Category: Historic Restorations

  • Working in Historic Homes

    Working in Historic Homes

    Homes built long ago are like time capsules of architecture and style, preserving one-of-a-kind structures from the past. Restoring historic homes is one of Marvelous Woodworking’s specialties. We love studying and recreating the past styles you cannot find in stores and catalogues anymore. Our projects range from repairing existing furniture or architectural details to making…

  • Project Highlight: Meridian-Kessler Historic Home Restoration

    Project Highlight: Meridian-Kessler Historic Home Restoration

    Our partnerships with Indianapolis interior designers bring us some fun and challenging projects. Designer Elaine Pauley called us recently to assist in a Meridian-Kessler historic home restoration for one of her clients. The house was built in 1955, but much of the interior was in an outdated 70’s style; Elaine’s goal was to help her…

  • Historic Restoration at the Benjamin Harrison House

    Historic Restoration at the Benjamin Harrison House

    As custom woodworkers, we are called onto many jobs that require our quality craftsmanship and problem-solving skills to create pieces for our clients that stores and catalogs can’t. One of our specialties is historic restoration. We can study an old home with a style long since passed and replicate it, repairing existing furniture or architectural…

  • Historic Home Renovation: The Magnificent Parry Mansion

    Historic Home Renovation: The Magnificent Parry Mansion

    Marvelous Woodworking takes on the renovation and restoration of the Perry Mansion; a valued architectural treasure in Indianapolis. Originally built by David M. Parry in 1904, the Gatsby-like home features a highly stylized design.