We want to convert an old coat closet to a china cabinet in a 1907 house. Any ideas on where we could get information on what that sort of cabinet would have looked like in 1907?
4. A: I am not an expert on 1900’s houses. The houses I have been in with built-ins for early 1900 houses in Iowa have followed a similar pattern: Lead glass doors for display on top, a space between the top and base units for a work/serving area. I think the door-drawer arrangement was defined by the user. I most definitely believe they all had at least one set of drawers with either more below or a set of doors. Try the search term: “built-it china cabinet” in Google as an image search. If you are not familiar with images searches, go to www.google.com and in the upper left of the page will be the word “images” – click on the search to do as you normally would, but you you will receive images back from your search. Another option is to talk to your neighbors – houses of the same period may have built-in furniture that would give clues to how you should proceed. Many older people would have grown up in houses with built-ins – chat with them or people from a local historical society. T
