Bold colros on walls and furnishings allowed rural homemakers to brighten their surroundings in centuries past. Carol's collection of painted furniture in original red, blue, mustard, and other hues is a natural counterpoint to her home's strong palette.
Pictured: To add a burst of color to a bathroom, Carol turned a small storage cupboard with original mustard paint upside down and mounted it on the wall.
Woodstove Electric Range
Regional antiques made in and around Texas give the Taylor homestead its authentic flair. "The scale of the furniture is just right," says Carol of her cupboards, tables, chests, and chairs. "These particular pieces were made to fit this kind of house."
Pictured: The Taylors turned an old woodstove into an electric range.
Rustic Dining Room
Bare floors and humble pine shutters at the windows in place of curtains create a clean-lined look that pairs well with the home's primitive antiques and reinterprets the way the interior originally would have been decorated in the mid 19th century.
Pictured: Traces of blue paint on a late-1800s table complement the dining room's walls.
Stone Hearth with Painting
Simple lighting such as table lamps, chandeliers, and wall-mounted lanterns instill the ambience of days gone by. Not every fixture is period perfect, yet each has an old-fashioned feeling that halogen bulbs and recessed lighting cannot capture.
Pictured: Carol's husband painted the portrait of Sam Houston that hangs above the hearth.
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