The Victorian floors in the Roff Home have been a mystery, especially the front parlor’s baffling combination of plain plank flooring and ornate trim. My restoration of the flooring and my own use of the room helped the mystery be unraveled.
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This summer, as floors were being redone and windows repainted, we took out the cast iron steam radiators from the first floor of the Roff Home, hauled them to a guy in Stockland, Illinois. He sandblasted the radiators, and then I repainted them, first with a couple of base coats of primer and then two or three coats of a silver metallic paint. Over the summer and fall, we took on the task of plaster restoration at the Roff Home. The Victorian flooring of the front parlor of the Roff Home is finished! [NOTE! As of 12-16-09, the front parlor flooring is finished! Read the update here!] I’ve taken on the task of peeling back layers of renovation and [...] Welcome to the Roff Home blog — my living and evolving documentation of the renovation and restoration of this historic Victorian Italianate home in Watseka, Illinois. Several prominent residents of Watseka have called this place home over the past 140 years. Some have been important to the history of Watseka, while others could be argued to be important to the history of the country. |
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