Greek Revival Kitchen
For your greek revival or federal interiors white will be expected on trim and on walls in the kitchen and third floor bedrooms.
Greek revival kitchen. Classy traditional and practical this renovated kitchen fits its vernacular greek revival house. This is the one you ve been waiting for. White is classic formal refined and restrained in style. So is the lyrical staircase and all the doors and trim.
Greek revival also called neoclassical architecture was popular in the u s. This home was a feature story in the 2010 old house interiors magazine. The original plaster on lath is in excellent condition. The scrolling staircase newel is the.
Greek revival preserved at it s best here. Front and back staircases and wide board floors. An architectural style that first appeared in the 1820s and really flourished in america during the 1830s through the civil war greek revival architecture was popular both for private and public buildings such as banks libraries churches and courthouses. Debbie haggerty added this to patten drive kitchen august 25 2020.
Rescuing a classic greek revival from the 1830s a reader named nancy wrote me about saxton hall her wonderful old house in cornwall on hudson new york. Between 1820 and 1860. The owner has done a remarkable job of preserving the 1840 era. Blue and white kitchen in a greek revival.
The old pine floors are tight and smooth. Of course no one expects a modern day kitchen in a greek revival home to look anything like these. This greek revival farmhouse in michigan s upper peninsula was just the spot to settle down. We expect it to look like this fabulous kitchen in the greek revival neo classical georgian style by one of my favorite architects gil schafer and the oft talked about miles redd.
It was a product of the young country s triumphant sense of destiny inspired by the temples of ancient greece the birthplace of modern democracy. It s a greek revival dating back to the 1830s and they were determined to restore it to its original beauty. Stoneware crocks line the staircase steps. There an assortment of vintage kitchen implements has been artfully arranged on the wall above the sink and advertising signs hawking products of long ago cover the walls of a bathroom.
Make the mistake of painting everything white and your home will look like a builder s flip.