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Category Archives: practical matters
According to Plan
The hang of the completed hallway was scheduled for Queen’s birthday weekend (first weekend in June). We’ve have lived for a while with the hallway looking spare and now time had come to get our heads around the complexities of hanging … Continue reading
Posted in art, collecting, practical matters
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Journey to a Hanging [My Version]
1. I have pressed a friend who hangs artworks for a living to assist me in hanging the pictures in the newly painted hall. The date arranged is a month away – the long Queen’s Birthday weekend. The day … Continue reading
Posted in art, auction finds etc., collecting, practical matters
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Out dammed spot
Can you imagine living in a world where certain decorative items purchased for the home – came with a large sticker announcing – this person has TASTE and MONEY? From the 1950s until some time in the 1970s New Zealand … Continue reading
Sussex armchair envy
A friend of mine recently acquired two superb Morris & Co., Sussex armchairs (c1860) Not that I envy him. It’s just one of those events that plays on your mind in quiet moments of décor envy. I had recommended he … Continue reading
Posted in auction finds etc., furniture, practical matters
Tagged Art & Crafts movement, Philip Webb, Sussex chair, William Morris
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In praise of Candle Power
A good friend of mine, married to a professional fireman, lives without candlelight. Indeed she lives in a house from which all forms of naked flame are exiled. Her husband has, somewhat sadly, seen too much melancholy evidence of what … Continue reading
Posted in inspiration, original surfaces, practical matters, Uncategorized
Tagged candles, firemen, smoke
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an oft-heard tale of silveriness
I keep telling myself that is it is time to move on and stop posting about items made of silver – their neglect, ridiculous cheapness and how to clean them. The problem with this all-together sensible thinking, is that I … Continue reading
Interesting things with lamps
When I first moved into this house I really only occupied one room – now the Studio – which was then somewhat exposed to the street. This more so once we took out the aluminum joinery and put in enormous … Continue reading
The secret power of RINSO
As the season of entertaining approached, it was becoming increasingly obvious that the family silver was getting itself into something of a state. Without an army of footmen to keep the silver clean, pieces were slowly descending into a certain … Continue reading
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Tagged Bess Wells, candelabra, candelabrum, Cleaning old textiles, cleaning silver, RINSO, sheffield plate, silver, slver trays, trays
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silver and sunshine
I am thrilled with this week’s auction haul. Maidens & Foster had a good estate showing this week and I left a long list of absentee bids. Although I didn’t get my number 1 item – a lovely big Winchcombe … Continue reading
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