Tuesday, February 22, 2005
while i am in here, i might as well tell about my estate adventure today.
it was right off lake drive in the older section.
2nd day. purple ticket tends to be as bad as'prestige' estate sales. and those damned big tickets they use. at least they know not to put the tape on the good parts.
well. it was a medium sized home built around 1920 or so. i know cause i live in a similar 1926 house.
very italianesque on inside. and in the entry room, no front hall? that's unusual. but there was 2 lovely unusual stained glass windows. tall and narrow. and very bright. but then it was also sort of gothic. more spanish plaster, or the smae we have. more organic. step down to livingroom. big fireplace. 3 round arched windows with gothic like structures surrounding them. and spanish plaster EVERYWHERE. let me tell you. a fucking BITCH to paint!
and on the end, a tile floor solarium with more windows. and 2 pillars. very italian!
then the only way is to the dinningroom. this house had a horrid floor plan. and around a courner to pantry/hall door to basement. HUGE fancy basement. not as cool as our deco bar though. redone kitchen. blegh. but NICE re-surfaced floor. too pale for my taste though.
then a office. very boring but oh my look at that DESK. HUGE heavy heavy wood. top at least 2 inches thick. and on pillar legs. seems south american. good for a bishop. very very neat.
back into the hall and wow. look at that bathroom! is that tiole original??? violet and green? no way. no way. but great job! blends in great. and love the showeer. and then the bedroom. wow. now THAT is pink! and that old bench at the foot of the bed! i want that! sigh. need $ for that.
and the long bench opposite it was nice too. where did that stuff come from???
no upstairs and had to completely backtrack to get out. bad bad floor plan.
i almost bought a tiny little newer creamer. but then i found something to buy at the desk. there were 3 old asian tin boxes with odd scenes on them. not in the greatest shape. but that's patina, eh?
i bought 1 with a bus and road scene. very spare. but i like the lampost. and the other has a 60's mod pagoda bauhaus kinda building. asian bauhaus???
at 1/2 price, 2 for $7 was acceptable.
it was right off lake drive in the older section.
2nd day. purple ticket tends to be as bad as'prestige' estate sales. and those damned big tickets they use. at least they know not to put the tape on the good parts.
well. it was a medium sized home built around 1920 or so. i know cause i live in a similar 1926 house.
very italianesque on inside. and in the entry room, no front hall? that's unusual. but there was 2 lovely unusual stained glass windows. tall and narrow. and very bright. but then it was also sort of gothic. more spanish plaster, or the smae we have. more organic. step down to livingroom. big fireplace. 3 round arched windows with gothic like structures surrounding them. and spanish plaster EVERYWHERE. let me tell you. a fucking BITCH to paint!
and on the end, a tile floor solarium with more windows. and 2 pillars. very italian!
then the only way is to the dinningroom. this house had a horrid floor plan. and around a courner to pantry/hall door to basement. HUGE fancy basement. not as cool as our deco bar though. redone kitchen. blegh. but NICE re-surfaced floor. too pale for my taste though.
then a office. very boring but oh my look at that DESK. HUGE heavy heavy wood. top at least 2 inches thick. and on pillar legs. seems south american. good for a bishop. very very neat.
back into the hall and wow. look at that bathroom! is that tiole original??? violet and green? no way. no way. but great job! blends in great. and love the showeer. and then the bedroom. wow. now THAT is pink! and that old bench at the foot of the bed! i want that! sigh. need $ for that.
and the long bench opposite it was nice too. where did that stuff come from???
no upstairs and had to completely backtrack to get out. bad bad floor plan.
i almost bought a tiny little newer creamer. but then i found something to buy at the desk. there were 3 old asian tin boxes with odd scenes on them. not in the greatest shape. but that's patina, eh?
i bought 1 with a bus and road scene. very spare. but i like the lampost. and the other has a 60's mod pagoda bauhaus kinda building. asian bauhaus???
at 1/2 price, 2 for $7 was acceptable.
