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1326 - Completed Home Tour
February 24-March 2, 2003 | August 25-31, 2003
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HI, I'M BOB VILA.
WELCOME HOME AGAIN
TO OUR CENTER ENTRY
COLONIAL PROJECT
WHICH IS COMPLETE.
TODAY'S OUR FINAL VISIT.
WE'LL LOOK AT THE OUTSIDE,
BUT WE'LL ALSO
TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT
SOME OF THE INTERIORS.
WE'VE GOT SOME
BEAUTIFUL PAINT COLORS,
AND WE'VE GOT A FRIEND,
LESLIE CURTIS,
AN INTERIOR DESIGNER
AND SPECIALIST IN
AMERICAN ANTIQUE WICKER,
WHO HAS HELPED US
PUT TOGETHER THE ROOMS.
ALSO, SOME BEAUTIFUL
REPRODUCTIONS OF
AMERICAN COLONIAL FURNITURE.
STICK AROUND. IT'S GOOD
TO HAVE YOUßHOME AGAIN.
CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
BEFORE WE GO INSIDE,
I THOUGHT WE'D TAKE
ONE FINAL LOOK
AT THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSE
AND SOME OF THE FEATURES
THAT MAKE IT
A COLONIAL REPRODUCTION.
THE BASIC THING HERE IS
THAT YOU HAVE A VERY
SYMMETRICAL,
VERY ORDERED FACADE.
AND THE PROPORTIONS
ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
THIS MAIN PART OF THE HOUSE,
THE CENTER PORTION,
IS 30 FEET WIDE
AND 15 FEET HIGH.
SO IT'S ALMOST EXACTLY
TWICE AS WIDE AS IT IS HIGH
UP TO THE EVE
BEFORE THE ROOF BEGINS.
THEN THE ROOF ITSELF
HAS THE TYPE OF MATERIAL
PLACED ON IT,
THE KIND OF
ARCHITECTURAL SHINGLES,
THAT LOOK LIKE IT COULD
POTENTIALLY BE SLATE.
AND THEN THERE'S
A CENTRALLY LOCATED CHIMNEY.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF
SYMMETRY AND ORDER HERE.
WHICH, OF COURSE,
GOES ON WITH THE WINDOWS
AND WITH THE CENTER ENTRY.
IN OUR CASE, THE CENTER ENTRY'S
A LITTLE BIT MORE ELABORATE
THAN YOU WOULD FIND
IN A TRUE COLONIAL,
WITH THOSE COLUMNS AND
THE PEDIMENT ABOVE THE ENTRY.
ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT
FEATURE HERE, I THINK,
WAS THE WOODEN SHUTTERS
THAT WE PUT ON THE HOUSE.
SUBSTANTIAL WOODEN SHUTTERS
THAT LOOK AUTHENTIC.
THE TWO SIDE PARTS
OF THE BUILDING,
THE DEPENDENCIES,
IF YOU WILL,
ARE PRETTY GOOD.
THE PROPORTIONS ARE ALWAYS
THE DIFFICULT THING.
AND THE ONE ON MY RIGHT
IS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER
THAN I WOULD HAVE LIKED IT.
AND IT'S CAPPED WITH
A BUILDER'S TOUCH.
WELL, LET'S GO INSIDE
AND LOOK AT SOME OF
THE FINISHED ROOMS.
TO REALLY SHOW OFF
THIS HOUSE,
WE HAD FRIENDS LOAN US
SOME EXQUISITE FURNITURE.
WE GOT EXPERT HELP
PACKING IT ALL UP
AND MOVING IT IN
FROM GENTLE GIANT MOVING.
THEY HAVE THE BEST
REPUTATION IN BOSTON
BECAUSE THEY CAREFULLY
PROTECT THE FURNITURE
AND THE HOUSE
FROM DAMAGE ON MOVING DAY.
THESE GENTLE GIANTS
WENT THE EXTRA MILE
TO MAKE SURE THERE WERE
NO DISAPPOINTMENTS.
SELECTING THE RIGHT COLORS
FOR YOUR INTERIORS,
PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT
PART OF THE WHOLE INTERIOR
DESIGN SCHEME.
AND WHAT YOU'RE
LOOKING AT HERE
IS A COLOR CALLED UH...
MARSH HAY
FROM THE BOB VILA
SIGNATURE COLLECTION
AVAILABLE AT SEARS
AND MANY OF THE COLORS
THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE
COORDINATE WITH WHAT
YOU FIRST SEE WHEN YOU WALK IN.
