10 Beautiful Homes Over 100-Years-Old

By: Style At Home

Take a look at how these homes have completely transformed to fit into the next century.

An earthy palette, modern furnishings and a sharp two-tone kitchen dazzle in a century home featured on HGTV Canada’s Gut Job.

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Modern touches that are made for today—like the TV over the fireplace—ensure continued longevity for this 1915 home.

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Appointed with a simple claret velvet daybed, a dormer window in the new third-floor primary bedroom becomes an artful moment epitomizing the merging of the home’s old and new architectural elements.

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The living room was designed around the wood stove built into the original fireplace. As in the rest of the home, the living space’s fabrics are natural – linen, cotton, jute – and tone on tone. “The idea was to highlight the gorgeous wooden beams, so we took a minimalist approach to our colour scheme,” designer Jessica Tremblay explains.

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Bricks charmingly mismatched, knotty pine in its natural glory, and preloved furniture that came with the place – these are some of the elements that designer Madison Krofchick relied on to reinvigorate and pay homage to her parents’ Pointe au Baril, Ont., cottage compound.

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With its modern muted palette and eclectic mix of styles and finishes, this classical old home proves sophistication is all in the details.

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A 1900s Georgian-style home proves that even the most timeless interiors can go beyond beige.

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Keeping the home’s 19th-century provenance in mind, the homeowner used reclaimed wood flooring, added retro-look appliances, and displayed cherished vintage and global finds.

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