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Closet Artifacts

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Last post was November, talk about the best of intents being sidetracked!  After some unforeseen family related issues requiring trips to Georgia and elsewhere, I hope to be a more dedicated blogger at this point.
Last post was focused on the Pink Bathroom, and I will continue with that later this week as we are still [...]

Progress

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

We are making progress and I have been extremely busy (website development, home improvement, gardening, family visiting) hence no updates.
I removed one strip of wallpaper in the kitchen and am therefore committed to removing the rest of it, followed by painting. The decision is made.
As I write this, the plumber is here (yay!) and will [...]

G. Rohde, Modernism & Street Torchieres

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Rohde Design, with Torchiere
Digressing slightly from the usual themes. . .
There is a collection of old Fortune magazine issues in our possession, from the 1930’s.  I find them fascinating: the cover art is generally notable, the articles pretty interesting, and there are tons of cool photos in both the articles and ads.  It is our plan to [...]

Past Houses — House in Transit

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Old Sketch, Bedroom Window

Soon I will begin a painting class, well a five-day painting workshop.  There is a flurry of activity here involving the acquisition and collection of needed supplies and this impending workshop has me in a creative mind-set, which is good of course. 
I encountered my old sketchbook and therough sketch above.  It is [...]