The Reading Room
The Reading Room
Two volumes, side by side.
One for the slow work of restoring a Victorian home. The other for the makers and the décor that fill it. Choose where to begin.
Volume I · The work
Victorian Restoration.
Plaster, mortise locks, mortar that breathes. Eleven years of decisions and their consequences, written down for the next house that needs them.
Enter the Restoration Notes →
Volume II · The makers
Victorian Décor.
Field guides to the manufacturers, Wernicke, Merklen Brothers, Globe, whose work still furnishes American homes, and a few notes on living with what you find.
Enter the Décor Field Guides →