Old House Journal

TRANSITIONAL TUDOR

A GRAND ENTRY

The broad hall invites guests inside: the living room is to the right, the library to the left, and the dining room with its bank of windows is at the rear. Bold yet unfussy millwork is apparent in the square columns with Ionic capitals and the over-scaled newel posts at the generous staircase.

COMFORTABLE ENOUGH in a bungalow they’d restored themselves, Hannah Callaghan and Bob Weaver had lived in Portland’s historic Irvington neighborhood for over a decade. Still, they looked out for grander homes going on the market:

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