BUT LET'S COME INTO
THE SMALL PARLOR
AND SAY "HI"
TO LESLIE CURTIS,
MY DEAR FRIEND,
WHO HAS HELPED US
PUT TOGETHER
AN INTERESTING
KIND OF COLONIAL
SCHEME.
ABSOLUTELY.
AND WE'RE IN
THE PARLOR.
WE ARE IN THE PARLOR.
GENERALLY,
THE CENTER ENTRY COLONIALS
HAD A PARLOR
ON EITHER SIDE.
TODAY, WITH THE CONCEPT
OF OPEN LIVING SPACE,
WE THOUGHT WE'D HAVE
ONE INTIMATE ROOM
TO MEET WITH FRIENDS,
TO BE COZY,
SIT BY THE FIRE
AND HAVE A CUP OF TEA
OR A DRINK.
EXACTLY. SO THIS IS
A SMALL ROOM,
BUT IT'S A FORMAL ROOM.
AND TELL US WHAT
YOU'VE DONE IN HERE.
HERE WE'VE BROUGHT IN
STENCILING FROM
MB HISTORIC DECOR
TO ADD A MORE ARTISTIC
AS WELL AS FOLKSY LOOK.
YES, IT'S FOLKSY.
IT'S EARLY AMERICAN.
YES, EARLY AMERICAN.
AND IT ALSO ALLOWS
PEOPLE TO FEEL
A LITTLE MORE RELAXED
BECAUSE THIS IS
A SMALL ROOM.
WE ALSO BROUGHT IN PIECES
FROM THE SOCIETY OF
THE PRESERVATION OF
NEW ENGLAND ANTIQUITIES.
THIS BEAUTIFUL CODMAN PIECE
FROM THE CODMAN ESTATE
IN LEATHER.
THIS IS FROM A HOUSE
THAT EXISTS IN
LINCOLN, MASS.
AND THEY MAKE
REPLICAS OF IT.
IT'S VERY COMFORTABLE
AND CAN BE USED
IN MANY ROOMS,
BUT IN THIS ROOM
I THINK IT'S PERFECT.
AND THEN YOU CHOSE
A CHIPPENDALE STYLE
WE HAVE A CAMELBACK
CHIPPENDALE STYLE SOFA
FROM THE BEAUPORT ESTATE.
AND WE CHOSE THIS GOLD
TO COORDINATE WITH
THE LITTLE BIT OF GOLD
THAT WE HAVE IN
THE STENCILING.
EXCELLENT. AND THEN
WE'VE GOT A FEW
ACCENT PIECES,
TABLES AND THE LIKE,
THAT ARE MADE BY
STUDENTS AT THE NORTH
BENNET STREET SCHOOL.
AND WHOOPS--
THIS IS THE
TIP TOP TABLE.
IT IS RECENTLY MADE,
BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN
CRAFTED 200 YEARS AGO.
VERY, VERY PRETTY.
LET'S GO TAKE A LOOK
IN THE DINING ROOM.
BECAUSE THE DINING ROOM,
AGAIN, IS THE SPACE
THAT--
IT'S NOT FOR DAILY USE.
IT'S FOR
FORMAL OCCASIONS,
SO IT'S NOT
VERY LARGE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS
WE DID IN IT,
WE HAD BOB RYLEY CRAFT
THE PANELED PINE WALL,
WHICH HAS BEEN PAINTED.
AND WE'VE BROUGHT IN
A FEW EXAMPLES OF,
AGAIN,
VERY FORMAL
FURNITURE, RIGHT?
VERY FORMAL FURNITURE.
ONE OF THE THINGS,
WHEN YOU WALK INTO
THIS HOUSE,
YOU WANT PEOPLE
TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A VISTA.
AN ATTRACTIVE VISTA.
AND HERE WE HAVE
A BEAUTIFUL TABLE,
BEAUTIFUL CHAIRS.
NOW THESE ARE
CONTEMPORARY PIECES
OF FURNITURE.
IT'S NEW MADE.
THESE ARE
CONTEMPORARY PIECES.
EXACTLY, AND THIS
IS BY A FELLOW
NAMED TOM MacDONALD
WHO, AGAIN, STUDIED
AT THE NORTH BENNET
STREET SCHOOL.
THIS IS A GEORGIAN STYLE,
TWIN PEDESTALS.
BUT IT DOES ALSO
SEAT 20 PEOPLE...
WITH THE LEAVES,
WHICH IS NICE.
IT'S HEIRLOOM STOCK.
THIS IS A CHAIR
THAT TOM CRAFTED.
IT'S ONE OF
THE FIRST PIECES
HE DID.
IT'S A CHIPPENDALE
STYLE CHAIR,
WHICH, OF COURSE,
WOULD WORK PERFECTLY
WITH THIS KIND
OF A TABLE.
