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radiator shame. this old house is heated by radiators and lots of them. we keep the heat at about 78 degrees day and night because of the tenants. is that warm enough ? even still, i keep some of my windows cracked open for comfort and ventelation. there are victorian period painted metal radiator covers for every single radiator in this house. many with female cameo design accents. the tenants seem to like them as they compliment the rest of their apartments period details. I took my covers out however and stored them in the basement. our esthetic is to remove the paint from all radiators and heat pipes. that is let the metal read metal. just as we let the hard wood floors shine through and the plaster and lath ceilings and walls be painted bright white and plaster like. i just fitted out my ceiling medallions with individual bare 100w light bulbs. and we kept the old linoleum kitchen floors.