For Those Who Appreciate the Past.

 
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Post by wsherrick » Mon. Sep. 01, 2014 10:07 pm

Very nice lawn furniture. You need a croquet set and some nice cushions for the chairs and you will be ready to go.


 
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Post by DePippo79 » Wed. Sep. 03, 2014 1:52 pm

Thanks William. The cushions will have to wait. Leah has a couch to recover before we even think about the chairs. If work doesn't call tomorrow maybe the dog and I will take a walk and see how much that fountain is. Matt

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Post by DePippo79 » Wed. Sep. 03, 2014 2:44 pm

Just saw my neighbor. He's selling his Victorian house next door to me because he and his wife built a new house so I asked him if I could take a few pictures to document the history of the house. I pray to God whoever buys it appreciates old houses. The asking price is out of range for first time yuppie home buyers I hope. The original land owner gave the original owner of my house the land to build my house. The pictures are the original coal fireplace complete with summer cover. Unfortunately the grates are long gone replaced by gas coals, and the tiles are also new, but still cool. The light is a original gas light converted to electric. Matt

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Both houses built sometime between 1880-1890 Deed for my house says 1880, but according to records land was still fields.

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Post by DePippo79 » Wed. Sep. 03, 2014 2:50 pm

Right side up.

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Post by wsherrick » Wed. Sep. 03, 2014 3:50 pm

I love Victorian fireplaces. Everything, from the exotic tile they used, to the ornate surrounds and covers and the beautiful mantles. The Hearth was a venerated place for them.
Down South where the Winters are not so bitter, most houses had one of these in each room, even if the house had Central Heat.
I've lived in many houses with 5 or 6 fireplaces in them, and used them.
The best house I ever lived in was a giant Queen Anne that had 15 fireplaces in it. Every room had one and there was no other heat in the house. The house had 16 foot ceilings and giant windows. And it gets cold in Knoxville. I lived through several near zero nights in that house.
We went through a lot of coal.
Here are a few pictures of it.

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Big Queen Anne with 15 fireplaces

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Foyer

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Big Coal Fire in the Front Parlor. Notice magnificent ebony wood mantle.

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Chestnut fireplace in Foyer. Bronze surround and beautiful tile work

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Post by DePippo79 » Sat. Sep. 06, 2014 1:09 pm



Thanks for the eye candy. Here's a youtube of a fireplace restorer in London. Looks like if I ever build my new/old Victorian I'll have to take a trip to London for the fireplaces. All I found state side so far is metal surrounds and covers, no grates or housings. Not really looking hard yet though, more curious at this stage. Seems like chimney sweeps are enemies of original fireplaces stateside. Another youtube video shows a sweep taking out a original Victorian fireplace and replacing with a modern POS. My neighbor's house is a Queen Ann. Matt

 
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Post by DePippo79 » Sat. Sep. 06, 2014 1:12 pm



My dream house. Second Empire Victorian. Someday. Matt


 
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Post by DePippo79 » Sat. Sep. 06, 2014 1:40 pm



Here's another fireplace shop. Unfortunately it looks like the Brits care more about thier Victorian history than America. Guess the cookie cutter mentality hasn't struck overseas yet, or as bad. Matt

 
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Post by DePippo79 » Sat. Sep. 06, 2014 2:10 pm



Being a gearhead how could I forget the classic American Gas Station. Can't what till vacation. Hopefully I can get some better material for this thread. Seven weeks and counting. Matt



This one is better.

 
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Post by DePippo79 » Fri. Sep. 19, 2014 3:07 pm

Got down to the antique dealer in town today and unfortunately the fountain is way out of my price range. $10,000 the black one is $2000.00. Although another antique person said this guy is always high. Oh well, now I know. I could have taken alot more pictures, but I'll only post the fountains and salesman stove sample. The guy had alot of old Victorian furniture I would like to buy someday. Still on my quest to find a Victorian coal bin for my little parlor stove. So far the only one I found is on ebay located in California. Matt

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A little more affordable, not much though.

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Post by wsherrick » Fri. Sep. 19, 2014 4:46 pm

Here Matt,
you can buy a accurate reproduction coal bin right here. I've been thinking about getting one also.

http://www.gascoals.com/Home/ACCESSORIES/CoalBins.aspx

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Fri. Sep. 19, 2014 5:11 pm

wsherrick wrote:Here Matt,
you can buy a accurate reproduction coal bin right here. I've been thinking about getting one also.

http://www.gascoals.com/Home/ACCESSORIES/CoalBins.aspx
William,

I thought that would go well with where I want to put the #6, . . until I saw this disclaimer down below,

"Note: due to the style of the feet on these coal bins, we don't feel they're sturdy enough to actually be used for coal storage but they're a great accent piece and serve practical duty to store newspapers, fireplace gloves and more at your fireside."

Oh well. Guess I'll just repaint the coal bucket.

Paul

 
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Post by Ed.A » Fri. Sep. 19, 2014 7:37 pm

wsherrick wrote:I love Victorian fireplaces. Everything, from the exotic tile they used, to the ornate surrounds and covers and the beautiful mantles. The Hearth was a venerated place for them.
Down South where the Winters are not so bitter, most houses had one of these in each room, even if the house had Central Heat.
I've lived in many houses with 5 or 6 fireplaces in them, and used them.
The best house I ever lived in was a giant Queen Anne that had 15 fireplaces in it. Every room had one and there was no other heat in the house. The house had 16 foot ceilings and giant windows. And it gets cold in Knoxville. I lived through several near zero nights in that house.
We went through a lot of coal.
Here are a few pictures of it.
What a beautiful Home! I can still remember my Great-Grandmothers house in Swarthmore PA, reminds me so much of hers as well. There is a town only 25 mins from me in NE. Ct that claims the to have more Victorian Homes in existence than San Fransisco Ca.
Since I've never been ( or really want to ) San Fran, I will take their word for it.
http://www.victorianwillimantic.org/homes/
If you peruse the " Willimantic Camp Meeting Association " houses , they are miniature houses, in fact the entire village is miniature. We used to bring people from out town there when we were out "partying" (shhh... I never said that) and they would think they were on "Acid" or something because they could not believe what they were seeing. Yes people live in them..in fact I know people who lived there.

 
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Post by DePippo79 » Wed. Oct. 01, 2014 2:31 pm

Thanks for the link William. I found that a few months ago, but the disclaimer also scared me. Guess I could always build my own. Start with something like my daughters toy box and go from there. Stain it, line it and have my wife paint flowers on it. I'll add the reproduction would probably work. Need to see one. I'm sure the disclaimer had some lawyer involvement. God forbid people are accountable for there own actions. Matt

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Post by DePippo79 » Thu. Oct. 16, 2014 8:51 pm

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/ ... 175?row=58
Need to get out of the northeast. This home up here would probably be a million easy.
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/ ... I571774209
Or this one near my wife's aunt.
Matt


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