OLDHOUSE JOURNAL
READER FAVORITE
DIY PRESERVATION 2023
FORMAL ENTRY HALL
The hall features quarter-sawn oak, which the owner stripped of filthy varnish. The Stickley carpet runner design was inspired by Dard Hunter’s 1906 stained-glass windows at the historic Roycroft Inn (East Aurora, N.Y.).
THE LIVING ROOM
The original fireplace and gas-and-electric chandelier grace the front parlor, painted in Sherwin–Williams Latte with a Bradbury & Bradbury pendant frieze. The lounge chair and Mission settee and table are from today’s Stickley.
HEN JIM MILES was looking for a vintage house in St. Louis, in 1992, this transitional Victorian fit the bill. Built in 1897 in the
