Pocket doors separate the living room and dining room. We painted the dining room Benjamin Moore Dark Mustard, which was pretty close to their Historical Collection color Greenfield Pumpkin. The dining room connects to the former butler's pantry, which the POs converted to a half bath.
We have no dining furniture yet, but we do have a lovely Eastlake parlor set and nice curtains the POs left.
Here's a close-up shot of the dining room fireplace mantel and majolica tiles. On the side of the mantel, peeling paint reveals pastel blue underneath. Can you imagine pastel blue paint with those dragon green tiles? One of the previous owners must've been very fond of pastel blue (or else, got the paint on sale) because the kitchen trim was that color, too, at one time.
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The cozy-sized living room is to the left off the entry hall. Those carpets are just rugs covering the pine floors. We bought new living room furniture in 2003 before we knew we'd be living in a historic house, but I don't regret it. As beautiful as antiques are, they're just not made for flopping and relaxing with your shedding cats. We painted the living room walls Sherwin Williams Cajun Red, from its Victorian collection.
The doors leading into the living room from the entry hall are narrow double doors that we discovered after moving in were actually a single door cut in half and hinged on both sides. The POs also employed this technique on the front bedroom door and the closet doors in the half bath. It's kind of annoying because you can't keep the cats out unless you employ our very fancy plastic-bag-tied-around-the-doorknobs trick.
Each room has a slanted wall in the corner with a fireplace. These back up to each other, the fireplace in the entry hall and a closet to form a square.
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