Victorian Library Complete August 28, 2011
After nine straight days of work the library is finally complete. We haven’t yet found a chandelier or sourced the wallpaper but that didn’t stop us from inviting our friends over and celebrating. For the first time we could sit back and actually see and enjoy what we had built. It’s been an incredible project and I couldn’t be happier with the results. Thanks dad for showing me how to do it right.
As promised, I have enlisted the help of a real photographer to take some proper photos. Thanks Dean Putney for your help. Once the wallpaper and lighting is done I will add more pictures.
Update [9/21/2011]: Wallpaper, chandelier, and other finishing touches
After weeks of searching for wallpaper we finally settled on this beautiful fabric-on-paper chocolate damask from Dhongia. We hired Victorian wallpaper expert Marc Vallat as our hanger and he did a spectacular job. You can barely see the seams even up close. The chandelier and sconces we got from Victorian Lighting Works in Pennsylvania and they are stunning reproductions with matching French glass shades.
To see the history of the entire project and the writeup checkout the victorian library build. You can also the photo history in the slideshow below. Once you click the play button, you can use your arrow keys to navigate through.
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Very, very, very, very nice. Exactly what I want but with a small wet bar added. Oh, who am I kidding? I’d kill to finally get something like this done around here.
Enjoy!
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Nicely done! We had ours done by Mike Desko:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kutjbwgz2JWl8IuJdHxGZw?feat=directlink
(and highly recommend his work!)
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Very nice build, but it seems to be missing the most important feature of a victoria bookcase – a secret door.
if they showed the secret door, it wouldnt be a secret anymore would it
This is gorgeous, you guys did a marvelous job on the book cases. I could totally live in this room (although god knows I’d hurt myself swinging around on that awesome ladder).
Looks great! Where did you get the leather couch?
The couch is actually vinyl and I bought it on Craigslist.
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you hit it with the wallpaper. Great room. I suffer from ‘library ladder’ envy.