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52 september 2022
WBM
Pocket doors of heart pine were found in the basement,
restored and hung in their original location leading from
the living room to the kitchen. A fireplace front was
removed to make room for the kitchen oven, stove and
hood.
ALLISON POTTER
ALLISON POTTER
POCKET doors
of heart pine
leading from the
living room to the
kitchen, discovered in the
basement, were restored and
reinstalled in their original
location. A kitchen fireplace
front was moved upstairs to
make room for the oven and
hood.
When the home was built
it was common for the
kitchen and dining to be in
the basement.
“If you go to the Bellamy
Mansion or Latimer House you’ll notice the kitchens
and the dining rooms were in the English half base-ment,”
says Gilbert. “When I explored with Jim during
the rehabilitation of the home we noticed there was a
mantel in the basement. That was a great visual clue
in the architecture that the dining would have been in
the basement along with the areas for kitchen and prep
work.”
The original heart pine flooring was kept and restored.
“You can see the older heart pine wood in the hallway,
we had them all refinished,” says Jim. “We saved all the
trim, and all the windows are the original windows.”
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