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momdrinkstea
True Blue Farmgirl
180 Posts
Elizabeth
Ozark
AL
USA
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 Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 10:43:20 AM
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Hello out there fellow farmgirls! New to the site!
We just bought our dream farmhouse, in the country!
Just wondering if anyone else is living in a Greek revival house, and how you decorate? I know it should be more formal, and not "country", but this area is definitely rural! (Finger Lakes wine country!) I'd love tips and photos and layouts from your home, we have all-white original woodwork, and maple floors. We plan on restoring it, and converting some parts, but would like to stay authentic. Please share, and I'll keep you posted on our updates! Very pleased to meet you all!
-Greenhaven Gardens
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2010 : 7:27:11 PM
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Hi Elizabeth. I don't and don't know how they would be decorated. But would love to hear of your progress. We bought our limestone house 5 1/2 years ago and it's been work, work, and more work on it. Lots of gutting and redoing and adding. Lots of work in these old homes. Good luck with yours.
Kris
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Feb 17 2010 : 08:14:11 AM
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| Hi, Elizabeth. I was hoping somebody would post some personal pics of their own house, because I looked around online and couldn't really find any good links. I know the time period for your house is roughly 1820-1850, so you could go with either Federal or early Victorian style. I love the Empire style in furniture from the early 19th century, and there was an Empire revival in the late 19th/early 20th century, so you can find that stuff for reasonable prices. If I had a Greek Revival house, that's the look I would go for. It's very elegant, but not fussy. Classy but works well in a casual, light setting. I hope you show us some photos of your house! |
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vintagejenta
True Blue Farmgirl
83 Posts
Sarah
Walden
NY
USA
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Posted - May 18 2010 : 7:03:23 PM
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I live farther south in the Hudson Valley, but I'd ditto the Federal style (such as Chippendale or Duncan Phyfe). The best thing about NY and the east coast in general is that there was a big colonial revival starting with the centennial (1876) and well into the 1950s. A lot of federal reproduction furniture was made in the 1920s and '30s that is much cheaper than antiques, but also much cheaper than modern all-wood furniture. I would hit your local antique/thrift stores and ask about the 1920s repros. There's a place down by us called The Hidden Barn (near Montgomery, NY on 17K) that has a ton of that kind of stuff for pretty cheap. For example, my boyfriend and I got a beautiful, dark, repro highboy chest of drawers (for my numerous clothes) for around $250 and they delivered it for free because we live nearby. Sure, it has a few dings in it and the top is not perfect, but you're gonna spend that much on a cheap particleboard dresser at Target or Walmart anyway! So for us, it was totally worth it.
Striped and damask linens would also be elegant without being overly fussy. The other nice thing about your era of farmhouse is that you can mix and match eras in your furnishings. So you can have rustic "Colonial" stuff with the more elegant Federal alongside the fussier Victorian or even Rococo, if you want!
I would maybe visit some historic sites from that time period in your area and just see what you like! Then work from there.
Good luck! And yes, please post pictures!
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