Interior Decorating - Old Houses

[pctek]

Seeing as I now own an old house.......

http://www.hopkinsons.co.nz/catalogue.html

http://www.recollections.co.nz/

So tempting.........

[godfather]

Indeed.

Welcome to the world of old houses...

We have a large Villa circa ~1890, now fully restored (on 1.5 acres of formally landscaped "traditional english" grounds).

We were lucky enough to find a "house lot" of matching original door hardware when restoring, at an antique store.

As we now have a total of around 33 doors (many still original stained kauri), it was good to get a match for most internal doors. But as 15 of the doors open outside to the verandas, originals that will stand the weather and give security have been elusive.

Then there is the matter of 10'+ stud height, and only getting 3 drops of wallpaper per roll instead of 4. And suitable wallpaper at up to $100 per roll.

Old houses -
Oh where will the joy end...

[Metla]

Originally Posted by godfather

Oh where will the joy end...

Here?

[godfather]

Nah.
Thats a new building.

How would one get used to floors not squeaking, fascia not rotting etc?

I mean there would be nothing to do?

Have just bought a 1950 cottage to start on. I must be mad.

[Greg]

Would LOVE to see some photos of your 33 door house!

Best statistic I can boast of (or complain about) is that we've got no less than nine different types of light bulbs in our various lights! A bit expensive to stock up on!

[mark c]

I've only got nine doors but I've got five axes!

Don't know about the ethnicity of either group. I dunno, who invented doors?

[pctek]

Originally Posted by godfather

Indeed.

Welcome to the world of old houses...

We have a large Villa circa ~1890, now fully restored (on 1.5 acres of formally landscaped "traditional english" grounds).

We were lucky enough to find a "house lot" of matching original door hardware when restoring, at an antique store.

As we now have a total of around 33 doors (many still original stained kauri), it was good to get a match for most internal doors. But as 15 of the doors open outside to the verandas, originals that will stand the weather and give security have been elusive.

Then there is the matter of 10'+ stud height, and only getting 3 drops of wallpaper per roll instead of 4. And suitable wallpaper at up to $100 per roll.

Old houses -
Oh where will the joy end...

Sounds completely brilliant!
Post pictures!!!

Where is it?
While I refuse to leave or add anything modern looking in mine, I'm not so fussy that reproduction stuff won't do. Hence Recollections.....
I'm sure you could get outer doors of a like nature?
I don't think I have anywhere near that number, I'll have to count them....

[pctek]

This is my friends:

http://www.mcs.geek.nz/Meggas.htm

Hers is over a 100 years old too.
It is still a work in progress.....

Those gardens up the hill she dug out by hand! It was just a big paddock when she went there.

[pctek]

Originally Posted by Metla

Here?

No.
Here:
http://www.nzpictures.co.nz/cemetery.htm

[Biggles]

Duuno - I'm quite happy to put modern into an old house. Our previous house was an 1890 villa which had been converted into a bunglalow in the 1920s, and has just been restored when we got it. It was lovely and all but, just a little fussy for my tastes. Our current house is a total mongrel - 1900s but hacked and slahed most of its life and un modernised in any way when we moved in. We felt no compulsiuon baout gutting the rear part (a 1930s-40s addition) and creating a new, modern kitchen/family room. Made the wholelace much more liveable.