Tatum
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Our house looked lovely at Christmas, at Rue's request here are a few shots...not that you can see much of the house, but I'm still proud of it
Our neighbors loved that they could see it walking by!
Hmmm... Your neighbors must be rather blase. The sight which you describe would have given me quite a start.
Lovely display, though. Festive, welcoming, and of course in impeccable taste.
Very nice, Tatum. I gotta ask, though -- why the ramps? To accommodate a wheelchair user, maybe? Do a detect some sort of skid-resistant finish on them?
... I had a feeling that was going to come up, and yes...my mother-in-law is in a motorized wheelchair. To make them skid resistant, we simply mixed sand with the same paint we were using to paint the outside of the house. Also, Hubby does a lot of loading and and unloading for the business, and they accommodate a dolly nicely, so they stay up all the time.
Lot's of folks discover that the accessibility features they install to accommodate people with disabilities often make the spaces more usable for just about everybody else as well. Levers are easier to use than door knobs (just ask someone juggling three or four sacks of groceries), and 99 out of 100 delivery people think curb ramps are a swell idea.
You meen Like this? [video=youtube;UWm0nXJYLmk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWm0nXJYLmk&feature=related[/video]nor is taking the neighbor's new piano down the basement... Through part of a wall (accidentally).
Later
I love your home Tatum!! It's really beautiful and it looks so warm and welcoming.
I just posted all of this to the Man Cave thread, but I thought I'd post it here as well. Some of these things I've shown before, but my place got itself in almost showable condition Sunday evening, so I thought I'd snap off a few pics to show it off.
The book case I designed myself, with a little help from Gothic Cabinetry
The art work on the wall includes a Belgian tapestry from the 1939 NY World's Fair, an ink drawing of my late wife by her teacher, Knox Martin, an ink and watercolor drawing that I picked up for $15 at a thrift shop in Brooklyn Heights, and a map of my neighborhood in the Bronx from about 1875.
The dining room, with my 30's vintage English sideboard and the gorgeous mirror from the 40's with Diana the Huntress.
She's hawwttt. In the distance out the window you can see the whole Manhattan skyline, including the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building and 30 Rock. Great view.
And my kitchen, with the 30's feed sack cloth used for curtains.
I left the Christmas lights up cause I just like the way they look. They're hooked to a dimmer, and they really look cool dimmed down to almost nothing.