Excellent and complicated restoration! As a restorer I am sure you had to make many compromises to the final design. Would love to see a bit more exterior color variation given it's enormity, but I can understand the choice serving as protection for the surface and original color historically. I cannot tell from the photos, but was the wood dado panel painted over or left with it's beautiful grain? Looks faux finished in some photos, perhaps just putting back what was taken out in specific areas and replicating? Thank you!
Re: “Witness Marks”
Excellent and complicated restoration! As a restorer I am sure you had to make many compromises to the final design. Would love to see a bit more exterior color variation given it's enormity, but I can understand the choice serving as protection for the surface and original color historically. I cannot tell from the photos, but was the wood dado panel painted over or left with it's beautiful grain? Looks faux finished in some photos, perhaps just putting back what was taken out in specific areas and replicating? Thank you!