Paint primer: after admiring old New England murals from afar, Jane and Phil Workman did extensive research into the history and techniques of 19th-century itinerant painters and commissioned a few traditional-style murals for their own home.

From: Country Living | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: Kleinman, Susan | Copyright information

When Phil and Jane Workman lived in Florida, they made frequent antiquing trips to New England. "I always booked us in old B and Bs," recalls Jane, "partly because I love their murals." She never dreamed that one day she would be surrounded by murals on the walls of an old New England house of her own. But in 1995, Phil's company transferred him to New Hampshire, and the Workmans found this 1805 farmhouse in the town of New Boston. "Because there was a minimum of woodwork and wains...

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