Faced with an ailing Victorian dwelling, the typical move is to strip out every fissured plastered wall. The next step is to modernize the interior, but where’s the romance in such reckless disembowelment?
hat predictable scheme didn’t fit the lifestyle of this semi-retired bookish couple, who work from home and have a rich social life. They valued their 150-year-old semi in Little Italy with its grand rooms that trail over 3,000
