The sweeping curve to the stairs, the squeak of a floor board, the intricate carving on a piece of furniture, the clever and innovative way things serve a purpose… It’s all those little details that make visiting historic homes fascinating for me. I guess it’s the stepping back in time and imagining what life was like that is the draw of these things.
This week, I wanted to share a few of those fascinating details from Lawrence House Museum with you. I selected a few pretty and imagination-inspiring images for this collage. We have a sea trunk, a desk from the business office, a cradle and crib in one of the bedrooms, and a table and pretty chair from the family and formal parlors, respectively.
Lawrence House is a large Victorian house in Maitland, NS, which is on the shores of the Bay of Fundy. William D. Lawrence was a shipbuilder (among other things such as writer and politician). His ships were build right across the street from his house. His office was in the back of his house, complete with a business entryway. He is credited with building Canada’s largest ever wooden-hulled, fully-rigged ship in 1874.
There are details in the home that speak to his business from the way the stairs are narrow and steep with an iron handrail to the floorboards looking very much like what you would see on a ship. Then, there are also the many pretty items that came from his travels.
