Wren’s Nest Conservation Update — Repairing the Wallpaper

Back in May of 2008, folks from IFACS, an Atlanta-based restoration firm, dropped by to assess the Wren’s Nest interior.  Using their eyes for approximately 3 seconds, they noticed the worst of our wallpaper problems.

Happily, they fixed ‘em up right then and there.

The wallpaper in the entry wasn’t doing so hot, probably because of the extreme fluctuations in temperature and humidity.

The hallway was less severe, but no less obnoxious.

Yuck.

It didn’t take long for them to piece it back together, almost good as new.  Here’s the same wallpaper after IFACS got through with it –

Pretty keen, right?

I was out of the office when they performed their magic, so I can’t really explain what they did, though Amelia tells me they “stood on ladders.”

I’ll be sure to take copious notes and get in their way as much as possible when they return.

If their work is good enough for Buckingham Palace, it’s good enough for the Wren’s Nest, I suppose.  Plus, they restored the wood graining on our doors in the early 1990s, no small feat, so you know they’re legit.

They’ll begin cleaning our interior and repairing our artifacts in early April.  It will be great.