BEFORE PHOTOS
 After photos at the bottom of this page A fine Georgian Chest on Chest with Hepplewhite oval brasses was selected for the new downstairs room design. By all indications, the room originally was appointed with twin beds. Most recently, the room had featured the full size Birds Eye Maple Bed belonging in Mrs. Baruch's upstairs bedroom. That bed will now go back upstairs to await Mrs. Baruch's bedroom restoration and we will bring twin beds once again to the downstairs guest bedroom. Also shown are some of Hobcaw's collection of Aston knight Paintings that will be featured in the room.
 This photo is of the original 1930's Hobcaw House chintz drapery fabric This photo is of the new chintz fabric I selected to make the window treatments for the guest bedroom restoration project. I was really excited to find this exquisite chintz fabric!!! You can see how it evokes the same mood, period feel and floral pattern of indigenous flowers and woody branches as original Hobcaw Drapery fabric. Both fabrics also have similar color palettes. WHAT A FIND! I have shown the(above)photos in black and white to illustrate pattern similarity. Additional research on this chintz fabric selected made it simply a perfect "fit" for several reasons. Not only was it period accurate for the 1930's era but importantly, it had "romantic" ties with the Baruch's Scottish heritage. Effort was made to impart the new bedroom design with the "English Country" look, admired by America's affluent society of the 1930's. Research showed the Baruchs favored this style too. The fabric was printed in France exclusively for the prestigious English fabric house, Beacon Hill. The Baruchs reveled in their Scottish heritage by vacationing for many years at Fettresso Castle in Scotland. This room's fabric pattern is named, "Ardwell Gardens" which is a big "nod" to the Baruch's Scottish roots because Ardwell House & Gardens is located only 190 miles from the Baruch's beloved Fetteresso Castle where they summered, in Scotland. I used this fabric on the draperies as well as the bed coverlets as this style was found throughout originally decorated rooms and photos of the Baruch home. We replicated the new downstairs guest bedroom drapes from ORIGINAL drapes hanging in Mrs. Baruch's upstairs bedroom. We made an exact pattern from the existing ones which where very tattered but still hanging in the upstairs windows (original to the house in the 30's). The coverlets for the twin beds were fabricated by making an ORIGINAL pattern from (one of the only)existing coverlets found in the home. Over the last seventy years the original Hobcaw 1930's chintz fabrics had deteriorated beyond use. It was a rewarding challenge to find "close to" original patterns of the same impeccable quality the Baruch's would have chosen! AFTER PHOTOS Visit Hobcaw Barony's website to learn more about tour times and other exciting activities offered or to learn how you can help their preservation efforts, "click below"
| BEFORE PHOTOS
Below are "before restoration" photos of the 1930's Twin Beds, Chintz Chaise and the slip-covered Boudoir Chair I selected to go in the newly designed guest bedroom.
 Room Design elements include a 1930's era Chintz Skirted Vanity, Mirror, Vanity lamps , Floor Lamp and Accessories all in poor condition. See AFTER photos for comparison
Bedroom before had green painted walls and white trim and ceiling color. Research indicated that the Baruch's favored the 1930's painting style of walls and trim color painted the same shade. All Hobcaw House rooms originally were painted in this manner. After plaster repairs were complete the walls and trim were painted back in the original Hobcaw style. The new color was applied to all of the walls and trim alike, a unique style not seen often in today's decor. The color is from the 1930's historical palette.
 The painted wallpaper (shown above) is being removed and the original plaster walls restored and prepared for paint. Because the Board of Trustees did not want the upkeep of wallpaper due to the flux of temperature in a museum house verses "lived in residences", I selected an authentic 1930's era neutral color for the walls that would complement the Beacon Hill chintz fabric. (see after photos) AFTER PHOTOS   |
