Full-Service · 2025
Rosecliff House
A 1922 stone manor, softened for a young family of five.
The clients — a book editor and an architect — asked for a home that felt found, not finished. We stripped away a decade of renovation and let the bones do the talking.
Rosecliff is a 1922 Mellor, Meigs & Howe stone manor set into a fold of the Main Line. When the clients first walked us through, we spent two hours just standing in the front hall. The plaster had a quality of light we could not bear to cover.
Our work was mostly subtraction. We removed three decades of additions, opened the kitchen to the garden, and rebuilt the library with reclaimed oak from a barn in Lancaster County. Every piece of furniture was either sourced from a dealer within a 90-minute drive or made locally in Chester County.
Living Room — Fireplace elevation
Kitchen — Breakfast banquette
Dining Room — Sconce detail
"We wanted a house that looked like it had always been this way — and always would be."
Library — Reclaimed oak shelving
Primary Suite — Window seat
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