Brownstoner Reno

Here’s a detail of the existing wallpaper in the front hall. It’s in pretty bad shape and several portions are destroyed, but we still feel a little regretful about removing it, especially because there is lincrusta under much of it. In fact, not restoring the lincrusta is arguably the biggest crime against preservation that we’re committing in the whole renovation. We are preserving a well-preserved section of the lincrusta in the staircase from the basement to the parlor floor.