A Wondrous Discovery
In tearing down the brick chimney outside the sunporch of the carriage house, a quite unexpected discovery was made.
With the chimney down, I expected to discover the back of plaster and lath. Instead, I discovered the back of beadboard. Huh? Going inside, and attacking what I had assumed to be plaster on lath, I discovered post-WWII sheetrock upon old beadboard. Oh. My.
So, while the conversion of the structure from carriage house into an actual house mostly involved plaster on lath, this one room was all about beadboard. Included, as we now know, the ceiling. In short, what was a way cool room will be, in the end, even WAY cooler. All the beadboard was originally shellacked. (Note, the round hole must have been a flue for a heater to the room.)
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Wheeee a hidden wall said hello.
Tack rooms are usually done in beadboard, right?
Full disclosure: I have a … a thing, for old tongue-in-groove beadboard. 💜 It’s got such a homely, cozy feel. So, to find that robust yellow beneath that boring flat wall makes me smile all over. It’s like finding a sunflower in winter. 🌻
Well said!
Yes, lovely put! 🙂
How rewarding it must be to discover these original features! That bead board will add yet so much more personality to this room. You keep seeing glimpses of this old gals original charm and bit by bit she will take her own place alongside her magnificent big sister. Yay!
More fun discoveries. So glad you decided to take the chimney down and found this. Can’t wait to see what the room looks like when the bead board is exposed.
Love it!!!!!
Love these serendipitous discoveries in both these historic structures!
It seems never ending— wondrous finds….
Those windows, the beadboard, a claw foot tub, and a glass of wine, perfect!
That’s cool, this will add so much character to the room.
If on the second floor it would be the groom’s quarters. If on the first floor it would be the tack room.
The room is on the second floor, Linda, and was built as part of the circa-1921 house conversion. It was never a groom’s quarters or tack room.