RESTORATIONS: INTERIOR

BEDROOM WITH TURRET
This warm and comforting master suite with adjacent dressing area is part of a complete renovation of an 1870s Shingle Style House. The working fireplace is the centerpiece of the room, with its fully restored mantel providing an elegant frame for an original fireplace made safe with a cast-in-place masonry flue liner. Hand forged iron sconces are placed to either side, casting a warm glow. Inset lighting, combined with a Hubbardton Forge surface mount light in the center of the ceiling, adds to the room’s soothing appeal. A decorative turret, located next to the bedroom, becomes a handsome, functional dressing area/closet with curved shelving and drawers lining the well-lit space. The turret’s original curved glass windows were restored to working order.

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HALL/DRESSING AREA
The restoration of a hallway in this 1850s Greek Revival home redefines the space to serve multiple functions.  Linking master bedroom, master bath, and another bedroom beyond, the hall is both passage space and dressing room, with built-in armoire units for storage of clothing. A linen cabinet placed into the wall separating the hall from the bath is accessible from both areas.  Clerestory windows placed high on the same wall allow light to flow from the large 12-pane period windows into the bath, which is placed along the home’s interior. 

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STONE FIREPLACE/BEAMED CEILING
In 2004, Charlie Allen Restorations designed and built this dramatic stone fireplace, the focal point of a rustic, lodge-style living room in a converted barn attached to an 1849 Greek Revival Farmhouse in Carlisle, MA. The chimney presents an elegant profile of white stucco. Part of a larger project for the television series This Old House, the Rumford style fireplace features a substantial granite lintel, soapstone firesides and charming hearth in granite, laid down in a playful wave pattern. 

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CHARLESTOWN FIREPLACE
Charlie Allen Restorations teamed up with This Old House to create a wood-burning fireplace in an 1865 Second Empire Townhouse in Charlestown, MA.  Previously, the fireplace had contained a gas-fired log that burned so hot it charred the framing around the chimney. Charlie Allen Restorations lined the chimney, constructed a new code-compliant firebox, and installed a Stovax wood-burning fireplace insert. The mantel is the home’s restored original marble mantel.

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RED RUG LIVING ROOM
The living room in this 1837 home in Cambridge is a welcoming space that showcases tremendous period detailing. In 1986 Charlie Allen Restorations had the pleasure of renovating this home to National Park Standards, and then in 2006 returned to the home to update it for the 21st century.   Restored large 15-paned windows provide abundant natural light during the day, and at night, graceful white shutters can be closed to provide privacy.  The maple wood floors are immaculately refinished and the brick fireplace and hearth pay tribute to the home’s historic heritage. The wood mantel is original to the house and is painted a clean, vibrant linen white. 

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PLAYROOM
Dedicated play space for a child was carved out of the top floor of an 1890s Shingle-Style Victorian home in Brookline. Shelving and a meticulously crafted period window are placed at a perfect height for children.  Angles of the room, produced through a redesign of the home’s roofline thru the addition of a dormer and new skylight, give the area a playful feeling, emphasized with the creative application of dynamic color.

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