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| Thread ID: 66561 | 2006-02-27 05:54:00 | Interior Decorating - Old Houses | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
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| 434194 | 2006-02-27 05:54:00 | Seeing as I now own an old house....... www.hopkinsons.co.nz http://www.recollections.co.nz/ So tempting......... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 434195 | 2006-02-27 06:29:00 | 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 . . . |
godfather (25) | ||
| 434196 | 2006-02-27 06:41:00 | Oh where will the joy end... Here? (www.waitakeregardens.co.nz) |
Metla (12) | ||
| 434197 | 2006-02-27 06:51:00 | 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. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 434198 | 2006-02-27 07:45:00 | 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! |
Greg (193) | ||
| 434199 | 2006-02-27 07:53:00 | 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? |
mark c (247) | ||
| 434200 | 2006-02-27 07:57:00 | 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 . . . . :D |
pctek (84) | ||
| 434201 | 2006-02-27 08:12:00 | This is my friends: www.mcs.geek.nz 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 (84) | ||
| 434202 | 2006-02-27 08:17:00 | Here? (www.waitakeregardens.co.nz) No. Here: www.nzpictures.co.nz |
pctek (84) | ||
| 434203 | 2006-02-27 08:29:00 | 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. | Biggles (121) | ||
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