a location circuit with hundreds of section radical walking done our home. I was truthful blessed that galore radical assumed the antique-inspired renovations we person done were archetypal to the home. That remains my biggest goal!

Porches – Porches are truthful romanticist to me! I emotion having my greeting java connected the structure oregon watching the kids tally astir with fireflies. It’s the cleanable spot for popsicles and Halloween decorations alike.

Playhouse – We added a playhouse. It’s really successful our beforehand gait (you tin spot it successful the country of the archetypal pic above). We person a ample batch and a ton of trees and our location is precise acceptable backmost from the thoroughfare (so it is charming and not obtrusive). But I volition say, it’s the astir I’ve ever enjoyed not having an HOA. I can’t hold to decorate the playhouse for Halloween and Christmas.

Landscaping – In this photo, you tin spot a spot of our beforehand yard. We’ve worked truly hard connected the gait since owning this home. I’ll person to amusement you much successful the future. Last fall, we added 2 pome trees, 2 cherry trees and a fig tree. We are readying to marque a fewer improvements each twelvemonth until it’s our cleanable secret garden space.

We added a magnolia histrion arsenic I was speechmaking Magic Lessons at the clip and I became obsessed trying to incorporated inspiration from the publication into my home.

Daybed Swing – People ever inquire america if we truly usage the hanging daybed and the reply is yes, all the time. My hubby likes to sneak retired determination to ticker shot connected his telephone and I snuggle the girls determination each the time. Our favourite clip to laic connected the daybed is erstwhile it’s raining outside.

Sources: Patio Rug, Round Table, Bistro Chairs, Hanging Plant (similar), White Chairs.

Entry – From this angle, you can’t spot that the different broadside of the doorway is simply a lukewarm pink, but you tin spot my bat doorway knocker. And our cute small pug, Pumpkin.

Diamond Wood Floors – I’m SO gladsome we chose the two-tone floors. I volition beryllium honest, I was nervous! I LOVE however they turned out. The acheronian colour is the colour for our full location and the airy colour is utilized connected successful this abstraction for the pattern. They were done by a wood floors institution astatine the aforesaid clip we refinished the floors passim the home.

For the round crystal chandelier, we recovered it from Pottery Barn. It looks conscionable similar an antique (with overmuch simpler install). We ended up utilizing the smaller size successful the introduction and the larger size astatine the apical of the stairs.

Swans – I person started galore vintage and antique collections since moving to this home. Swans are a large one. I emotion however they are some beauteous and creepy. I cod a batch of brass items including candlesticks, butterflies, bells and boxes.

Stairs – I spent a precise agelong clip choosing the creation for the stairwell. What bash you think? The representation is simply a pastel and I emotion her truthful much. The small ting portion supra is by Esther Pearl Watson, 1 of my favourite people artists.

For the runner, I went with this airy colored runner due to the fact that it was the champion prime astatine the carpet store we went to. In hindsight, I privation I had gone with antique runners and 1 time if these request to beryllium replaced I astir apt will. For now, we are loving the airy colored runner.

Seating – In the beforehand conception of our surviving room, determination was a small other country truthful we added a checker and chess crippled table on with antique chairs. Turns retired my children LOVE checkers and each my atrocious karma from being excessively competitory arsenic a kid is coming backmost to haunt me.

The seat is ace peculiar to maine due to the fact that it came from my grandmother’s home. I person thought astir coating it since it’s lighter than the introduction array it sits beside, but truthful acold I person near it alone. What would you do?

Living Room Decor – I perfectly emotion our surviving room. We usage it truthful overmuch and successful truthful galore ways beyond simply watching TV. We went with a framework TV this clip and I’m ever amazed erstwhile radical truly deliberation it’s a painting.

When we archetypal moved in, we did a abbreviated circular of renovations that chiefly included applicable fixes and decor. This country got a batch of love. We added a caller antique-inspired fireplace, pressed ceiling tiles, dentil moulding and a ton of lipid paintings.

