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D2 South Bend Tribune WHOME Saturday, November 4, 2006
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<br /> New uses for old things
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<br /> Carlisle,explains that to help
<br /> with eeturnsedtheorieNew When to replace down-filled items
<br /> Carlisle turned the house into ` _
<br /> the four bedroom bed-and- Dana Groves, director of Historic New Carlisle Inc., pauses as
<br /> breakfast called inn at the Old she fiends up the winding stairway to the cupola of the Old With the first cold snap,you might wonder If your ■'-_,< -.�:' Replace after three to 10 years.
<br /> Republic uu\lay 2005.It contia- Republic,the 1860 Jeremiah Service home. down jacket will withstand another season of Moisture causes down to mildew, so a feather
<br /> ties to be a popular tea room on slogging through the sleet.The life span of down- bed's longevity'depends on the dampness of
<br /> the second Wednesday of each filled items depends on the quality of the down and your climate and how much you perspire,'says
<br /> ._ ., minute details how often they're used and washed, says Cheryl Chris Bradley,president of Cuddledown,a
<br /> month and is available for wed- -- bedding
<br /> dings,retreats and other special Each room is breathtaking, Mendelson, author of'Home Comforts:The Art maker in Portland, Maine.
<br /> and Science of Keeping House"(Scribner. $35). If all _V•; i Frequently used sofa
<br /> events.Historic New Carlisle al- none more so than the dining wail cared for,some can last for 30 years. Here's cushions probably need to be changed within five
<br /> so moved its offices from down- room. how to tell when an Rem is down and out. years."They have little resilience,"Mendelson says.
<br /> town New Carlisle to the former "We had an elegant Victorian Try artificial down,which holds its shape better.
<br /> summer kitchen of the mansion. dinner in mind,'Norquist says. ■ Expect to replace them every three to ■Sicr kx ": .,_r 'You may not have to replace
<br /> Sutton,a New Carlisle native, The fireplace mantel and mir- five years(sooner If they smell mildewy), because them for 30 years,'says Wade Woodfill,product
<br /> grew up watching the historic ror above it are bedecked in the weight of your weary heed resting on them director of equipment for sporting-goods maker
<br /> house deteriorate while hearing yards of garland and bows.The every night makes them lose support.Try this test: the North Face, in San Leandro, Calif. But it the
<br /> his father's tales of playing there table centerpiece,an arrange- w ck Fold a pillow in half and squeeze out the air. If it fluff factor is ow, it won't be as warm. Consider
<br /> as a child.A visit to the house ment of silk red and white roses doesn't spring ha to shape, it's time t«anew that before you end up freezing at 3 a.m. in the
<br /> one. woods.
<br /> last Christmas triggered an idea among greenery in a crystal ■ -^ s They need to be replaced only R ■Ja:kets The warmth will most likely outlast the
<br /> for a way to help raise money pedestal,is flanked by silver they've lost#I&loft(fluffiness)and aren't as warm style— you probably won't need a new one for
<br /> for further repairs to the house. candelabra.Spode Christmas as they used to be. Prolong their life with a duvet 20 to 30 years.But don't wart that log if the filling
<br /> "I thought maybe it would be plates are layered on deep cover,which reduces washings. starts dumping or gets lumpy,causing cold spots.
<br /> a good way to help Historic New I green,then gold chargers. I mes w.w F—aa •pieta• P"mBEATRR DA cceTA
<br /> Carlisle and get people into The decorations m the bed-
<br /> town,"he says.-They've worked rooms take their cues from each
<br /> so hard on this house.We have room's color scheme One bed- P Shop with the exp rtsl
<br /> ro customers constantly asking, om with a light blue floral up- , , ' ■ SIDING
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<br /> 'How can I get in to see the holstered headboard and fight
<br /> house?'We thought this would The designers from the Village blue coverlet receives touches of
<br /> be a good way:" Shoppes relied on the light fight blue,white and silver in its
<br /> Groves says she was stunned blue-and-white color scheme of hohday greenery.A slim tree , �
<br /> by the suggestion. the bedroom in their holiday standing beside an antique bu-
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<br /> "Vv11at a great idea.We ribbons treatments.
<br /> Blue clusters of round and silver ream is filled with blue,white WMOO"vs �
<br /> jumped on it"she says, white glass lights enhance the and silver white rand duster
<br /> t his design Ce!"tall iT@red &
<br /> Sutton brow V#NY L steot s
<br /> tilt tin small tree beside the lights.Across the hall,the pur-
<br /> staff out in January to take ornamental fireplace. ple floral sets the tone for a bit FREE r
<br /> notes,photographs and mea- of a wine theme,and swags and
<br /> stirements,and to get color and garlands touched up with pur- EXTERIOR UIWIR
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<br /> Each designer took one bed- signer."\Vhenever we needed gold. jjjd�net■uro■s FOR
<br /> room,and all worked together something for the house,he The beautiful decorations ® _" •a s. . �
<br /> on the public rooms downstairs, made sure we got it.It's really only accentuate the magnifi- BOOK � _
<br /> working around the furnishings been a labor of love on every- cent architectural details of the Cresdine � r °=
<br /> already in place. body's part" house — its richly patinaed �"
<br /> As Sutton points out,all the "We tried to keep history in wide-plank floors and heavy VINYL UMINUM SOF
<br /> decorations were ordered specif- mind,but we had to have a lot moldings,and the staircase SOFFIT FOR OV0E
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<br /> rooms.They are not items that they would not have had in the cupola. OVERHANGSJ
<br /> would be found in his shops. 1870,"Sutton says. Standing at the top of the
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