IMAGE GALLERIES: Historic Gallery: Barnes Mansion

• Barnes Mansion is on the National Register of Historic Places

• The house is featured in Beverly Cleary’s popular Ramona Quimby children’s books

• Design inspired by French bakeries

• Kitchen renovation incorporated former butler’s pantry and mudroom

• Underwent Historic Review process for the stove’s vent hood cover

• Cabinets mixed restored uppers and custom mahogany lowers

• Carrara Marble and wood counter tops

• Subway tile with dark grout for texture

• Salvaged antique decorative tile in stove niche and along wall

• Custom-built island with zinc-lined flour bins

• Decorative range hood with carved wooden detail

• Plate rail installed to display client’s Turkish pottery collection

• Tin ceilings and perforated metal panels on cabinet doors

• Clerestory windows created a transition between kitchen and backyard entry