Sources: Chesterfield Sofa, Pink Velvet Chairs, Rug (similar), Floor Lamp.

Fireplace Renovation – For the fireplace, I knew I wanted to spell with electrical fireplaces due to the fact that I wanted thing we could usage successful each seasons (with and without heat) to adhd a cozy glow to the room. We went with this fireplace insert (we utilized it 3 times successful the surviving room, our chamber and my husband’s office). Love it!

The overgarment colour we utilized successful our surviving country is Oyster Bay by Sherwin Williams and the tile colour connected the fireplace situation is Oyster Shell by Fireclay Tile.

Fireplace Insert We utilized the Dimplex Revillusion fireplace insert 3 times successful our home. It’s an electrical fireplace insert with a cute chevron ceramic pattern. It has the enactment to supply vigor (or not) truthful we usage it year-round. I americium readying to stock a afloat reappraisal soon, but we emotion it! Note- the solid screen is simply a abstracted acquisition and we purchased ours straight from Dimplex.

Antique Collections – Since curating a layered look takes a agelong time, I decided to commencement with the archetypal level and enactment my mode up. SO presently our surviving spaces downstairs are precise afloat of creation and antique finds that bring maine joy. Over clip I program to adhd more. This is simply a program that tin instrumentality years, but I bask it a batch of similar not to unreserved it.

Powder Bathroom – Our pulverization bath connected the archetypal level is the 1 astir often seen by guests truthful I decided to spell all-in—filling it with paintings from level to ceiling. The pistillate successful the center-right successful the yellowish blouse is my grandma Corina and for definite she’s the inspiration for the full space.

Bar Cart – I presently enactment arsenic a cocktail writer astir weeks (see our cocktail recipes) and successful doing truthful for much than a twelvemonth I person amassed a immense liquor collection. It’s divided betwixt present and the dollhouse barroom (below). Learning caller cocktail recipes is 1 of my passions. I recovered this creation portion astatine Scout Design Studio and the woody swan support is an eBay find.

Green Paint – I emotion the colour successful this room- it’s Farrow & Ball’s Green Smoke. It’s specified a unique, moody greenish and announcement however it looks wildly antithetic from photograph to photo.

Art Collection – This photograph by Julie Blackmon started it each for me, arsenic acold arsenic my creation postulation goes. My sister purchased it for me, arsenic a gift, a mates years agone close earlier we recovered this home. Since then, I person been steadily gathering an creation collection.

Fun fact: 75% of the furnishings successful our location is antique that we sourced locally. The flea markets successful this portion of the state are incredible. I person ever admired antique furnishings and having the accidental to physique our abstraction based connected it has been truly fulfilling.

Dollhouse Bar Cabinet – The dollhouse barroom has a amusive communicative down it. One night, I was rewatching my favourite movie “Knives Out,” and I noticed that the elephantine dollhouse successful his surviving country was really a bar. I looked them up instantly uncovering that they tally betwixt $6,000 and $20,000 (I know, right??!). The adjacent day, I recovered 1 connected an property merchantability auction and was capable to triumph it for a fraction of the retail price. To me, this is the champion grounds I’ve recovered that we’re surviving successful a simulation designed successful our imaginations. Dream big, imagination weird, friends! I’m kidding/not kidding.

Kitchen Island – Our room is the main country we person not renovated, speech from matching the hardwoods and adding this 10-foot island. I recovered the green stools from Schoolhouse Electric. I americium mulling implicit plan ideas dilatory and we program to implicit it successful the adjacent fewer years.

This room was precise spare connected storage, but had a batch of other partition abstraction truthful we added immoderate white retention cabinets. That has been a large help.

Hidden Trash Can – Here you tin spot the portion of the room we kept arsenic is, and a solution we came up with to marque it much functional for signifier one. We added this double trash can and built retired the antagonistic to marque it heavy capable to accommodate our java gear. Above that, I added a brass cookware rail to store our copper pots.

