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...
Essex Co., NJ
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...
Lehigh Valley, PA
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