BUT YOU CAN
ALSO BRING IN
A QUEEN ANNE STYLE.
YES, WE COULD.
AND THIS WAS DONE
BY ANOTHER FELLOW
AT THE SCHOOL,
CHRIS GUNDERSON.
THIS IS ONE OF
HIS EARLY PIECES.
AND IT'S UH--
I GUESS IT'S
A SPANISH FOOT
ON A QUEEN ANNE LEG.
YES. LOOK AT
THE BEAUTIFUL LEGS.
VERY NICE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT SOME OF THE MORE
CONTEMPORARY SPACES,
THE OPEN PLAN KITCHEN.
WE CHOSE TO CONTINUE
THE COLOR BATTENBERG LACE
FROM OUR FORMAL DINING ROOM
INTO OUR KITCHEN.
OK, 'CAUSE IT'S
A WIDE OPEN SPACE.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S
A FORMAL DINING ROOM,
IT'S GOT NO DOOR
SEPARATING IT FROM
THE KITCHEN AREA.
NO, IT DOESN'T.
AND THIS IS A COLOR
THAT ALLOWS YOU TO
BRING IN ANY ACCENT COLOR.
BATTENBERG LACE
COMPLIMENTS A HUGE
ARRAY OF COLORS.
THAT'S IMPORTANT.
IN THE KITCHEN,
WHICH IS RIGHT
NEXT TO IT,
WE'VE GOT THE COLORS
OF THE GRANITE.
WE'VE GOT BLACK,
WE'VE GOT
STAINLESS STEEL.
THE KENMORE APPLIANCES,
INCIDENTALLY,
ARE REALLY HIGH TECH.
THE TRIPLE OVEN ARRAY
THAT WE'VE PUT IN HERE
IS SOMETHING
SPECTACULAR.
THE MIDDLE OVEN
IS A CONVECTION OVEN
WHICH REALLY ALLOWS
YOU TO SPEED UP
THE COOKING PROCESS
AND SEAL IN
THE JUICES,
THEY SAY.
THIS OVEN ALSO HAS
A DESICCATING FEATURE.
YOU CAN DRY FRUIT.
ALL SORTS
OF NEAT THINGS.
AND THEN THE
SIDE BY SIDE
KENMORE ELITE
WHICH HAS TONS OF
REFRIGERATOR
STORAGE SPACE
BECAUSE OF
THE INTERIOR DESIGN.
BUT IT'S ALSO A SUPER
ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCE.
VERY, VERY ECONOMICAL
TO RUN.
NOW WHAT HAVE YOU
DONE IN HERE TO
SOFTEN UP THE LINES?
WE'VE JUST BROUGHT
A FEW ANTIQUE
TOWLE PIECES IN
WHICH ARE PAINTED TIN.
WE BROUGHT IN
SOME GREENERY.
AND I THINK THAT
IF YOU LOOK OVER HERE,
YOU'LL SEE THAT
WE HAVE INTRODUCED
WICKER,
WHICH WAS USED
IN THE 19th CENTURY,
WELL INTO
THE 20th CENTURY
IN MOST HOMES.
AND WE HAVE HERE--
IS THIS AN ANTIQUE
OR A REPRODUCTION?
THIS IS A REPRODUCTION
OF A HAYWOOD-WAKEFIELD
DESIGN.
OK, THIS IS WHAT
YOU REALLY SPECIALIZE IN.
THIS IS WHAT
OUR COMPANY
SPECIALIZES IN.
WHAT DO YOU CALL
THIS DESIGN?
THIS IS A MANDELA
DESIGN.
AND THE TOP WE THOUGHT
COMPLIMENTED THE COLORS
OF OUR FLOORS.
YES, OUR CARLISLE
RESTORATION LUMBER
HEIRLOOM OAK.
VERY BEAUTIFUL
COMBINATION.
AND IT'S NICE BECAUSE
THE COLOR OF THE TOP
ALSO BLENDS IN
WITH THIS MURAL
THAT POLLY FORCIER
PAINTED FOR US
ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
IT ALLS LOOK
VERY, VERY NICE.
AND OF COURSE, AGAIN,
CONTINUING THE OPEN PLAN
OF THE CONTEMPORARY
DESIGN OF THE HOUSE,
WE'RE INTO THE SUN ROOM.
WE'RE IN THE SUN ROOM,
WHERE WE CHOSE
SAGE GARDEN.
SAGE GARDEN IS
THE COLOR ON THE WALLS.
