Final touches and the purpose of parlors

Posted on February 1, 2009 by cmiller 
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We are just putting the finishing touches on 122 Johnson before it goes on MLS in a couple of weeks or less.  Look for brand new landscaping in the back yard, fresh paint in certain bedrooms of the house and a parlor that will knock your socks off.  Parlors were built in the more formal Victorian era as room for new guests to a home.   In traditional Victorians parlors had only a false fire place serving no warmth but just ornamental in nature.  The guests were greeted in the parlor and not invited into the ‘warmth’ of the home, e.g. other rooms in the house that actually had heat coming to them, until the homeowner felt comfortable and trusting of the guest.  Like the Victorians of old, 122 Johnson has a parlor, but its owner felt it a bit more civilized by 21st century standards to have the room serviced by central heating and air conditioning.

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