Whether
you have a genuine old house, or are building a brand
new one, we offer a special expertise in architectural
theme kitchen design for clients interested in creating
a period look. You may count us among those rare professionals
who not only know old houses very well, but also truly
enjoy working with themchallenges and all. From
selecting cabinetry and countertops, to faucets and moldings--and
everything in between--we can help you put together a
great looking new kitchen that suits both you, and your
old house.
As
part of our continuing education about (and appreciation
of) old houses, we buy books, attend seminars, and tour
old house museums wherever we find them. Many of the molding
combinations, bracket designs, and other unique features
to be found scattered throughout our portfolio, are ideas
that we have adapted from one or another of these resources.
Some of our favorites can be found in the following links.
Many of these organizations offer further resources, from
books and seminars, to specialty suppliers of all types.
Favorite
links:
The
New Hampshire Preservation Alliance works to preserve
New Hampshire's historic buildings, landscapes, and communities
through leadership, advocacy, and education.
Historic
New England maintains over 35 properties throughout
New England, including many in the region from Portsmouth,
NH to Newburyport, MA. (Formerly known as the Society
for the Preservation of New England Antiquities -- SPNEA)
With
our personal special fondness for Shaker design, it is
quite a treat to have Canterbury
Shaker Village so nearby, and so beautifully preserved!
Portsmouth, NH is rich with architectural heritage, and
where better to begin than Strawberry
Banke.
Old
House Journal has long been a wonderful resource for
both ideas and supplies for old house aficionados. Although
they were recently sold to a large publishing house, they
still have a lot to offerthough perhaps in a more
mercantile package.
Brought to you by the folks who used to publish Old House
Journal, Old
House Interiors does a beautiful job with, well, old
house interiors!
The ultimate resource for historic property images and
detailed drawings is the Historic
American Building Survey collection at the US Library
of Congress, in Washington, DC.
Designed and built by the brothers Greene & Greene
in Pasadena CA, in 1908, the Gamble
House, complete with all of its wonderful custom light
fixtures and furniture, is a masterpiece of design and
craftsmanship in the Arts & Crafts Style.
Designed by the famous Boston architect H.H. Richardson,
the Glessner
House is a triumph of late Victorian residential design,
foreshadowing the dawn of the Modern Age. It includes
an absolutely incredible collection of original Eastlake
Style furnishingsincluding several pieces from the
Glessners summer estate in NH!
Old Sturbridge
Village, located just off the Mass Pike in Sturbridge
MA, is a living museum that is carefully restored
to recreate the authentic feel of an 1830s rural
New England mill village.
And if you time your visit to Old Sturbridge right, you
could easily spend a day browsing
one of the largest antique shows in the world, just
up the road in Brimfield, MA.
Located near the shore of Lake Champlain, just south of
Burlington, VT, the Shelburne
Museum not only contains over 30 beautifully restored
old buildings, it houses one of the finest collections
of artifacts of Americanafrom country store items,
to Amish quilts, to old hand tools.