BUT THEN ANY TIME OF YEAR
WE'RE LOOKING AT
A LITTLE BIT OF
SNOW ON THE GROUND
AND BARE TREES,
YOU'VE GOT VIEWS
OF THE WOODS
SURROUNDING--
WELL, OUR PLANTER,
TOO, DRAWS OUR
INTEREST OUTDOORS,
WHICH AS YOU SAID,
IS A BEAUTIFUL,
BEAUTIFUL
SCENE OF THE WOODS.
YEAH, THESE ARE
BROMELIADS,
WHICH ARE AVAILABLE
ANY TIME OF THE YEAR.
SO TELL US ABOUT
THE WICKER THAT
YOU CHOSE IN HERE.
THIS WICKER IS
BAR HARBOR STYLE.
IT WAS INTRODUCED
AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE 20th CENTURY
BY HAYWOOD-WAKEFIELD
UP IN BAR HARBOR, MAINE.
A RESORT, YEAH.
WHICH IS A RESORT,
AND STILL IS,
AS YOU KNOW.
BUT THESE ARE MADE
FOR YOU FOR
CURTIS DESIGNS.
THESE ARE MADE
FOR CURTIS DESIGNS
IN LOS ANGELES,
CALIFORNIA.
WE HAVE PUT TWO
END TABLES HERE
THAT ARE FRENCH DESIGN
FROM THE EARLY
20th CENTURY.
IT'S A FRENCH WEAVE,
THEY CALL IT.
AND THE FABRIC
WE PUT ON HERE,
WHICH GOES WITH
OUR BEAUTIFUL
SAGE GARDEN,
IS EGREMONT,
WHICH WAS
A FRENCH DESIGN
IN THE EARLY
19th CENTURY.
BRUNSCHWIG & FILS
PUTS IT OUT TODAY
FOR THE SPNEA.
WE CAN USE THE BLUE HERE
BECAUSE THE COLOR
WE PUT ON THE WALLS
IS NOT TOO YELLOW
WHICH ALLOWS US
TO INTRODUCE
AN ARRAY OF COLORS.
YEAH, THE SAGE GARDEN
DOESN'T HAVE MUCH
YELLOW IN IT,
SO YOU CAN USE
ALL THESE COLORS.
BEAUTIFUL.
WHEN WE COME BACK,
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK
AT ALL THE FURNISHINGS
IN THE BASEMENT FAMILY ROOM.
NOW LESLIE,
HERE WE ARE
IN THE BASEMENT.
BUT IT'S A PRETTY
SPECIAL BASEMENT
FAMILY ROOM.
AND ONE OF
THE KEY THINGS IS
WE'RE ON SLOPING GRADE.
WE'VE BUILT A HOUSE
THAT BENEFITS FROM
ITS BASEMENT SPACE
ON ONE SIDE,
BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE
YOU'VE GOT THE
GREAT OUTDOORS.
SO WHAT CHOICES
DID YOU MAKE
IN HERE FIRST?
WELL, THE FIRST CHOICE
WAS CHOOSING EVENING PRIMROSE
FOR OUR COLOR,
WHICH IS A SUNNY COLOR
BUT SOFT.
IT'S A SOFT YELLOW.
A SOFT YELLOW,
WHICH WILL MAKE
EVEN A GLOOMY DAY
SEEM BRIGHT.
WE CHOSE THIS WONDERFUL
DUPONT STAINMASTER
NEUTRAL CARPET.
THE COLOR IS PUT
INTO THE--
IN THE FIBER.
...INTO THE FIBER
BEFORE IT'S WOVEN,
ACTUALLY.
AND SO YOU DON'T HAVE
ANY FADING PROBLEMS.
AND THE PATTERN
ON THIS CARPET
WILL NOT WEAR OUT.
WITH THESE
MIRACLE FIBERS,
EVEN IF YOU SPILL
THE COKE AND THE MUSTARD
OFF THE HOT DOG,
IT CLEANS UP.
AND THIS IS
AFTER ALL KIDS' SPACE,
TEENAGERS' SPACE.
YES, THIS IS
DEFINITELY KID SPACE.
AND MESSY ADULTS.
RIGHT.
NOW THE FURNITURE
IN HERE IS
THE RELAXED LINE
FROM EDDIE BAUER.
YES. AND IT IS
RELAXED.
IT'S VERY COZY
AND IT'S COVERED IN
WHAT THEY CALL
A KHAKI--WHAT?
DENIM KHAKI.
MM-HMM.
OK, SO IT'S TERRIFIC STUFF.
LOUNGE AROUND,
HAVE A PILLOW FIGHT.
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY
LEATHER, RIGHT,
THE COFFEE TABLE?
THIS IS A LEATHER-
COVERED OTTOMAN
COFFEE TABLE.
