Have fun with your historic home
Many people who have acquired an historic home approach living in it with reverence and a sense of homage. It is wonderful that you have a healthy respect for the home and its history, but unless you are moving into a significant property in your community, respect but not reverence is the way to go.
I have no problem with someone deciding to paint the dining room raspberry if it works for them. As I have said many times, your house usually has had many different owners with varied tastes, and your history is no less important. Read more.
Many people who have acquired an historic home approach living in it with reverence and a sense of homage. It is wonderful that you have a healthy respect for the home and its history, but unless you are moving into a significant property in your community, respect but not reverence is the way to go.
I have no problem with someone deciding to paint the dining room raspberry if it works for them. As I have said many times, your house usually has had many different owners with varied tastes, and your history is no less important. Read more.
Featured Museum
Poplar Hill Mansion, Salisbury’s oldest documented Federal home was built as a manor farm house, by Levin Handy between 1795-1805. This historic house museum survived two great fires that raged through Salisbury in 1860 and 1886, destroying most of Salisbury’s oldest structures. Read more.
Poplar Hill Mansion, Salisbury’s oldest documented Federal home was built as a manor farm house, by Levin Handy between 1795-1805. This historic house museum survived two great fires that raged through Salisbury in 1860 and 1886, destroying most of Salisbury’s oldest structures. Read more.Featured Artisan
Thistledew Merchantile is a lovely site that sells the historic scissor art by Kim Frey. One of the 2009 artisans featured in the Directory of Early American Craftsman that is published by Early American Life magazine (another one of our favorites) Kim is a very talented addition to our growing list of American Craftsman. Read more.
Thistledew Merchantile is a lovely site that sells the historic scissor art by Kim Frey. One of the 2009 artisans featured in the Directory of Early American Craftsman that is published by Early American Life magazine (another one of our favorites) Kim is a very talented addition to our growing list of American Craftsman. Read more.
