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Birch Trim

Wood as it should be treated

Posted on February 10, 2017February 10, 2017 by Nick Hayes

Most wood surfaces are undisturbed from the moment they were set in place by the carpenters.

Posted in RestorationsTagged American System-Built House, ASBH, Birch Trim, Cabinets, Elizabeth Murphy House, FLW, Frank Lloyd Wright, Organic Design3 Comments

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A blocked sight-line to be restored to Wright's plan
Three contemporaneous Wright draftsmen, three fates

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