AND WE HAVE
SOME VERY SIMPLE
ARTS AND CRAFTS STYLE
FURNITURE ACCENTS
FROM EDDIE BAUER.
IT'S AN INTERESTING
CONCEPT,
BECAUSE IT'S
A COFFEE TABLE
BUT IT'S ALSO
A PLACE TO SIT DOWN.
AND THE WAY YOU
MAKE IT INTO
A COFFEE TABLE
IS BY USING TRAYS.
ABSOLUTELY,
USE TRAYS.
AND, I THINK TOO,
YOU CAN PUT BOOKS,
MAGAZINES ON HERE.
BUT YOU CAN ALSO
PUT YOUR FEET ON IT.
YEAH. BUT WHAT
YOU DO THROUGHOUT
THE PLACE
IS TO BRING IN
COLOR ACCENTS.
WE BROUGHT IN COLOR
WITH THESE LOLLING CHAIRS,
WITH THE BEAUPORT
PROMENADE FABRIC
FROM BRUNSCHWIG AGAIN.
AND THESE LOLLING CHAIRS
ARE 18th CENTURY DESIGN--
DESIGNED FOR
LOLLING ABOUT,
NO DOUBT.
LOLLING ABOUT
IN THE FAMILY ROOM.
WITH THE ELEPHANT
AND EVERYTHING.
AND THE COLOR YELLOW
IS BROUGHT UP THERE, TOO.
IT'S QUITE
CHEERFUL, I THINK.
SO NEVER BE AFRAID TO
MIX IN SOMETHING WILD.
NEVER BE AFRAID--
WHEN YOU'VE GOT,
BASICALLY, NEUTRALS
EVERYWHERE IN THE ROOM.
WE DO.
AND, OF COURSE,
OUR FOCUS HERE
IS ON OUR TERRIFIC
PANASONIC DVD
WHICH I THINK
WE'VE PROBABLY GOT
SOMETHING IN IT
THAT WE CAN PLAY.
THIS IS A 41" PANASONIC
THAT'S GEARED FOR
HIGH DEFINITION TV.
IT'S GOT SURROUND SOUND.
IT'S GOT THE WORKS.
AND ONE OF
THE NEAT THINGS HERE
IS IT'S COUPLED
WITH A DVD,
WHICH WILL RECORD
TO THE HARD DISK
UP TO OVER
50 HOURS OF MOVIES,
PROGRAMMING, WHATEVER,
THAT YOU CAN THEN
LATER PUT ON TO
A REGULAR DISK.
GREAT FEATURE
IN A FAMILY ROOM.
YEAH, ESPECIALLY
IF YOU'VE GOT
A LARGE FAMILY
WITH DIFFERENT TASTES
IN TV VIEWING.
THEY DON'T ALWAYS
WANT TO WATCH
HOME AGAIN.†
HA HA.
BUT ANYWAY,
I'M GONNA TAKE A BREAK
AND CHECK OUT
THE EXERCISE EQUIPMENT.
I'LL SEE YOU
BACK UPSTAIRS.
KRISTIE BROOKS IS HERE
FROM NORDIC TRACK.
LET ME INTERRUPT
YOUR WORKOUT.
HI, BOB.
HOW ARE YOU?
GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?
WELCOME.
YOU'RE GONNA TELL US
ALL ABOUT AMERICA'S
FAVORITE EXERCISE EQUIPMENT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THIS IS THE TREADMILL.
A TREADMILL IS
THE MOST EFFECTIVE
PIECE OF EQUIPMENT
THAT ANYBODY CAN HAVE.
RIGHT HERE WE HAVE
OUR NORDIC TRACK
TREADMILL,
WHICH IS EXCLUSIVE
TO SEARS.
SOME GREAT FEATURES
ON THIS TREADMILL
THAT YOU'RE JUST
GONNA LOVE.
NICE HIGH-TECH STUFF.
ONE OF THEM IS
THAT IT'S A REALLY
SAFE TREADMILL
TO HAVE IN YOUR HOME.
AS YOU SEE,
I'M HOOKED
TO MY SAFETY KEY.
IF I WAS TO
WALK BACK TOO FAR
OR TUMBLE,
THE KEY WOULD
AUTOMATICALLY PULL OUT
AND THE TREADMILL
WILL STOP. LOOKS
JUST LIKE THIS.
THAT'S A NICE FEATURE.
AND THEN IT'S PROGRAMMABLE
WITH A WHOLE BUNCH
OF DIFFERENT HILLS
AND THE LIKE?
