Holiday House Tour: Simple Traditions
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Old-fashioned styling
Back stairs leading up to the sewing room show old-fashioned architectural styling from a simple newel post and porch-style railing.
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Cozy scale
Low paneled ceilings give a cozy scale to the 28-foot-long living room.
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Lodge feel
The home's design and surroundings create the sense of visiting a park lodge. The owners wanted the home to look like it might have been moved from the nearby community of cottages built from the 1980s to the 1920s.
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Inventive island
An old table used as a kitchen island is the perfect height for rolling out pies and batches of Christmas cookies.
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Woodsy dining
Family meals around the antique sawbuck table are set aglow by a moose antler chandelier from a second-hand store.
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Cupboard collections
A white pottery collection and plenty of firewood for wintry nights fit snugly into an antique cupboard.
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Upstairs nooks
Cozy nooks abound in upstairs rooms thanks to dormers along the roof.
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Master bedroom
The master suite's bedside table is "the only new piece of wood furniture I ever bought besides the dining room chairs," says the homeowner.
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Bright sewing room
Ten windows brighten the sewing room, where sunlight bounces off white walls, sloped ceilings and a hand-painted floor.