Victorian Style Wallpaper Biogoraphy
Months later, though, as real estate prices climbed, he called the seller back and asked if the house was still on the market. “She said: ‘Yeah. And I’ve lowered the price and stripped the woodwork in the kitchen.’ I showed Kei the pictures and called her back and said, ‘We’ll take it.’ ”
Mr. Dakota and Mr. Yip were recounting the story one recent morning while sitting in their “gentlemen’s library,” as Mr. Yip called it. With its built-in bookcases, ornate wallpaper, portières and heavy wood furniture, the room (like the entire house, in fact) resembles a fusty Victorian interior preserved in amber.
That was the idea, Mr. Dakota said: “We wanted it to feel like some old person had lived here for a long time and we just walked in. Which, of course, is not the case.”
Instead, the two, who bought the home for $545,000, have spent the last seven years and another $150,000 meticulously renovating it with the 19th century in mind, with Mr. Yip handling the mortgage payments and Mr. Dakota as a full-time carpenter and historical restoration expert.
Although “neither of us gave a damn about Victorian before we bought this house,” Mr. Dakota said, they are now well versed in subjects like the history of gas lighting and the Turkish corner fad, and have spent countless hours scouring antiques stores for period or period-looking furniture.
Mr. Dakota seems to be having as much fun decorating the house as he did dressing up nightclubs back in the 1980s. A giant clown face from that stage of his life hangs from the ceiling in the entry hall. Otherwise, Mr. Dakota said, he has been “fascistic” about eschewing any non-Victorian décor. Pointing to a group of oil paintings hanging in the front parlor, he deadpanned, “This is our collection of dreary landscapes.”
Months later, though, as real estate prices climbed, he called the seller back and asked if the house was still on the market. “She said: ‘Yeah. And I’ve lowered the price and stripped the woodwork in the kitchen.’ I showed Kei the pictures and called her back and said, ‘We’ll take it.’ ”
Mr. Dakota and Mr. Yip were recounting the story one recent morning while sitting in their “gentlemen’s library,” as Mr. Yip called it. With its built-in bookcases, ornate wallpaper, portières and heavy wood furniture, the room (like the entire house, in fact) resembles a fusty Victorian interior preserved in amber.
That was the idea, Mr. Dakota said: “We wanted it to feel like some old person had lived here for a long time and we just walked in. Which, of course, is not the case.”
Instead, the two, who bought the home for $545,000, have spent the last seven years and another $150,000 meticulously renovating it with the 19th century in mind, with Mr. Yip handling the mortgage payments and Mr. Dakota as a full-time carpenter and historical restoration expert.
Although “neither of us gave a damn about Victorian before we bought this house,” Mr. Dakota said, they are now well versed in subjects like the history of gas lighting and the Turkish corner fad, and have spent countless hours scouring antiques stores for period or period-looking furniture.
Mr. Dakota seems to be having as much fun decorating the house as he did dressing up nightclubs back in the 1980s. A giant clown face from that stage of his life hangs from the ceiling in the entry hall. Otherwise, Mr. Dakota said, he has been “fascistic” about eschewing any non-Victorian décor. Pointing to a group of oil paintings hanging in the front parlor, he deadpanned, “This is our collection of dreary landscapes.”
Victorian Style Wallpaper
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Victorian Style Wallpaper
Victorian Style Wallpaper
Victorian Style Wallpaper
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