OH, YES. WE ALSO HAVE
PREPROGRAMMED WORKOUTS
IN HERE AS WELL
THAT HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPED BY
CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINERS
SO YOU KNOW YOU'RE
GONNA GET A SAFE
AND EFFECTIVE WORKOUT
WHILE YOU'RE ON
YOUR TREADMILL.
WE ALSO HAVE HEART RATE.
YOU CAN MONITOR
YOUR HEART RATE
WHILE YOU'RE WORKING OUT,
WHICH IS A GREAT FEATURE.
IT'S RIGHT HERE
AT YOUR FINGERTIPS.
YOU JUST MONITOR
YOUR HEART RATE.
EXCELLENT.
NOW WE HAVE A BIG HOUSE
THAT WE'VE BUILT HERE
AND WE'VE GOT THIS ROOM
UNDER THE GARDEN ROOM,
SO WE'VE GOT
LOTS OF SPACE
FOR EQUIPMENT.
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE
JUST CAN'T FIT ONE OF
THESE THINGS INTO THEIR HOUSE.
NO, THEY CAN'T.
AND YOU'RE PROBABLY
LOOKING AT THIS
GOING,
"THAT'S A LOVELY
TREADMILL.
"IT'S A GOOD SIZED
TREADMILL,
BUT I DON'T HAVE SPACE
FOR THIS TREADMILL
IN MY HOME."
WHICH IS KIND OF
A BUMMER, BUT...
NOT WITH THIS
NORDIC TRACK.
LOOK AT THIS.
IT'S A SPACE SAFER.
ONE ARM I'M DOING THIS.
IT'S VERY LIGHTWEIGHT.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD
AND FOLD IT.
IT HAS A NICE
SAFETY PIN RIGHT HERE.
SO THE PIN'S LOCKED.
YES. AND IT HAS WHEELS,
SO YOU CAN ROLL IT
UP AGAINST THE WALL--
YOU CAN JUST PICK IT UP
LIKE A WHEEL BARREL
AND MOVE IT
OUT OF THE WAY.
SO THAT IS NOT
A CONCERN ANYMORE.
NOT A PROBLEM.
ANYONE CAN HAVE
A TREADMILL
IN THEIR HOME.
NOW, BEHIND YOU
IS ONE OF THESE
COMBINATION MACHINES, RIGHT?
YES. THIS IS
A GREAT SYSTEM
BECAUSE MOST SYSTEMS
ONLY TARGET YOUR
UPPER BODY.
WHAT I LOVE
ABOUT THIS ONE
IS IT HAS
A LAT TOWER.
IT ALSO COMES WITH
A LEG DEVELOPER.
AND IT ALSO HAS
AN ABDOMINAL
MACHINE, AS WELL.
AND THEN,
THE ONES THAT
I'VE ALWAYS HAD,
A LITTLE EXERCISE BIKE.
THESE ARE GREAT.
THIS IS DIFFERENT.
IT'S RECUMBENT, RIGHT?
THIS IS
A RECUMBENT BIKE,
SO IF YOU EXPERIENCE
LOWER BACK PAIN
OR IF YOU ARE
AN EXPECTANT MOTHER,
THIS IS A GREAT PIECE
OF EXERCISE EQUIPMENT
FOR YOU.
ALSO, MAYBE SOME DAYS
WE DON'T WANT TO
HAVE SUCH A HARD,
VIGOROUS WORKOUT
AND JUST WANT TO
TAKE IT A LITTLE
BIT EASIER
AND ENJOY THAT
BEAUTIFUL SCENERY
THAT WE HAVE HERE
OUT THE WINDOW
OR JUST GO AHEAD
AND READ YOUR BOOK
OR YOUR MAGAZINE
WHILE YOU'RE
EXERCISING.
SO IT'S A GREAT
PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
AND THERE'S NO
STRESS ON THE JOINTS,
AS WELL, WHICH I LOVE.
THAT'S THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING TO
THE OLD TIMERS OUT THERE.
THANKS, KRISTIE.
THANK YOU, BOB.
NEXT WE'LL TAKE
A DETAILED LOOK
AT A SPECTACULAR PIECE
OF HAND CRAFTED FURNITURE
IN THE GREAT ROOM.
NEXT TIME ON...
IT'S THE FINAL VISIT TO OUR
CENTER ENTRY COLONIAL PROJECT.
WE'LL BE TAKING A CLOSE LOOK
AT ALL OF THE INTERIORS,
INCLUDING THE PAINT COLORS.
OUR DESIGNER, LESLIE CURTIS,
HAS BROUGHT IN A COLLECTION
BASED ON AMERICAN ANTIQUE
AND WE'LL SEE
THE FINISHED KITCHEN
WITH ALL ITS
KENMORE APPLIANCES.
