Since I now will be inhabiting a home all by myself, I want it to look just like me. Feel like me. Of course the kid will still be home for most of the summer and then he will return for vacations and such. The dogs will reside and destroy things with me. Even the lone parakeet is moving with me. But I want it to be laid out for my life and taste.
I have been planning rooms. I made little diagrams, made little pieces of furniture, rugs, art and cut them out. I have listed the changes I want to make. The furniture I want to add and delete. Oh Gosh, it is fun. I own a boatload of architectural salvage, stuff I have accumulated for when we would finally have the time to install it. Well, that time is fast arriving.
Only now it is not a "we" but an "I" and it is turning out even better than I thought. I am having bookcases built everywhere they will fit, all made out of salvage. Finally my books will be all around me. I have lots of art walls. Walls that will probably just be a big hodge podge of what I like. I am having another fireplace added. I adore fireplaces, the more the merrier. I am turning the biggest room, the basement, into my craft room. Finally, enough space for me to spread out.
My exercise equipment will be indoors instead of the garage. My holiday decorations will reside with me instead of a off-site storage unit. It will be messy and cozy. It will have dog hair and dog toys. It will be loud with my I-pod. It will break all the decorating rules. I will crowd my shelves with books, books and more books. My furniture won't match and dogs and feet can be on the couch. It will be vintage and have the largest COFFEE sign on one wall that you have ever seen. An old cigar cabinet from Pike Place Market will hold, well, I have no idea what it will hold, but it is a lovely cabinet.
A Babe Ruth bat will co-habituate with a original Blue Dog painting. One whole wall is nothing but handmade art. My lovely four poster bed will be filled with delicious linens and two giant dog beds will take up the rest of my room.
But mostly it will be filled with new beginnings and new times. The old items will remind me of my past, good, bad and ugly. The additions will point the way to a new future. Change is hard, it is also necessary. Without change growth isn't possible. And I want to grow and change. I want to become a better me, a different me. I want to keep so much of the past but I want to embrace the future wholeheartedly as well. Plus, I want to decorate.
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Friday, April 10, 2009
Collectible Friday - Charles Wysocki
Greetings from vacation!
Today for Collectible Friday we are doing Charles Wysocki. I collect quite a few things (laughter here) actually I collect a ton of stuff. But anyway, I digress, I love art work. Over the years I have bought this and that, paintings, prints, hand made work of items I liked. A hodge podge if you will.
Mr. Wysocki is one of my favorites. When I was young I saw a print of his "Frederick the Literate." Which is a cat fast asleep in a book shelf. I absolutely loved it. It was out of my price range at the time but I never forgot about it. Years later, I had a gallery find one on the secondary art market and I bought it (and the other two that go with it). It hangs in the Seattle house. I still love it.
Later on, Mr. Wysocki did a series of paintings about a Sea Captain's Wife. The series have her waiting on her husband (Horatio) to come home from the sea. I own four of them. Only three are shown here.
My absolute favorite is called "Sea Captain's Wife Praying." I am not a religious person, so I don't know exactly what speaks to me in this picture, I just know that it does. The woman seems so strong and yet so vulnerable to me. The beautiful church in the background offering up hope, I just love the whole scene. I stare at this often during the day. It provides the same feeling time and time again. Peace. She seems so comforted by the bible and her own inner will. It is just an awesome piece.
Hanging right next to it, is "You've Been So Long At Sea, Horatio." Also beautiful. I love the house on the cliff with the two upstairs light shining brightly. The colors of the sky are mesmerizing.
Also upstairs is the "Another Year At Sea." You can see the opened letter tossed on the stairs. Did it bring the news that at last he is coming home? Or did it say, not yet? Some days I think yes and other days I think no. You can play this game for hours.
Downstairs I have "Thinking About Horatio." This one is not shown. It is the woman relaxing in a rowboat out at sea. She has brought her cat and I am sure is dreaming about where Horatio is right now.
Charles Wysocki was born in 1928. He started his art career by doing commercial artwork for big name companies. His true love though was the primitive style. So in the early 1960's he switched over and never looked back. He passed away in 2002 and his beautiful art will be sorely missed.
Most, if not all, of his pieces have been made into prints, mugs, calendars, etc. and are available most every where. Take a look.
Today for Collectible Friday we are doing Charles Wysocki. I collect quite a few things (laughter here) actually I collect a ton of stuff. But anyway, I digress, I love art work. Over the years I have bought this and that, paintings, prints, hand made work of items I liked. A hodge podge if you will.Mr. Wysocki is one of my favorites. When I was young I saw a print of his "Frederick the Literate." Which is a cat fast asleep in a book shelf. I absolutely loved it. It was out of my price range at the time but I never forgot about it. Years later, I had a gallery find one on the secondary art market and I bought it (and the other two that go with it). It hangs in the Seattle house. I still love it.
Later on, Mr. Wysocki did a series of paintings about a Sea Captain's Wife. The series have her waiting on her husband (Horatio) to come home from the sea. I own four of them. Only three are shown here.
My absolute favorite is called "Sea Captain's Wife Praying." I am not a religious person, so I don't know exactly what speaks to me in this picture, I just know that it does. The woman seems so strong and yet so vulnerable to me. The beautiful church in the background offering up hope, I just love the whole scene. I stare at this often during the day. It provides the same feeling time and time again. Peace. She seems so comforted by the bible and her own inner will. It is just an awesome piece.
Hanging right next to it, is "You've Been So Long At Sea, Horatio." Also beautiful. I love the house on the cliff with the two upstairs light shining brightly. The colors of the sky are mesmerizing.
Also upstairs is the "Another Year At Sea." You can see the opened letter tossed on the stairs. Did it bring the news that at last he is coming home? Or did it say, not yet? Some days I think yes and other days I think no. You can play this game for hours.
Downstairs I have "Thinking About Horatio." This one is not shown. It is the woman relaxing in a rowboat out at sea. She has brought her cat and I am sure is dreaming about where Horatio is right now.Charles Wysocki was born in 1928. He started his art career by doing commercial artwork for big name companies. His true love though was the primitive style. So in the early 1960's he switched over and never looked back. He passed away in 2002 and his beautiful art will be sorely missed.
Most, if not all, of his pieces have been made into prints, mugs, calendars, etc. and are available most every where. Take a look.
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