Tudor Revival had swinging doors between the living room and kitchfamily room.
Three walls of paned windows where I'm sitting at the moment. The swinging door couldn't be saved - or replaced without spending for custom.
My husband took them off and widened it. Lots of bright light. But we do have doors between diningroom / kitchen and the back staircase. I love it. I can have political meetings in my dining room and that old heavy oak door doesn't get a peep of sound in.
I also have weird angled halls on my second and third floor. Love this unique old house.
If you like nooks and crannies and a hidden room?
You'd love it here. At one point the house man's cottage (now my husband's studio)had a crawl between the two buildings. That's where the booze was kept by the bootlegger that lived here in the 20's.
We had to lift up the blue stone and refill the cement properly a few years after we moved in.
Thank God my husband has a lot trades in addition to his smithing and artistry. The next people who make a home here have a beautifully restored property with the PROPER licenses.
I hope they don't knock out walls. It's the charm of the house. Its a rich crook's lair!
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