ALSO, WE'LL HAVE SOME
BEAUTIFUL REPRODUCTIONS
OF AMERICAN COLONIAL FURNITURE
FROM OUR FRIENDS AT
THE NORTH BENNET STREET SCHOOL.
SO DON'T MISS IT.
THAT'S NEXT TIME
ONßHOME AGAIN.†
NEXT TIME ON...
IT'S THE FINAL EPISODE
OF OUR CENTER ENTRY
COLONIAL PROJECT.
WE'LL SEE HOW
IT ALL TURNED OUT.
DON'T MISS IT.
OK. WE'RE IN WHAT
WE'VE BEEN CALLING
THE GREAT ROOM,
WHICH IS REALLY AS CLOSE
AS IT GETS
TO A FAMILY FORMAL
LIVING ROOM.
AND SOME OF THE DETAILS
IN THIS ROOM
ARE A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL.
THEY'RE QUITE CONTEMPORARY,
REALLY,
WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT
WE'RE IN A COLONIAL HOUSE
WHERE YOU'D EXPECT TO HAVE
A CHIMNEY OUT THERE.
YOU'VE GOT A PICTURE WINDOW
AND A CIRCLE TOP WINDOW
AND A VIEW OF THE BEAUTIFUL
TREES OUT FRONT.
AND THIS IS MADE POSSIBLE BY
THESE HEAT AND GLOW FIREPLACES.
AND THE ROOM HAS
A FAIR AMOUNT OF DETAIL.
RIGHT, LESLIE?
WE HAVE A GREAT DEAL
OF ARCHITECTURAL
DETAIL IN HERE
WHICH WE CAN ACCENT
WITH OUR COLOR.
WHAT COLOR
IS THIS ONE?
THIS IS SEEDLING TINT
ON THE WALLS.
IN THE TRIM,
WE'VE USED
LAMPLIGHT WHITE.
AND THE CONTRAST
PICKS UP OUR DETAILS.
I THINK THAT
YOU WILL FIND
HOW IT ACCENTS--
AND THEN YOU PAIRED IT
WITH REDS AND BURGUNDIES
AND STUFF.
AND EVEN A LITTLE BIT
OF A KIND OF A YELLOWY
BEIGE HERE,
WHICH I THINK
WORKS VERY BEAUTIFULLY.
ARE THE CHAIRS
PART OF THE
SPNEA COLLECTION?
THEY ARE.
THEY'RE FROM
THE RUNDLETT ESTATE
IN PORTSMOUTH,
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
THESE LOVELY
EASY CHAIRS.
REPLICAS.
WHAT'S THE IDEA WITH
PUTTING TWO RUGS DOWN?
YOU'VE GOT A WHITE
AREA RUG THAT'S
QUITE LARGE.
YES, IT'S A LAYERING.
AND THE LAYERING,
GENERALLY, YOU USE
A SMALL RUG LIKE THIS
ON TOP OF YOUR
LARGER RUG
TO MAKE A MORE
INTIMATE SETTING.
THIS IS A LOVELY REPLICA
OF AN OOSHAK RUG
THAT IS DONE BY
THE AC ART COLLECTION
IN NEW YORK.
AND ALL WE'VE BROUGHT
INTO THIS ROOM
IS ONE ANTIQUE
TEA TABLE, REALLY.
AND IN COLONIAL TIMES,
VERY OFTEN, FURNITURE
MOVED AROUND.
IT WAS AT REST
UP AGAINST THE WALLS.
THEN IT GOT
BROUGHT OUT
WHEN IT WAS USED.
AND THIS WOULD
BE PERFECT
BECAUSE IT'S EASY
TO CARRY AROUND
AND YOU CAN PUT
A LITTLE BIT OF
TEA ON IT AND SIT DOWN.
AND YOU CAN MOVE AROUND
IF IT'S A SMALL PIECE.
BUT OVER HERE
WE HAVE
A LITTLE MASTERPIECE,
AS I'M CALLING IT,
BY A FELLOW NAMED
TOM MacDONALD
WHOM WE MET
A FEW WEEKS AGO
AT THE NORTH
BENNET STREET SCHOOL.
AND HE CRAFTED THIS
ENTIRELY BY HAND
PRETTY MUCH OUT OF
ONE LARGE PIECE
OF SOUTH AMERICAN MAHOGANY.
AND BEFORE WE LOOK AT
TOO MANY OF THE DETAILS
IN THE SECRETARY,
LOOK AT HOW THE WOOD GRAIN
IS MATCHED PERFECTLY
FROM THE SLANT TOP
TO THIS SURFACE HERE.
IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY
AT THIS PIECE,
WHICH IS SUCH
A LARGE PIECE,
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE
SIMILAR KIND OF GRAIN MATCH
GOING ON FROM THE DRAWERS
TO THE FRONT OF THE SLAT
AND ON UP INCLUDING...
THE DOORS OF
THE UPPER SECTION.
NOW THIS UPPER SECTION
WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED
TO HOLD LEDGER BOOKS
AND SO FORTH.
AND IT'S A VERY FAITHFUL
REPLICA OF A PIECE
THAT DATES BACK TO THE 1760s
THAT WAS DONE BY A CABINETMAKER
BY THE NAME OF RUST, I BELIEVE,
HENRY RUST.
BUT WHEN IT'S ALL
PUT TOGETHER,
IT'S THE KIND OF PIECE
THAT SHOWS OFF
THE SORT OF CRAFTSMANSHIP
THAT--
WELL, YOU CAN ONLY
BE THANKFUL
THAT THERE ARE PLACES
LIKE THE NORTH BENNET
STREET SCHOOL
AND THAT THERE ARE
YOUNG FELLOWS LIKE MacDONALD
WHO ARE WILLING TO DEVOTE
A THOUSAND HOURS
TO CREATING SUCH A THING.
AND THIS IS FOR SALE.
LET'S GO UPSTAIRS
AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE MASTER.
IT'LL BE MY PLEASURE.
NEXT, LESLIE SHOWS US
ALL THE GREAT DECORATING CHOICES
SHE MADE FOR THE MASTER SUITE.
NOW, THE MASTER SUITE UP HERE
HAS A LOT OF REALLY
FABULOUS AMENITIES,
INCLUDING THIS
WELLBORN CABINET VANITY,
HIS AND HERS,
WITH TWIN KOHLER SINKS
AND ALL THE BEAUTIFUL
DETAILS AND TRIMS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS
I LOVE IS THAT
WE PUT RADIANT HEAT
BEHIND THE BIG MIRROR
SO THAT IF YOU'RE
RUNNING SHOWERS AND THERE'S
A LOT OF STEAM IN THE BATHROOM,
THE MIRROR WILL NOT FOG UP.
MY FAVORITE THING, THOUGH,
IS THIS BRAND NEW KOHLER
WHIRLPOOL TUB.
SO HOW DID YOU DECIDE
TO PICK THIS COLOR
FOR THE WALLS?
IT WAS ESTABLISHED,
THE COLOR SCHEME,
IN OUR MASTER BATH.
WE HAVE AUTUMN WHEAT
ON OUR WALLS.
FROM THE VILA
SIGNATURE LINE.
AND THEN YOU'VE MIXED
A LOT OF DIFFERENT FURNISHINGS.
AN ANTIQUE PIECE FROM
THE HAYWOOD-WAKEFIELD
COLLECTION
FROM THE 1890s.
THIS IS A MUSIC STAND.
WE HAVE ANTIQUE
REPRODUCTIONS HERE.
OUR NIGHTSTAND,
OUR 4-POSTER BED.
BUT THEN AGAIN,
STRONG REDS.
STRONG REDS TO GIVE
A LITTLE "OOMPH"
TO THE ROOM.
WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL
CAFE TOILE.
WE ALSO HAVE THIS
LOVELY BED COLLECTION
FROM SMITH & NOBLE.
AND THIS IS FROM
BRUNSCHWIG & FILS.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT
A NICE MEDIUM BROWN
COFFEE RUG
WITH ANOTHER
LAYERED RUG ON IT.
YES, THIS IS ALSO
FROM SMITH & NOBLE
AS ARE
THE WINDOW TREATMENTS.
AND THIS LOVELY
NEEDLEPOINT
HAS THE BURGUNDIES
AS WELL AS THE TANS
AND THE BEIGES.
IT'S ALL VERY COZY.
NOW WHAT KIND OF
A CHAIR IS THIS?
THIS IS A WONDERFUL
OLD PHOTOGRAPHER'S
CHAIR.
AGAIN, FROM
THE LATE 1800s.
IN AN OLD
NATURAL FINISH.
AND MANY OLD PORTRAITS
WERE TAKEN ALONG WITH
A PIECE LIKE THIS.
LESLIE CURTIS ANTIQUES,
LOS ANGELES AND CAPE COD.
AND YOU SPECIALIZE
IN SOME OF THESE ITEMS.
THANKS FOR YOU HELP.
THANK YOU.
WELL, WE'VE RUN OUT OF TIME
ONCE AGAIN.
I HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS
CENTER ENTRY COLONIAL PROJECT.
UNTIL NEXT TIME,
I'M BOB VILA.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU
HOME AGAIN.
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