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Article: Judor revival: a cozy Tudor home gets a bright new outlook thanks to a room-by-room application of luminous color and pattern.
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- Country Living
- Article date:
- November 1, 2008
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Many Tudor-style houses, American favorites from the 1920s to 1940s, are charming yet dark--their heavy ceiling beams a little overbearing, their small leaded windows light-restricting, and their wrought iron and stonework a bit ponderous. But with a thoughtful renovation and inspired decorating, the young family who made this c. 1920 Tudor in Westchester County, N.Y., their home created an inviting house filled with soft color and reflective surfaces that capture and enhance the light. "The rooms were small, and we needed every inch," says the wife, "so we tore out built-in bookshelves and paneling in the living room, removed the plaster and Sheetrock encasing the ...