Welcome to the spring edition of Our Country Home! (At least, it may be spring, as long as the weather is able to make up its mind.)
This time, we’re focusing on the art of reuse: How do you take something old, and make it new again?
John Roth answers that question with this issue’s featured house, his home in Milanville, PA that’s marked by 33 years worth of found-object renovation. Roth says his restorations of his home started from the fact that his house had little interesting architectural detail; if that’s not the case with your home, Barbara Winfield can help you research the history of your home, walking you through its styles and its former owners to help you know what architectural details to bring out.
Jim McKeegan will introduce you to the coal silos at the heart of Callicoon, NY, and tell you about the group that’s trying to bring them back to life as a watering hole for the new age. Jude Waterston will bring a different part of history to the forefront, showing you how to take your old, favorite recipes and adapt them to modern taste.
We’ll end the issue in Jeffersonville, NY, where Lauren Seikaly will talk about her business ReStore, an antique shop that salvages vintage furniture from the scrap heap and repurposes it for new homes and new lives.
Happy reading! We hope this issue inspires you to look a little differently at something in your home, and to consider how it might play a bigger role in your life if given just that smallest of restorative tweaks.
— Liam Mayo, section editor
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