Old wood mantels frame the three fireplaces, and antique sconces will flank the living room fireplace.
Other features of the house, including antique sconces, were put in by the current owner, an interior designer and proprietor of an upscale housewares store.
Bookshelves and crystal bowls, throw pillows and antique sconces, lovely and delicate and far too formal for our new home near the beach.
The Hart and the Hunter welcomes us, crowded but lively, with a kitschy 1940's style vibe: hexagonal white and sea green tiles, vintage floral linens, antique sconces, quirky paintings.
Anyone fixing up a brownstone or a prewar apartment should know about Remains, a store full of antique wall sconces.
Subtle period touches abound, including the antique wall sconces outside and the footrail (an actual section of vintage rail) on the long mahogany bar running along one side of the room.
The kitchen now has glazed ceramic subway tiles and beadboard paneling on the walls, a vast soapstone countertop, pre-distressed cabinetry with cast-iron fittings, antique brass sconces with mismatched etched-glass shades and recycled tongue-in-groove pine floorboards ("which cost more because they're not new," Mr. Aaron explained).
The antique chandeliers and sconces found throughout the house were purchased from a nearby architectural salvage business.
It was crammed with booty: a pair of oxidized bronze sconces, some antique iron nail pullers, a laser printer.
The bad news is that Nesle, the venerable source for antique and reproduction chandeliers, sconces and candelabra, said goodbye to the elegant brick-and-marble-fronted building at 151 East 57th Street that had been its home since the late 1930's.