Breakfast Nook – This small meal country close disconnected the room was specified a amusive jewel container to decorate. I bash the bulk of my nutrient blogging successful this abstraction since the lighting is usually champion successful here. The built successful country cabinets are my favourite archetypal feature.

Stairway Landing – Now, we’re moving up to the 2nd floor. This landing astatine the apical of the stairway goes each the mode astir to entree our bedrooms, the laundry country and my office. I decorated it with vintage mirrors each the mode around.

Bedroom Fireplace – In our bedroom, we added a fireplace. For the design, I pulled inspiration from my favourite fearfulness movie, Rosemary’s Baby. We built this fireplace arsenic a replica to the 1 successful her flat from the movie. When gathering caller pieces, I find it truly helps to notation a historical photograph and enactment arsenic adjacent to it arsenic possible.

The wallpaper and coating successful this country are from creator Lulie Wallace. I’ve been a instrumentality of hers for much than a decennary and person loved each improvement of her work. The coating makes maine grin each day.

The biggest departure we took from the movie plan is alternatively of a achromatic marble situation I chose a tile that coordinated with our wallpaper. We utilized Fireclay Tile successful the colour Peabody.

Antique Lighting – Lighting was a immense task for maine this year. The location lone came with a fewer chandeliers that were antiques from the aboriginal 1900s erstwhile it was built, but we added dozens more. I volition beryllium honest, it’s astir ever much steps and sometimes antiques adjacent request a afloat rewiring. To me, it is worthy it and a large mode we added charm backmost into the home.

Kids Bedrooms – Our girls are aged capable to take their ain chamber themes now. Nova chose a abstraction and subject theme. Marigold chose a princess bedroom.

This photograph shows my favourite peek done of the location with a level to ceiling kids room for our 8-year-old daughter.

Kids Bathroom – This is simply a children’s bathroom. We are inactive successful the process of decorating it. The wallpaper is Hygge & West Storyline successful the colour Delft Blue. The overgarment colour is Farrow & Ball’s Breakfast Room Green.

Moody Office – My bureau is the astir moody abstraction successful our location and since it’s a precise tiny room, the wallpaper and aggravated reddish overgarment colour made a immense impact. I recovered this rolltop table from Marketplace.

The show of small golden frames is the archetypal spot successful our location wherever I decorated with household photos. I anticipation to adhd a fewer much moments similar this.

My snake is by Paige Dorsey Barnes. I commissioned her done Liz Lidgett gallery. Someone remarked that it looks similar “Adam and Eve” theme, which was not what I was going for, but I emotion it.

Guest Bedroom – We are moving up to the 3rd level now. This level consists of 2 impermanent bedrooms (we person a batch of household and friends with young kids), a afloat bathroom, a batch of bookshelves and a spot of surviving space.

The impermanent country has a batch of angles truthful I knew I wanted to usage a engaged wallpaper. I chose the London Rose Wallpaper which is an OG. The overgarment colour is Foxy Brown by Benjamin Moore. We utilized this jute rug with flowers.

My favourite wallpaper and colour operation successful the full house!

The kids impermanent country is acceptable up, but not precise decorated yet. We chose Setting Plaster by Farrow & Ball, which is simply a brushed beige pink. The duplicate beds look antique, but they are from Chris Loves Julia’s PB for kids line.

Sources: Beds, Rug, Quilt, Chandelier.

Saved the champion for last. I americium thrilled with however this saccharine small nook turned out. It’s surrounded by our location room and the cleanable small beverage enactment spot.

Butterfly Nook – We utilized the Hygge & West Butterflies wallpaper successful the colour parchment for this tiny nook. I americium powerfully connected squad erstwhile it doubt, wallpaper the ceiling too. I emotion the cozy, vintage consciousness it adds to this space.