For affordable decor, check auction houses and estate sales; and keep your eye out for deals in the newspapers.
Sofa and chairs from auction: $1,200
New hand-carved pine mantel with an antique look: $1,500.
Antique hardwood mantel: $15,000.
Plaster molding: $20 per foot
Hand-carved wood molding: $8 per foot.
Ann LeConey
Interior Designer
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