Re:Roman mosaic floor found under Italian vineyard
by JJMcJ on Thursday May 28, 2020 @07:40PM
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Lived for a while in an apartment building put up about 1910/20, so indeed pushing a century. Solid oak doors. The banisters (railings on the stairs) also solid oak. Duplicated would cost a fortune today with newly cut wood.
If someone wants really nice wood trim, mantlepieces, panelling, and such in a modern house, it seems they usually loot it from an old house. The materials and work are too expensive now to make it from scratch. Ditto doors, of all things. Modern interior and exterior doors are awful compared to solid wood doors that were common not even that long ago, but, though you can still buy them, new solid doors are impractically expensive, so buying salvaged old doors usually makes more sense.