These are three favorites from a series of illustrations of 1911 interiors. In the dining room drawing above we like the cool mix of blues and greens with ivory highlights. That curtained door in the corner probably leads to something like a butler's pantry. Check out that casual arrangement of the furniture: there's plenty of space around the small round table and just a couple of chairs are pulled up, with the others spread around the room. After the jump are two period bedroom illustrations...
Those built-in window seats are excellent. Why don't we do that as often in bedrooms anymore?
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these illustrations remind me of a Sears Craft House that some friends of mine lived in years ago; Sears apparently used to sell a house in their catalog, and it was sent in sections to build with instructions; it was so beautiful.
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my grandma was born in 1909. my aunt has some of her old papers from when she was in school. she took a home ec class where she had an assignment to made a collage of her ideal home. she chose the cutest, modest sears home from a catalog and wrote about it and made illustrations of furniture placement. it is awesome! that is what these drawings remind me of, too.
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Ooooooh this photos are giving me chest pains!
I lived in the most beautiful homes growing up. A stately victorian until age 8, and then a early craftsman transitional home until age 20. I want to live in these photos!
I recently learned from the bank that HOME ownership may be in the cards for me within the next year or two and i very much want my own bungalow to restore and love.
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Just beautiful.
These illustrations are exactly why I can't imagine living in new construction - or why anyone would want it.
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You can feel the transition from the 19th to the 20th century in these pictures.
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Anyone who lives in New York and admires this style should check out Jackson Heights and nearby neighborhoods in Queens such as Woodside. There are many teen-era walkups and 1920s elevator buildings similar to these pictures. Most are coops but there are a few rentals as well. There is a book about Jackson Heights with a list of buildings, architects, the year they were built, a map, and a few floor plans and photographs. You can buy it in a gift store on 37th Ave. in the 80s (I'm not sure of the name of the store). The buildings in Jackson Heights tend to have shared interior gardens.
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