Prompt - scenic
Mar. 2nd, 2016 07:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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An authentically restored elegant Queen Anne Victorian mansion located in Plainfield New Jersey’s Van Wyck Brooks Historic District and listed in the National Register of Historic Homes Photo by J. Stewart
This made me want to see what the outside looks like. So I looked.
http://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/history-lesson/
*wimpers*
And then I found this This old house: Restoring homes and building community in Plainfield's Van Wyck Brooks Historic District
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Date: 2016-03-03 04:13 pm (UTC)The "cabin" furniture in the living room (?) looks out of place, but probably not as out of place as my furniture would.
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Date: 2016-03-03 11:01 pm (UTC)I didn't like the colors of the furniture, the burgundy and dark wood winged chair is more what I'd want... they make those in recliners don't they? I expect that period furnishings of that time wouldn't be all that comfortable by modern standards.
oooooooh pocket doors.
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Date: 2016-03-03 08:09 pm (UTC)Imagine having to varnish all that wood! *shudder* impressive though.
The furnishings don't look right.
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Date: 2016-03-03 11:11 pm (UTC)One of the owners is the president of the Van Wyck Brooks Historic District, the other is a lawyer. Imagine they do a lot of social entertaining. There's a third female lawyer friend who went in on the buying so definitely could see it a place they'd hold company parties. It's that kind of house.
I love certain aspects and would love to have a walk through but ... yeah, too posh for me.
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Date: 2016-03-04 02:05 pm (UTC)