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[Giftmacher]

Found some aluminium pelmet with glass weight in the attic yesterday, turned out it was circa from 30-40's so I attached it today. Must paint the room as soon as possible, patterned rollers are ready.

 

[Fading Fast]

Found some aluminium pelmet with glass weight in the attic yesterday, turned out it was circa from 30-40's so I attached it today. Must paint the room as soon as possible, patterned rollers are ready.
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Giftmacher, beautiful room with wonderful vintage details.

Methinks we have the same or a similar desk lamp. This is mine - it's a pre-WWII bakelite lamp is all I know about it. It looks very similar to yours.

 

[Giftmacher]

Wow, it's really practically same. It seems that lamp was designed in 30's by Eric Cole Kirkman, mine is likely the postwar production in Czechoslovakia.

 

[Studebaker Driver]

 

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[St. Louis]

Your home is so beautiful, Studebaker. It takes real artistry to combine this level of coziness with elegance & harmonious design. Really inspiring!

 

[Touchofevil]

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I could happily live here. Beautiful home, Studebaker Driver. Congratulations!

 

[Studebaker Driver]

Thanks, Saint and ToE.
The bones of the house are great and I can take no credit for that. I picked the colors and did the poppy stencils to match the art glass windows. The furniture and in fill is just what caught my eye over the years. I can tell you, judging by people's reactions, it is an effect that is not for everyone! LOL

 

[Fading Fast]

Thanks, Saint and ToE.
The bones of the house are great and I can take no credit for that. I picked the colors and did the poppy stencils to match the art glass windows. The furniture and in fill is just what caught my eye over the years. I can tell you, judging by people's reactions, it is an effect that is not for everyone! LOL

I love your home as much for its vintage authenticity as for its "home-i-ness" (I just wanted to curl up in one of those chairs with a good book only to end up nodding off). But I understand what you mean when you say that it is not for everyone.

No where near as nice as yours, but we live in an old apartment (1928) and have furnished (only about 1/3 of the way there) it with vintage or vintage-echoing pieces and the response from our friends has been very underwhelming. They are all too nice but to say all the right things, but you can tell the true enthusiasm isn't there. All of them have much more contemporary or modern tastes and what we did leaves them cold. That's all cool - different folks, different...

 

[1mach1]

Studebaker, lovely pics, and a very warm and friendly looking home.
When's the party?

 

[Studebaker Driver]

Oh! Fading! Believe me - I read eagerly each entry of your renovation! I now feel like I grew up in your 1928 apartment! That was some great work - congrats.

1Mach1, there is usually something every weekend and the most recent one was Friday night. Just a few neighbors and friends; drinks, fruit, cheese and crackers. Fire in the fireplace, music (there's no TV).

The house was the model home for the first planned subdivision in town in 1911. It had every modern convenience including the first built-in ironing board in town, a California cooler (pretty new for 1911), TWO stoves in the huge kitchen, wood burning for cooler weather and for hot water and an electric range for hot weather use. The rooms are different, the windows and doors are different, the moldings are different, the floors, walls and ceilings are different, so the builder could walk clients through the house and show the options available.

 

[Studebaker Driver]

 

[QuirkyQueen]

I have a question for this group, and will start in this thread. If you think of a better place, please let me know and I'll move it there.

My house was built in 1907, and my grandparents bought it in 1917. The family has been here ever since. With the 100 year anniversary of my grandparents purchasing the house coming up next year, I thought of having a celebration party of sorts. They actually bought the place in March of 1917, but I think I'll wait until a little later in the year so as to have better weather for a lawn party.

My question to this group: do you think a "1917 themed" party would be too much to ask of people who wouldn't necessarily have appreciate era clothing? I wouldn't be looking for "historical accuracy" as much as just a general "look" of the time.

Any thoughts?

