Luxury Fittings Make All the Difference in a Mountain Chalet

Posted on Saturday 16 May 2009

It was our favorite room even when it was cheesy, Ms. Allen said, explaining that the old, prefab kitchen came with harvest-gold countertops. A stately home in miniature, elegant Grade II*-listed Poston House at Vowchurch stands on the site of a medieval deer park high in the Herefordshire hills, looking out over a vast swathe of the glorious Golden Valley to the Black Mountains and the Forest of Dean.

Finally, Peter couldnt stand it, and so began the win a homerenovation that never seemed to end.

An exception was the gas Glenwood stove, built circa 1930 and restored by a dealer in Massachusetts. The kitchen now has glazed ceramic subway tiles and beadboard paneling on the walls, a vast soapstone countertop, pre-distressed cabinetry with cast-iron fittings, antique brass sconces with mismatched etched-glass shades and recycled tongue-in-groove pine floorboards (which cost more because theyire not new, Mr. Aaron explained).

We had to wait six months for him to get to it, but luckily we didnit have a kitchen, so we didnit have to take possession for a while, Mr. Aaron said.

The original Georgian UPVC Sash Windows or round house was designed and built, probably in about 1765. Most of these were procured from dealers in Dutchess or Columbia Counties.

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