From Coal to Cabernet: Transforming Historic Coal Rooms
Electricity and running water are things we take for granted. Often we find reminders of when life was more difficult.
VICTORIAN TALES
Victorian Homes in Downtown Colorado Springs
People often believe that Victorian homes are a certain architectural style, when in fact they are homes built during a certain period in history.
Painted Ladies in Downtown Colorado Springs
Painted Ladies could refer to “Ladies of the Night” in the Wild West, or it is a reference to Victorian and Edwardian homes that have been painted in three or more colors to accentuate the detail of the workmanship on these beautiful old homes. The term “Painted Lady” was not used to describe homes until the late 1970’s.
Victorian baby feeders
While we take sterilization and sanitation for granted, the Victorians had no clue as to the deadliness of their lack of hygiene.
Talking Walls – Because Every House Has a Story
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if walls could talk? (Well, maybe not.) But on old houses, wouldn’t it be neat to hear about the lives that have been lived behind those doors? Check out the Press Release for our new venture: Talking Walls . . . Because Every House has a Story.
Fiddler on the Roof
326 East Monument Street
From the roof-top vantage point, it was a surprising discovery to find that my unique Downtown Colorado Springs turn-of-the-Century home was, in fact, a turn-of-the-Century tract home.
