A Designer’s Guide to Choosing Finishes for a Historic Home

One of my favorite parts of designing an older home is choosing the finishes. It’s also one of the places where I think people can get a little stuck. When you’re lucky enough to live in a home with history, there can be this feeling that every new decision needs to match what would have been there originally. The tile needs to look historic. The plumbing fixtures need to feel historic. The lighting needs to look like it could have been installed 100 years ago. But that’s not really how I...