The Parlor Redux Redux

The front parlor was the second room we redid. Unfortunately it lost one outer wall due to water intrusion during Ida. This partial demo actually confounded the renovation as we had to match (or fake) the remaining crown and baseboard molding. Luckily and, at least to us observing the demo, surprisingly the cherry floors survived unharmed.

The new wall gets its skim coat.

The After

Duncan Fyfe sofa and victorian center table. On the wall over the couch is a engraving of “Crossing a Highland Loch” by J. Thomson, an English landscape painter, in 1858 and then engraved by Charles Mottram (1807–1876).
To the right is one of our favorite pieces—a First Empire buffet that we use as our formal bar. Above hangs “Mr. William Long on ‘Bertha'” a hand-colored engraving by Edward Hacker after William and Henry Barraud (19th century).

The Colors

The ceiling is Positive Red from Sherwin-Williams and the walls as Ambler Slate from Benjamin Moore’s Colonial Williamsburg collection.

Update

November 26, 2021

Since the above photos, we took delivery of Nate’s birthday present—Howard Miller tall clock. We’ve named it Ida. At the same time North Shore Clocks took our 18th century Roberts clock to be restored. We recently got the estimate. Cost was not too bad for the amount of work that needs to be done, but it will take a year or more to complete.

To the left of the clock is a brass rubbing of the effigy of 15th century Lady Margaret Bellingham of Levens and Burneside.
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