Wallpaper Treasure Hunt
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to track down a place to purchase this wallpaper.
Even though we've removed the wallpaper from every other room in the house, it has remained in tact in the foyer as we attempted to keep something original to the house prior to our arrival. It was in pretty rough shape to begin with, as it's not the original wallpaper to the room (there are about 3 layers of other paper underneath) so it was bubbled up in the corners, plus, where there were holes in the plaster walls, so were there holes in the paper. Plus, it looks like at some point in time, the side window in the foyer leaked as there are water stains down the wall (probably during the same incident that caused that side of the porch to be replaced with plywood and the entire porch covered with outdoor carpet to mask the repairs). On top of that, we had to bring the plaster ceiling down in the foyer last month to repair an electrical issue that was a definite safety hazard (as an added bonus, we were finally able to track down the wiring that powered the upstairs which was hidden behind the ceiling and the second floor now has grounded outlets), and since all of the ceilings in the house were wallpapered (foyer included), when the ceiling came crashing down, parts of the paper near the top came down with the paper from the ceiling (they were all layered over-top one another, crazy stuff). All said and done, it's time for this room to also have it's wallpaper removed.
As foreign as it sounds, we are actually looking at putting wallpaper up in the house, back up in the foyer. Since we liked the original paper so much, we have attempted to find the same pattern, with little luck.
So, anyone up for the challenge?
Oh, and to save your eyesight, if you are someone that clicked the picture above and then clicked again to view the full size, and are wondering what is written in the scrolls at the bottom of each medallion, one says "Independece Hall 1735" and the other says "State House Boston 1748".