An Open House & Shelves (341/366)

 

Outside of house

Living room light

Hallway ceiling

Shell art on the open basement stair wall

Dining room light

A bathroom

Living room fireplace mantel and beams
(A note stated that the paneling is cyprus and the beams are from a church)

TIME: 1:00 pm
PLACE: West end of town
SUBJECT: Open House

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SD and I went to an open house in the west end of town today. (Much better photos of the rooms than I could take - also, I don't know how long the link will work, - it is an auction and ends on 12/9/2020).

It is very mid-century modern and I was very smitten.

 

Who cares that all the windows were single pane glass and it probably costs and arm and a leg to heat the place?

The important thing to note, in my brother's words, is that the house is "Un-Home Depoted" - Which is kind of rare to find these days.  

In any case, for various reasons I will not go into here, there is not a chance I can even think about purchasing this house. Which made me sad.

On the drive back home, I spied an estate sale sign.  We stopped and popped in to see what remained on the 1/2 off day.

I was able to snag this shelf for only $10.00

  

It made me feel a bit better.

I Think I Got a Good Deal (260/366)

TIME: 8:55 pm
PLACE: Living room
SUBJECT: Chair

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I miss going to auctions, estate sales and flea markets.  Stupid COVID.

So, to feed my urge to purchase items I don't need, I've been checking out auctions near me on the Hibid.com website.

Late Sunday afternoon, I am browsing an auction that was to close in about 4 hours.  On the last page of items up for bid, I come across a lot of 2 chairs.  These chairs have no bids.  They are labeled in the auction as "OUX chairs".  They looked pretty mid-century to me and also look very similar to furniture my brother has in his living room <-- which is definitely authentic mid-century furniture.

So I Google - God bless Google - I do not find "OUX" chairs but do find plenty of "DUX" chairs. Very expensive chairs from what I can see.  I found a set of six, which has two like the ones in the auction, with an asking price of $3,295 (free shipping though!) or about $549 a chair.

I figure, what the heck, and placed a max bid of $50.

I got them for $32 plus a 15% bidders fee. I'm still a little giddy!

I picked them up today. The cushions need to be cleaned &/or replaced, there are some white marks here and there on the frame and the teak wood may need some Danish oil to bring back the shine, but overall they look good. I believe they are Folke Ohlsson designed chairs made in Sweden and imported for DUX.

Here is a photo of the whole chair - it's not an artsy photo and I ask that you please ignore the dog scratches on my front door.

Curvy (083/365)

“Magic lives in curves, not angles”
 Mason Cooley  (American , 1927-2002)

TIME:  5:30 PM
PLACE:  Around town
SUBJECT:  Old Drive-in roof

I was a lazy mom and ordered Chinese for supper.
I let James drive when we went to pick it up.
We drove past the old K&W Drive-In.
I love the curvy roof where the cars used to park.

New To Me (314/365)

“Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!”

Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622-1673), French comic playwright. Cathos, in Les Précieuses Ridicules, sc. 9 (1659). Cathos invites her guest to sit down.

TIME:  4:42 PM
PLACE:  Living room
SUBJECT:  Chair

I stopped by the Senior Citizen’s Thrift Store yesterday morning to peruse their wares.  I found a couple of vintage Christmas ornaments and this chair.  It is very mid-century modern (a style which I’ve been finding myself drawn to lately).  My first thought upon seeing it was how much my brother John in San Francisco would appreciate it.  Then I sat on it, found out how comfy it was and decided that I needed it for myself.  One of the older gentlemen working there saw me trying it out and said that he would give me “the deal of the century” since I was such a lovely young lady  – only 20 dollars…Sold (Hey, I know he was buttering me up to persuade me to buy it, but I’ll happily accept all the compliments I can get).  At first, I was afraid that the style wouldn’t work with my living room, but it actually looks pretty good.  The chair also received Jack’s stamp of approval – he loves sleeping on it.