Cracked plaster, peeling paint, and leaking pipes galore couldn't stop one family from swapping their convenience-filled suburban home for a colonial-era farmstead with room to roam
Keeping true to the spirit of the pre-Revolutionary house, the Scisciones hired master carpenter Greg Flegal to repair the existing woodwork, wall paneling, and window shutters and re-create lost elements, such as rotted windowsills and missing moldings.
Here, bricks pave the floor of the breakfast room. The settle table and sack-back Windsors are 18th-century-style reproductions. In the corner, a Wardian case-a miniature indoor greenhouse capitalizes on the natural light the room's southeast-facing, double-hung windows supply.
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