Little House That Could

A turn-of-the-last-century bungalow that softer souls would have deemed a "tear-down" finds just the right search-and-rescue team.

- RHONDA REINHART

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PERIOD-AUTHENTIC PAINT COLORS

For the whole-house palette, homeowner Melissa Duckworth looked to Benjamin Moore's Historical Collection for colors that were just right for her early 1900s farmhouse.

In the galley kitchen, which was previously the home's hallway, she chose a timeless cornflower blue to pair with the reproduction wallpaper ("Larkspur 1872" designed by William Morris) and antique mint-colored-and mint condition!-enamel gas range she found on eBay. The century-old farmhouse sink and period sconces and pendant were all additional eBay finds.