A few of my favorite Jamestown Lounge things

...for all you Jamestown Lounge fans out there.

It's all in the details. This carved arm was the first element of Jamestown Lounge Feudal Oak that caught my eye when I was looking for furnishings for this circa 1961 shoebox ranch. Our last house had such character in the woodwork! This carving, I was certain, would make up for that loss.

The seductive arm turned out to be part of a couch and there were pieces to match. These arms are also on a massive arm chair with a big ottoman. End tables, intricately carved and identical on both ends!

This chair came along later, and is Jamestown Lounge British Oak.
I adore the notched arms and the carving on the back.

Check out the carving on the side of this Jamestown Lounge Feudal Oak chair.
It's a great one for sitting and knitting by the window.

I love the effect the carvings have on this Feudal Oak drum table.

This coffee table has the massive carvings, too.

The tabriz looks a bit more rose colored than it really is, but I love the details.
Oh, did I mention that?

Here is the poster that scandalized the Pan Am Exposition in Buffalo, NY in 1901.


Well, okay, a copy of it.

Need a place to sit while removing your boots?

Next time? Maybe the rest of the British Oak collection, then on to Colonnade and then American Modern.

Old friend, new friend

My old friend, the Canon Power Shot A20 which I have used for years, meet my new friend...
The Kodak EasyShare Z612, which a brown truck delivered to my house, just today. I wasn't even expecting to meet a new friend. WH just told me that something was coming that brown would deliver and it was for both of us. I'm sure that once I get to know her better my new friend will bring endless joy and help preserve many happy memories.

The Great Outdoors

Yesterday was the last day of school. Loads of stuff that I brought home is freshly dumped in the living and dining rooms. It looks like a "before" picture for one of those home organization shows. So, here are some lovely views of the outdoors which WH has made look pretty great.

Part of the berm. You can see other neighborhood houses.

The patio is our summer livingroom.

The sundial spends part of its day in the shade. Who really cares what time it is in the summer?

A couple more things

These pictures looked quite appropriate together. The one on the right was probably taken in 1982 or so. The other was just last summer.
Chautauqua Institution -- All County Music Festival. Son2 is in the first chair euphonium seat. Not bad for a sophomore.

Spring Break! or Rippin' into the old house again

I love our livingroom. When I see this picture I want to go sit there. It is cozy and comfortable. This week we tore it all apart. Look closely at the second picture. It shows four little screws protruding down through the ceiling from the crawlspace. These were placed there by our roofer FIVE YEARS AGO when he installed a new roof and skylight for the living room. All we needed to do was cut and finish access to it. Simple enough, right?












Here is a shot of the hole cut and insulation added. See the blinds? Those are new, too, and work on a switch. They can open, close or completely retract.










This is the work in progress. No pain, no gain. Now there is sheetrock covering the insulation. Air circulation is not the greatest in these access chutes, so we rigged a box fan set across chairs blowing UP. Sorry, no picture, but I'm sure you can see it in your mind's eye.

Since all of the furniture was either moved out or covered in plastic I hauled this favorite chair off to the upholstery shop. Okay, this chair is nice, but you'd really be raving about it had you seen what it looked like BEFORE I took it there. However, since I am the Worst Blogger Ever I neglected to take a picture of it in its gold wide wale corduroy glory with the sunken seat. The best thing about that fabric was that it matched the cat who thinks it is Her Chair. Anyway, the red Jamestown Lounge Feudal Oak chair is great in the room.

The finished room! This picture may not show the beauty of the natural light that fills the room, even on a gloomy day (common around here) in the late afternoon it was lovely. It was four days of disruption and mess but our question was, "Why didn't we do this sooner?" Our next planned project is to refinish the livingroom floor. That will wait until summer. Our heavy Jamestown Lounge Feudal Oak livingroom furniture has taken a toll on the floor. It has rubbed off the finish and started marring the wood beneath. There was also an incident with a leaky Christmas tree that happened a couple of years ago that discolored a part of the wood. Meanwhile, we shall enjoy the latest improvement.

In the bleak midwinter

Our Ancestral Home, without its awnings, surrounded by snow and more snow. Saturday I left it to visit this lovely home outside of Atlanta with no snow.

Am home again, and the visit made it easier to face even more snow that is falling right now.

Christmas gathering

The A Cappella Choir performs their vespers concert in this beautiful setting, left, each year as they have for about 82 years. This was Son2's first year as a member of the choir and the grandparents took advantage of the balmy weather to venture out and attend. They seemed to be glad that they did.

Happy New Bath!

On the fifth day of Christmas we sent the Christmas cards... and on the odd chance that anyone will actually view the blog as promoted in the propaganda we enclosed about our family news I figured it was time to show the work we did back in September. It is no coincidence that blog postings ceased when school began, but we did put a few more finishing touches on the bath.

We really like the look of the heat cover that replaced the rusty/painted metal baseboard cover. The accessories are chrome and white porcelain. We like the way they look with the faucets, door handles and porcelain sink and shining tub. What a lot of work, but it sure was worth it!