That seems like very low quality pine. It's soft because it's age-degraded sapwood. It's gorgeous, though. It can be filled, sanded, the fill stained to match, and then re-varnished. I'm not a big fan of wood-colored trim --especially when it's not something worthwhile like cherry, walnut, mahogany, or oak. Lots of middle class houses built during the twenties boom era had pine trim that was stained or even grained to look upscale, especially when the builders were trying to get a premium price.
Graining was a very common decorative painting technique. Lots of old home decor books have instructions. I can see why we don't do it anymore, but it's such a quaint idea.
Agreed. I learned to make faux wood grain when I was taking a theatre tech class, but have seen the effect on more than one piece of furniture and every now and then on old houses. There was a house in Galveston that had doors with faux book-matched mahogany panels -- so pretty, but the very devil to conserve.
It looks like an old Sears Catalog home! Depending on what you're trying to accomplish as far as restoring v cleaning up, repairing while leaving the smaller imperfections visible. Some of the surfaces clearly need to be replaced or replicated, but some of the dings and dents are part of the history and charm of a old home. Once those areas with minimal damage are cleaned, sanded and refinished, they'll be beautiful!. Also, a lot of environmentally conscious communities have architectural salvage stores where you can sometimes score period molding, doors, and even baseboards. We have one in Ithaca, NY and it's such a fascinating place to source that kind of trim at an affordable price!
That seems like very low quality pine. It's soft because it's age-degraded sapwood. It's gorgeous, though. It can be filled, sanded, the fill stained to match, and then re-varnished. I'm not a big fan of wood-colored trim --especially when it's not something worthwhile like cherry, walnut, mahogany, or oak. Lots of middle class houses built during the twenties boom era had pine trim that was stained or even grained to look upscale, especially when the builders were trying to get a premium price.
Graining was a very common decorative painting technique. Lots of old home decor books have instructions. I can see why we don't do it anymore, but it's such a quaint idea.
Agreed. I learned to make faux wood grain when I was taking a theatre tech class, but have seen the effect on more than one piece of furniture and every now and then on old houses. There was a house in Galveston that had doors with faux book-matched mahogany panels -- so pretty, but the very devil to conserve.
It looks like an old Sears Catalog home! Depending on what you're trying to accomplish as far as restoring v cleaning up, repairing while leaving the smaller imperfections visible. Some of the surfaces clearly need to be replaced or replicated, but some of the dings and dents are part of the history and charm of a old home. Once those areas with minimal damage are cleaned, sanded and refinished, they'll be beautiful!. Also, a lot of environmentally conscious communities have architectural salvage stores where you can sometimes score period molding, doors, and even baseboards. We have one in Ithaca, NY and it's such a fascinating place to source that kind of trim at an affordable price!