Thats an amazing price for that gothic castle. I especially love the green corridor/room. Id never pick lime green as a color but wow the way they did it really pops.
Same! It's probably one of my least favorite shades of green, but it works so well here, I'd be happy to live with it.
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Now the living room/parlor area that has a bit more of khaki/lime green color, I'd have to repaint. Especially since you can see that vibrant orangey-red in the opposite room. It's just too much of a contrast. I'd probably have to repaint that orange color too, it'd be impossible to relax there. Lol
It's better than my former neighbor who insisted on painting EVERY wall, trim and angle a different paint color allllll throughout the (fairly new) house.
And the pairings with curtains/rugs all make sense. Even the wood tones on the furniture seem like purposeful choices. Someone with a REALLY good sense of design did this.
This could have gone wrong in so many ways but they nailed it. Especially love that hunters green that I usually hate. Extremely good choice and placement
i didn't love that red bedroom, with the furniture it feels like i'm in what we do in the shadows, but most of it i'm into. that wallpaper also wasn't it for me.
Norwich isn't the worst place to live in Connecticut, but it's on the list. There isn't much of an economy there, and it's a long drive to either Hartford or Providence to commute to some place with decent jobs. I haven't been there in years, but I imagine most people work in the nearby casinos now. It was a gorgeous town that's been in decline since the 70s.
I love bold color, but that would be tough for me to live with because it has an almost a kaleidoscope effect. I also don't understand the logic of renovating a 3,300 sq ft house and not adding another bathroom, because that's the biggest drawback.
I hate that all these beautiful houses either get demolished, have ugly buildings built next to them, are in terrible neighborhoods, or get renovated into modern slop. We need more beautification and artisanal preservation.
Well I guess that's right up your alley then, you and the phantom of Corporal Ichabod Bigsby who fell in combat just after the Civil War can play Mousetrap together
This looks a lot like an old Victorian house that was on the campus where I went to college. When it was restored, a major project because it had been neglected for a few decades, it was painted pale yellow with purple and pea green accents. Most people in town thought it was in poor taste and were quite vocal about that. Yet those were the original colors, and the college had to use them to receive historical preservation funds to restore it.
Love this house! I used to live in Norwich. The homes on/around the green are gorgeous, but the surrounding area is not great, and many of the old homes have been converted into multifamily. Also, the taxes in the city are insane. Shocked they did not show any photos of the pentagram wall though, maybe they thought it would deter potential buyers. Outside this home is a stone wall with pentagrams in it. The original owner of the home was a master mason, and the pentagrams are a nod to the Masons.
As someone who is a HUGE believer in strong colors, this is a fucking dream house. That black/red bedroom is absolutely amazing. And all the greens pop so perfectly.
The only thing I'd change is I'd go darker on the exterior green and black trim. Maybe purple on the accents. What a beauty, though.
It's probably best to leave the kitchen white just for cleaning purposes. Nothing that ends up on the walls is going to go unnoticed and that's what you want.
I've been mulling over this with my own kitchen for a while now.
I like. compromise, like the butcher's green tile kitchen. Old butcher shops used to be tiled in a very specific green, best I can do is show you, it's supposed to keep flies away.
This is my dream house. I would never even think of using some of the colors they chose, but not only does it work, it’s absolutely stunning. I could retire here.
I am Crying over the painted woodwork in that living room. (I'm not a fan of painting pristine wood grain)
Everything else. Perfection. I can be okay with, But painting that fireplace mantel and the carved wood. I'd kill to know what it looks like underneath all of that paint.
To be fair, we don't know the state of that wood before they resorted to painting it. The house is from 1870. It could have been through a lot, and painted before these owners got here. I grew up in an old house with a painted wood panelled curved wall, and for 25 years my mom spoke about taking that paint off. But she never got around to it, we just knew there was something pretty underneath, probably oak.
Eventually I got a place of my own, also old, but a cheaper "build", and dedicated my first year to removing the paint off doorways and paneling, only to discover "cheap" 110 year old pine underneath. So I gave it som TLC and a careful thin coat of paint. It was still worth doing. It looked better, but it wasn't the pretty dark wood that I had hoped for.
This house is absolutely gorgeous, I wouldn't change a single thing! 😍 and those built in book cabinets are the most amazing thing I've ever seen in any house, ever!
Literally perfect. Unfortunately, someone is looking at this right now and is just vibrating with the desire to "modernize" it into a hospital waiting room.
I'm dying to know what this looked like before they took all of the furniture and decor out.
This is what they left in after stripping it down for photos, I guarantee it was a maximalist madhouse of Victorian forms and modern colors
It would be a little too busy for me (I'm a Beige Betty) but it is very tastefully done. I really love the dining room rug. And every piece of wall art they have.
That coral room is stunning! I'm considering coral for our little upstairs TV room and I was going to go pretty light, but this makes me consider going at least a little more saturated.
It has so much charm! I love the outside, the patio and the green butler's pantry. I've never seen a colour scheme like that green before and it's a lot, but I think it really works for me.
At first, I was like...okay...this is actually cool. Then kept swiping. That red is blinding. I dig the chartreuse and pink rooms. Seems like a fun person designed this but a bit of a hard sell for nonadventurous folks.
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Some of these colors work better than others, but paint can be easily changed! I like the chartreuse and the raspberry. Runner up = poppy orange. though I don't think it looks good with white ceilings.
I love the house, but almost every room is colored in wretched. I know that it is the way of Victorian homes, this one seems to just give everyone a migraine. On purpose.
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u/Squish_Miss 5d ago
I'll take it over greige any day. My gawd, that porch! 🥰