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Oakesdale couple’s Victorian collection fills rooms of 1892 Hanford castle on the hill

Curtains shining with real gold. A bear-hide coat. Necklaces made from real human hair. An ice-box from pre-1910 fitted to house a modern refrigerator.

An 1892 mansion on a hill outside Oakesdale has been slowly furnished for the past 20 years with pre-1910 Victorian era items.

Now big, glittering glass chandeliers, pre-1910 silver-plaited tea kettles, silk ladies night caps, massive wooden cabinets, bed frames and thousands more antiques pack each room of the home.

Terri Gravelle and Paul Matthews have made a lifestyle of searching out and restoring rare Victorian items and lining their home...

 

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