Your own designer: a vintage-style country house filled with old and rare things
One day Amanda Crames was driving down the street and just fell in love with an old and beautiful house overlooking the Vermont Green Mountains. She walked around him and called the owners with whom she agreed to sell. Before settling into the house, which dates back to 1849, Amanda refurbished and refilled the interior with her collection of old and rare items purchased from flea markets, of course giving them some modern features..
Living room in vintage style
Residents: Amanda Crames and her son
Location: Saratoga, New York
Size: 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms
The living room, which is located at the front of the house, has a large window overlooking the most beautiful landscape of a farm field and the Vermont Green Mountains. The TV in the living room sits on an old blue drawer that Crames bought at a sale. She cut off the legs of an old school desk and placed a cable box in it.
On the walls in the living room, you can see the old stained glass windows that Amanda placed in frames. Opposite the TV, against the wall, is a bright blue sideboard she brought from an old barn. This is its original color, Amanda has carefully cleaned it of dirt and stains, and now it flaunts in the interior of the living room. Inside, the hostess keeps the so-called «blue» a collection including jardinieres, jugs, cups and plates, most of which have blue elements in their decor.
Vintage gizmos from different places
Next to the couch is a blue ice storage box from the sale and a large gilded mirror. The whipping bowl has migrated into the house from the local farm shed, and the pink bottom of the lamp, which serves as a tray, and the toy pipe have appeared in the house thanks to the flea market. The glass mosaic vase came from the Italian city of Ercol, and the beautiful orchid came from a local florist.
Home Office
There is a corner next to the living room that is used as a study. Amanda’s changing table was once a bathroom dressing table, and now she swaddles her son on it. She got the mantelpiece from her grandmother, she bought the sofa at a sale for $ 5, but now it is upholstered in expensive luxurious fabric. On a wooden dresser from a flea market, there is a collection of porcelain figurines that Amanda began collecting recently..
Living room in vintage style
The hallway leads to a large living room full of antiques, including a Queen Victoria sofa that Amanda bought at auction and tied in pink velvet. There is a luxurious pillow on the sofa, the cover of which is sewn from a piece of old fabric found during an antique festival. Kremes bought a shop with a round railing from an antique dealer and completely renovated it, and now admires a work of artisan art. She bought a small brown chair for $ 2 at a sale and changed the upholstery. A side table in the form of a stack of books was found in a store in Florida, and she got a lamp from the Meeting House.
Vintage locker
Amanda got this cabinet from her mother, now she keeps a collection of cups and antique watches in it..
Rest zone
On the coffee table, which is made from an old mold of the foundry, stands a vase in a pallet from the base of a Queen Victoria lamp. Glass cups are placed around the lamp. Amanda likes their color and gloss..
Dining room in vintage style
When Amanda decided to move into this house, she did not change the layout of the rooms, but made some changes. She made the foundation for the kitchen since it was on the ground itself, she also added some windows, installed an air conditioning system, slightly remodeled the corridor, cut and uprooted some trees in the yard.
View from the dining room to the kitchen
The dining room and kitchen are combined. In the kitchen there is an old wood-burning stove that still heats the room. There are chairs around an antique large dining table with beautiful slipcovers in a vibrant floral print.
Welsh style built-in locker
In this Welsh-style built-in locker, which Amanda inherited with the house, she keeps some of her many collections..
Kitchen interier
The small chandelier above the sink was made by Lisa Nardon of Rosie NYC. This is a famous designer who creates jewelry for interiors with his own hands. There is a beautiful view from the window in the kitchen. An old Coney Island fairground carousel can be seen in the courtyard of the house, and there is a garden on either side of the patio. Here Amanda has picnics at a table, sitting in large chairs painted in greenish bronze paint. Other tables and chairs are painted purple and white. In the courtyard, Amanda loves to relax, admire nature and her home.
working area in the kitchen
There is a hot plate on the kitchen work surface, and the surface itself is finished with tiles that can withstand high temperatures, and Amanda can place hot pots directly on it..
Covered veranda
There is a covered veranda next to the kitchen – one of the hostess’s favorite places. Here she loves to dine at any time of the year, except for winter. Everything on the veranda, including furniture and color schemes, is conducive to sit down and have a cup of tea while looking out the window. A picture of Jennifer Lunn found its place on the wall, and on the window there is a curtain made of the fabric of the bag in which the grain was stored.
Black entrance
Mostly Amanda uses the side entrance to the house because it is conveniently located with a kitchen and dining room nearby. She loves this bright entrance hall with large windows, a wooden bench she got at a sale, a sign ‘HAPPY’ with a flea market and a rug from the HomeGoods store. There is a locker next to the hallway where Amanda keeps shoes, hats and gloves. Once he stood in a chicken coop, it was used to store food for a bird. Amanda tidied it up and painted it.
toilet on the ground floor
In the bathroom on the ground floor, on a granite dressing table that she inherited from her mother, there is a painted Kohler sink with painted edges. There is an old wood shelf above the compact on the wall. On it, Amanda keeps rare things, including an image «Lady on horse» (Queen Victoria era), gold-plated frames, earliest creations by Jennifer Lunn, antique shaving mirror and some wine glasses.
Staircase on the second floor
Amanda is delighted with the staircase on the second floor and the original railings. It was difficult to get this old bench from the church, but it looks great in the interior of a small walk-through room. Opposite, on the wall, framed by old shutters.
Guest bedroom
The guest room contains a couple of old suitcases with a blue tint. On the wall, you can see part of the old sign and the work of Jennifer Lunn – everything matches the tone. In this «blue» the room all guests feel comfortable. There is also a blue tray, an old saddle, and a cushion with a patchwork cover..
Children’s room in vintage style
In the children’s room there is an iron crib donated by friends with special partitions, which Amanda herself built to make the child comfortable and safe. There are many toys in the room, especially on the original pedestal left over from the old fireplace. Crames painted an old rocking chair soft green and has an embroidered cushion on the seat..
Master bedroom
Amanda’s bedroom has low windows, she sometimes gets the impression that she is sleeping on top of the maples that grow in the yard.
Flower bed
Peonies, irises, meadowsweet, decorative birch, catnip, thyme, and veronica grow in Amanda’s garden. Several evergreen yew trees and boxwood Amanda planted so that the green was in winter. The furniture in the courtyard went to Amanda from a sale. She painted the table and chairs in her favorite colors – bronze green, plum and blue.
Hemp
Not only the house, but also the courtyard looks very beautiful, the small pond is especially impressive. There is plenty of space in the yard to play with your son and other children while enjoying nature.
There is a cozy place to dine outdoors or relax. This is a cozy and secluded place where you can relax, as it is hidden behind the house. In addition to the usual furniture, there are white-painted hemp in the yard..
Patio
The courtyard features Adirondack armchairs made from old wood and painted in Amanda’s favorite shade. Amanda dyes them orange for Thanksgiving and red for Christmas.
Unusual front door
Amanda does not use the front doors as the main entrance, this porch just decorates the house. Before moving here, she rebuilt it, completely renovated the structure, added columns and used bluish clayey sandstone. She also slightly changed the slope of the roof, which is located above the living room, as it was not flat. The house now looks more authentic. Instead of traditional wreaths on the doors, turquoise pitchforks flaunt.
