It was a small house in Flagstaff, Arizona – slightly below 1300 sq. toes – and never a flowery house by any means. And it needed a number of work.

One of many advantages of owning smaller houses is the cosiness that such homes affords the proprietor. There was a time when we needed eating rooms as a substitute of eating areas, a examine as an alternative of a working or finding out corner, a dressing room as in opposition to a stroll-via closet. Very cool thought – cannot remember if we did this in school when I used to be younger – what is the origin of the ‘diorama’ ? I like this craft concept!

Flocked wallpaper that imitated minimize velvet was very talked-about however dearer. English flocked papers (papiers d’Angleterre) had been considered superior to French and followers of the English product included Madame de Pompadour, who used …

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