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Restoring Houses Theme

CAPE MAY - How-to hints and practical advice for the owner of a Victorian house will be the topic of a five-day workshop as part of the festive Victorian Week celebration. Along with tours of the National Landmark Victorian City, antique shows, house tours, and other

frivolities, a special workshop will be held using the treasure of Victorian homes in Cape May as a focus. Owners and lovers of Victorian homes are invited to register for the workshop, called "Restoring Your Victorian House: A how-to workshop for the 1820-1920

house." which is being cosponsored by the OldHouse Journal, a newsletter of restoration and" maintenance techniques for the antique house. THE WORKSHOP will feature several nationally noted experts on Victorian interiors and exteriors Roger Moss, author of Century of Color: Exterior Decoration for American Buildings 1820 1920. will speak on paint colors for Victorian homes and historic lighting devices. Gail Caskey Winkler. ASID. who is presently completing a book for Viking Press entitled Vitorian Interior Decoration which will be published in 1986. will speak on Victorian wallcoverings, floorcoverings and window treatments, with a special workshop on how to make one's own window coverings. CLEM LABINE. founder and publisher of the Old House Journal, will speak on practical aspects of restoring or rehabilitating a Victorian house, from dealing with contractors to living with and "listening" to your old house, using the practical experience he gained in restoring his brownstone house in Brooklyn as a specific example. John Crosby Freeman, book director of the American Life Foundation, ' will begin the workshop Monday. Oct. 14, with "In i Praise of Old Houses", an enthusiastic talk on why "they don't build em like they used to" and why so many people are buying and renovating old houses rather than taking brandnew homes. Wide verandahs. high ceilings, handsome detailing, and attention to craftsmanship are just a few of the reasons Victorian homes are regaining popularity JUDY FREEMAN, food editor of Victorian Homes magazine, will speak on "The Entertaining Victorians," featuring menus, food preparation tips. Victorian use of servants and the butler's pantry, party ideas such as a tea party, and other how-to suggestions on entertaining in Victorian style or in your Victorian house. Workshop participants will be treated to a special lecture by Ulysses G. Dietz. curator of decorative arts for The Newark Museum, who will speak on the furniture styles of the 19th Century, followed by a tour of several of the splendid collections of Victorian furniture in Cape May homes This lecture is sponsored by the Cape May Vintage Homes Association. GARDENS FOR Victorian homes will not be (Page V-15 Please i

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