FDR Suite

• FDR, Our Past and Future

  Though here at the Restoration we’re usually too covered in archival dust to pay much attention to current events, we noticed an article in today’s New York Times that might…

• Project Lathrop Brown

  I was sitting in the Suite a few weeks ago, looking around, and I must admit to being quite impressed. With furniture mostly in place, pictures on the walls, mementos…

• Ah, Mattresses At Last – Almost

  I’m delighted to announce that New England’s premier bedding manufacturer, Gardner Mattress, has agreed to donate custom mattresses for the FDR Suite bedrooms. While this may not sound like a…

• Summer Internship & Updates

  Hello All! Again I must offer apologies for being off-line for so long: the season dictates that the day job (landscape design) be all-engaging, and so this notice will be…

• 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.…

• More Recent Acquisitions and Views

  Hello All! Thanks to your support and generosity, things keep marching along. Further additions for you to contemplate: Just slightly crinkled from the crate: here’s the first piece of wall…