Old House Links

What we are reading this week about decorating and renovating old houses:

Brooklyn Cyclone blogs the ongoing renovation of a South Slope house. It starts with the contract in January 2012 and discusses floor plans, ripping out walls and a built-in marble bar on the garden floor, putting a kitchen into the parlor floor, and stripping wood work and fireplaces, among other things. Currently they are blowing out the back and replacing the old extension with a new one, above. They liken renovation to having a baby: “You won’t get any sleep, you won’t have any money, you won’t have any more time to yourself, it will test your relationship. But just like with kids, they all say it was worth it in the end.”
Brownstone Cyclone [Brownstone Cyclone]
Photo by Brownstone Cyclone

Big Old Houses explores Linden Place, built in 1810 in Bristol, R.I., by a wealthy slave-ship owner. The house features seven perfectly intact and mirrored bathrooms dating from 1905. The effect is a little bit like an ice cream parlor. The house also has an elaborate butler’s pantry and old kitchen.
History With a Capital H [Big Old Houses]
Photo by Big Old Houses

With characteristic humor and style, the duo behind Manhattan Nest finish their incredible bathroom remodel (in a rental apartment) with a custom-made, extra-long black ticking stripe shower curtain. Ta-da!
Sweet Victory, at Last [Manhattan Nest]
Photo by Manhattan Nest