Springside Hall Comes to Ladies Who Lunch

Springside Hall belongs to the former owner of Flash Cadilac and Savannah Devilles  in Ottawa, Linda Seccaspina. The funky emporium’s eclectic finds have made their way into the three-storey, 1860 stone home, which includes a greenhouse, gym and steampunk room

“Every room is a museum” filled with Linda’s finds from thrift shops and auctions in Lanark County. No fine art or expensive items for Linda. Each item was a “found” item brought to her home with love. Recycling past treasures is a passion of hers.

Only to Ladies Who Lunch

Just next to our local hospital down the street you will drive by this home on the way to my home. You can’t go in but you can feast your eyes.

The wall murals in Season 1 of the popular F/X show American Horror Story are a series of odd paintings found in the living room by the new owners of a California home.

While restoring the house,  former owners Chad Warwick and Patrick covered up the murals with wallpaper.  Vivien Harmon, strips all the wallpaper when she begins to renovate, only to reveal the odd masterpieces. So have any murals been found under wallpaper here in Carleton Place? According to Heritage Carleton Place it seems there have been.

Burgess House

Address: 249 Lake Ave East, Carleton Place, Ontario

The Burgess house was built in 1900 for Arthur Burgess who was a wealthy local businessman, and  served as Mayor of Carleton Place in 1903 and in 1922.  This grand brick home with it’s circular driveway, massive front porch, and original carriage house is a fine example of Victorian architecture of the time. The home features fine oak trim  throughout, and a grand entrance hall with a number of stained glass windows.

In 1987, when the house was being renovated, it was discovered behind layers of wallpaper there were actual murals painted on the walls. On one wall they discovered a painting of a steam engine travelling through the Fraser Valley in BC with a snowy winter scene with a log cabin.  When all the wallpaper was completing removed, the homeowners at the time found several other scenes painted on the walls by an artist.  It is believed the artist of the wall murals was a Mr. Grant who was a brother in-law of Arthur Burgess.

How cool is that?