The house was painted in its current colors in 2007 and is due to be repainted again. Mike and John plan on repainting the exterior in the same color palette that it currently wears.
Another excellent picture capturing the entryway showing how it looked before it was painted, but after the original patina were striped off.
Notice the penny tile floor and faux tin ceiling. This penny tile floor design can be found in other buildings in the area.
The foyer and its pocket doors were painted white along with the staircase. The floors are still their original golden oak color.
The living room was repainted and its wood trim was painted. The green glazed tiles around the fireplace and its mantel were will unpainted at the time this picture was taken.
What is now the front office was previously the front TV entertainment room. The mantel has been removed by this point and the walls are an antique yellow in color.
A view of the formal dining room before it was painted showing off its rich wood colors.
The four single bulb lights in the ceiling beams are original 1906 light fixtures, the last original ones left in the house. They were removed in 2021.
The formal dining room's wood work was some of the last remaning wood work that was unpainted. At this time, the dining room and living room swapped places.
The original living room's fireplace and manel have been painted white as seen in the background.
The living room, now in the original formal dining room, has been fully painted. The original antique light figures been been replaced with modern ones.
Notice the floors have been refinished to be a darker walnut color.
The wall seperating the kitchen and its eating nook has been removed, along with the second staircase to create a large open room with many modern appliances and a little built in desk area.
An open and bright kichen was what the house had just before its current kitchen. The original tin ceiling is gone, in its place is drywall and recessed can lighting.
The most previous owner redesigned the kitchen to be one fit for a grand house like this. With a wet bar, two dishwashers, a large freezer and refrigerator, engineered stone countertops, a 6 burner stove, and large floor to ceiling wood cabinets.
The staircase looking down from the second floor to the landing shows the walls painted a soft white and the wood paneling painted over.
The dressing room had built in wall storage and a large center dresser added to the room.
The wall storage was retained, but the ceiling fan and center dresser changed out. The walls were also repainted a more neutral white.
Notice again the difference of the floors compared to the previous picture of the dressing room.
Unpainted and original, the fireplace in the master bedroom stands to the right of the picture. There is a radiator cover over the radiator, something that most of the radiators originally had but now only a few remain.
The fireplace and mantel have been painted white and the (unseen) radiator cover has been removed and the radiator painted white like most of the others in the house at this time.
With the mostly intact original stained glass, the master bathroom shows how it was renovated into a modern, stone floored bathroom.
The two frosted pains in the lower corners of the stained glass were stolen during the house's sale closing in 1999. They were recreated and restored in 2025.
Opposite of the master bedroom, is the other large bedroom on the second floor. It is currently used as a hobby room. Here we can see the painted radiator and white walls.
A contemporary look graced the second floor bath before it was renovated into its current design.
Notice just outside the window you can see one of the landings for the fire escape that was added in the 1960's to meet firecode as a rental property. Mike and John intend to keep this important safety feature of the house.
The second floor bath was renovated with an open shower, leopard print wall paper, and an open faux granite counter top.
With cool blue walls and a comforting crib, the nursery was at the rear of the house in a perfectly sized room. This small bedroom has one of the larest traditional closets in the entire house that once had a small sink in it.
At the top of the third floor, the loft space was used as an office before the wall opening was closed off and the room turned into a dressing room with built in shelves in 2019.
The largest bedroom on the third floor was used as a lounge space, complete with a pool table, while retaining its original unpainted gas fireplace inset and blue surround tile.
Both of the third floor front bedrooms became guest rooms. The colorful murals of the Chandler children were painted over with a beige tan color. This color would stay until Mike and John repainted the rooms.
The third floor bath retains its original layout from when the house was built with the separate shower and toilet rooms and a double vanity.
Notice the original tile along the wall behind the sinks and under the window.
The cabinet was repainted white and redecorated with brass trim, losing the mirror lighting in the process.
Here you can see the original tile in greater detail.
Durning the Chandlers' stewardship of the house, they put in the wood fence and made the backyard into a proper backyard. It had grass, flower beds, and a walking path to the rear gate.
Like most parts of the house, different owners did different things to the backyard. A previous owner planted many hydrangea bushes and turned it into the English garden that you see today.
Here is the backyard with the hydrangea, but before the gravel and center rose beds were put in.