Rather than try to make their home look more contemporary, Andrea and Sean Moriarty have taken their Spanish Revival further back in time, lending a sense of the past that goes beyond the structures actual years. Here, Andrea Moriarty looks on as mural installer Michael Baughman, far left, and painter Dan Gallagher prepare a 300-square-foot artwork for its eventual place in the homes library.
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Michael Baughman applies paste to the ceiling of the 1921 house.
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Michael Baughman and Dan Gallagher affix the mural, which is based on an 1890s mosaic in the Boston Public Library.
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Gallagher, shown here with the finished artwork, sought advice from North Hollywood muralist Martin Charlot, son of Jean Charlot, a founding member of the Mexican mural renaissance in the 1920s and the man whom Diego Rivera credited for reviving and refining the fresco technique in that country. I wanted to do something special for this family, Gallagher says, something that talked about their love of books and life.
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The Moriartys looked for other ways to give their house a sense of history. The couple recently finished an old sleeping porch, making the once-flat roof vaulted and lining it with tongue-and-groove ash. African ribbon mahogany beams were inlaid red padauk. Gallagher applied metallic Venetian plaster to the walls.
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A detail of the sleeping porchs beams has a new touch of the old.
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The living room has one of four Batchelder tile fireplaces in the house.
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The Batchelder tile gives a sense of place and history.
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The exterior of the Moriartys’ 5,500-square-foot home.
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