""Everything was blue underneath, from floor to ceiling," says vintage dealer Robert Ropertz. It's just the kind of surprise one encounters when scraping through layers of paint and wallpaper in an 1865 building. Then, there's the crooked floors, crumbling clay plaster, and leaky roofs, all of which illustrator Andrea Weber and Ropertz, who is also a painter and preservationist, took in stride."
"AD: How long have you lived in this house? Weber: We moved in in mid-2020, but we bought the house in 2018. We spent a full two years redoing everything from the ground up-breaking through walls, adding new floors and upgrading or replacing roofing, heating, and electrical systems. We even had to level some floors that were all crooked. Ropertz: It was a huge project, but we took our time."
An 1865 Krefeld townhouse revealed layers of blue paint, crooked floors, crumbling clay plaster, and leaky roofs beneath its surfaces. Andrea Weber and Robert Ropertz undertook a full DIY renovation after buying the property in 2018, redoing floors, breaking through walls, and upgrading roofing, heating, and electrical systems over two years before moving in mid-2020. The three-floor layout includes a downstairs studio and an opened, light-filled living area. The project accommodated their three-year-old son and provided display space for a growing vintage design collection. Small historical traces remain, including a sliver of the original blue on the living room ceiling.
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