Parlor Walls

At the same time as I was working on the main hall walls I was also doing the parlor walls.

I covered up the funky mauve Magnolia wallpaper with 1/4" sheetrock and installed the mantle.

The mantle is from a Greek Revival cottage in Griffin that burned in 1915. Another house was built in it's place and some of the mantles and doors were salvaged and used in the new house.

Work begins!

The first thing I did after closing was to remove the wall that separated the front hall from the back. This wall was added in the early '50's.

With that done I turned to the drop ceiling that was installed around the same time.

I'm currently looking for a period staircase as this one was built in the early '50's also.

The next thing I tackled was the wall in the parlor. I knew there was a fireplace behind the wall, we will be rebuilding the chimney at some point soon so I went ahead and opened it up.

That's some crazy wallpaper! I have a Greek Revival mantle circa 1852 that will go here.

I had the intention of going back to the original walls but I found that the walls on either side of the fireplace were added in the 50's, originally the fireplace stuck out into the room about 1 1/2'. I would love to go back to that but that would mean cutting into the bathroom so instead I will  cover it back up with 1/4" sheetrock.