Savannah, GA
Summer is the season of open windows and outdoor projects. Some people wilt in the heat. I thrive—-one benefit of my Texas childhood? Or maybe because it’s such a great time to give old houses some love. Longer days and (generally) drier weather create ideal conditions for maintaining your house’s envelope (all the parts that distinguish and protect the outside from inside), especially one of its...
Fox Cities, Green Bay & Oshkosh, WI
Springfield, GA
Birmingham, AL
Los Angeles, CA
Walk around any historic neighborhood and look up. Just under the rooflines, delicate scrolls, sturdy supports, bits of carved or jigsaw-cut wood that seem to float beneath the eaves. These are brackets. And while they may be small, they are anything but insignificant.Like so many details in old houses, brackets—and their siblings corbels, consoles and modillions—do the quiet work of holding everything...
Northern VA
Impressive Italianate Mansion with 7 Marble Fireplaces! - CIRCA Old HousesWhen it comes to 19th-century American architecture, few styles flirt as shamelessly with the dramatic as the Italianate. With its towering proportions, bracketed cornices, and flourish-for-flourish’s-sake ornamentation, this style is the architectural equivalent of a romantic period novel—part poetry, part posturing, and...
Interior Design firm Acquire led by interior designer Nikki Dalrymple, serving clients in New England and nationwide. New England
Washington, D.C., Maryland & Virginia
Historic Mount Mourne: National Register Landmark - CIRCA Old Houses Have you made it through the six Spring maintenance tasks assigned in our last post? Don’t worry, just keep putting one foot in front of the other. Old houses (and life!) sometimes throw us curve balls. A big part of home stewardship is accepting the fact that houses are never “done”. It’s an ongoing relationship that takes...