Archive – Restoring the Suite

• A Missing Place

  One of the most delightful aspects of my “job” with the FDR Suite Foundation has been the interaction I’ve had with our students over the last four years. They are an…

• Restoring FDR’s Harvard, One Pixel at a Time

  A number of our readers have been curious as to how we’ve found all the framed art that hangs on our walls. Well, let me tell you –  it’s been…

• EBay, FDR and the Fall River Line

  I have another circular tale for your consideration: During our recent open house over the Harvard-Yale weekend, many of you wanted to know how we found period items for the…

• All the King’s Horses…

  Who said you couldn’t put Humpty-Dumpty back together again? Several day’s worth  of hard work later, the Suite has emerged with its new coat of paper, remarkably transformed, looking for…

• Of Daybeds and Historical Narratives

  We have a new arrival in the Suite this week. A wonderful burgundy and gold late 19th-century daybed that looks as if it were made and upholstered for the room.…

• The FDR Suite Restoration Appears in the New York Times!

  Check out the great article in the Art & Antiques Section of the Times, published: March 11, 2010 online, and in the March 12 print edition! THERE’S A NEW DEAL…