Hi my house was 200 years old last year (as were the 7 beside us) and we had an English style tea party with bunting and everything. people could go vintage if they wanted to and we had cucumber sandwiches etc. Nothing was historically accurate. One of the neighbours researched those who lived in the houses previously and put together a booklet with his siblings of newspaper articles and pictures that was passed around and really brought history to life. (a great project for kids or teens to do) You can never predict weather for lawn parties!! ours was at the end of June and in mid afternoon the heavens opened, we had 3 small marquees (like giant scout tents) ready and we partied until 5am. We had the best time and it was great to connect with neighbours.

 

[Stearmen]

Hi my house was 200 years old last year (as were the 7 beside us) and we had an English style tea party with bunting and everything. people could go vintage if they wanted to and we had cucumber sandwiches etc. Nothing was historically accurate. One of the neighbours researched those who lived in the houses previously and put together a booklet with his siblings of newspaper articles and pictures that was passed around and really brought history to life. (a great project for kids or teens to do) You can never predict weather for lawn parties!! ours was at the end of June and in mid afternoon the heavens opened, we had 3 small marquees (like giant scout tents) ready and we partied until 5am. We had the best time and it was great to connect with neighbours.

You are so lucky that your records that go back that far! Our city building permits from before 1900 were lost in a fire. I was very excited to find there was a census taken in 1890, I had one name from an occupant of my house that year, but you guessed it, the records were lost in a warehouse fire. So I can not get the historical plaque for my house!

 

[QuirkyQueen]

You are so lucky that your records that go back that far! Our city building permits from before 1900 were lost in a fire. I was very excited to find there was a census taken in 1890, I had one name from an occupant of my house that year, but you guessed it, the records were lost in a warehouse fire. So I can not get the historical plaque for my house!

That is terrible for you not to have the connection. Ours were part of an Irish landed estate so had decent enough background. What i would advise is going to your local library and checking out the online newspapers, they go way back and you may be able to find something. It's absolutely worth a go....nothing ventured, nothing gained! I really hope you find something of value.

 

[Stearmen]

That is terrible for you not to have the connection. Ours were part of an Irish landed estate so had decent enough background. What i would advise is going to your local library and checking out the online newspapers, they go way back and you may be able to find something. It's absolutely worth a go....nothing ventured, nothing gained! I really hope you find something of value.

I have been trying to do that. It is very hard since it is not digitized yet, still on micro fish. Worse then looking for a needle in a hay stack!

 

[QuirkyQueen]

I have been trying to do that. It is very hard since it is not digitized yet, still on micro fish. Worse then looking for a needle in a hay stack!

thats terrible, sorry you can't go any further with your research.

 

[QuirkyQueen]

This is what our place looks like. Each house is unique. Ours has high ceilings , a gothic arch in the hallway and a spiral elm staircase (which is murder to move furniture up and down!)., original doors and one original fireplace.. It was build in 1815 and we call it our hobbit house as the door jambs upstairs are only suitable for people under 5 feet tall. It was an old school for the estate (hence the large ceilings downstairs. The rest of it is 70s decor and we are working on it slowly room by room to put personality and character back in to the place. I love it in winter, our sitting room has huge ceilings and a bay window and is painted red.... Of course its freezing cold most of the time, the lime rendered plaster cracks and peels and there are some days we want to hand back the keys ...but the good points outweigh the bad. We have amazing neighbours who all adore their homes as much as we do.

 

[vitanola]

Thanks, Saint and ToE.
The bones of the house are great and I can take no credit for that. I picked the colors and did the poppy stencils to match the art glass windows. The furniture and in fill is just what caught my eye over the years. I can tell you, judging by people's reactions, it is an effect that is not for everyone! LOL

Your place is stunning. Perfect, I think. I rather like the Cheney "Georgian" phonograph. They are lovely, well built, terribly under-rated machines. I only have one at the moment, but then I'm pressed for room and so only keep Orthophonic era or Open Horn machines as a general rule. So what sort of Studebaker have you?