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NJCher

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26. your house is stunning

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 04:40 PM

Mar 2015

I, too, am in love with older houses. It must have been such a thrill to find this picture!

Sad, though, about what you said about the other houses losing their trim. If only those people knew how much went into making that trim.

Cher

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Want to see what my house looked like about 130 years ago? [View all] sinkingfeeling Mar 2015 OP

The dapper guy and woman in the original photo JimDandy Mar 2015 #1

What a beautiful house, my dear sinkingfeeling! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2015 #2

beautiful home... magical thyme Mar 2015 #3

It reminds me of my great grandparent's house in San Francisco of a similar age... hunter Mar 2015 #4

A lot of the neighborhood suffered the same fate. I'm in a Registered Historical District. sinkingfeeling Mar 2015 #5

One of my professors used to live in a house like that Art_from_Ark Mar 2015 #10

I was going you ask about that stained glass window. Brigid Mar 2015 #13

Yes, I found frames at an antique shop and then had the glass put in for sinkingfeeling Mar 2015 #15

That is one hifiguy Mar 2015 #6

Here is my house 130 years ago. kwassa Mar 2015 #7

Ha! That's my house too, except deeper in the woods. Rozlee Mar 2015 #14

In a couple of decades, I wouldn't be surprised Jackpine Radical Mar 2015 #23

yes NJCher Mar 2015 #25

An orange orchard was where ChazII Mar 2015 #32

The old photo makes me think of Poe or Stephen King! nt raccoon Mar 2015 #8

wow. stunning house Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #9

I love your color scheme! femmocrat Mar 2015 #11

Beautiful! Both versions are stunning. Thanks for sharing the photos. livetohike Mar 2015 #12

Really I just have to ditto this! Phentex Mar 2015 #16

Gorgeous! Do you know what the original paint colors were? riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #17

LOL, yes, they were the same as it's painted now only in reverse! The base was sinkingfeeling Mar 2015 #18

Oh my!! Lol... Well I'm glad you reversed them. It looks way better this way! Nt riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #20

Yes! struggle4progress Mar 2015 #19

what a lovely house passiveporcupine Mar 2015 #21

It's about 4800 sq. ft. in total. But I didn't finish the 1200 sq. ft. on the sinkingfeeling Mar 2015 #22

OMG, that's enormous. passiveporcupine Mar 2015 #24

your house is stunning NJCher Mar 2015 #26

Very cool! Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2015 #27

I love your house TuxedoKat Mar 2015 #28

that's an awesome house! shanti Mar 2015 #29

Wow! Ya done good! Enthusiast Mar 2015 #30

You should be very proud. What a great job! n/t pnwmom Mar 2015 #31

That's one rockin' pad, sinkingfeeling. OnyxCollie Mar 2015 #33

Too cool Plucketeer Mar 2015 #34