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December 2004: Last summer we
drove to San Diego to pick up a clock from Barb's mother's house. Barb's
mother gave us the clock. It is a true "grandfather clock" because it was
purchased by Barb's grandfather, Alfred Daniel LaMotte, sometime around 1915
to 1920. We just had its movements cleaned and adjusted by Bob at ClockWise
Inc in Albany, Oregon. Bob said this Herschede Floor clock was built in
Germany around 1885 to 1890. It has an 8-day cable driven time and strike
movement. Because it dates to roughly when our home was built, it feels
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Top: How the living room looked in
June 2003 when we first toured the home.
Middle: Barb has arranged
wedding photos commemorating major family events. We've painted the wall and
installed a corbel in the archway.
Bottom: Barb purchased a tapestry to hang over
the fireplace. |
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Top: How the living room looked in
June 2003 when we first toured the home.
May 2004: Barb found a super
vanity at CostCo, so we pulled out the old unit and installed the new one.
Granite top, nice hardwoods ... straight from China. Finally, Barb found and
put up a super stained-glass-window decal at Home Depot as her on-going war
against miniblinds.
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March 2004: The spinning wheel
(described below) has arrived. It took a while to figure out how to set it
up, and we needed to buy cords, hooks, and apply oil. After that set up was
done, Barb began spinning. She says it works great. |
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March 2004: After tackling the
downstairs windows in December and January (see below), Barb turned her
attention to the upstairs windows. Once again, the fabrics came from eBay,
and Barb sewed all the drapes from scratch. |
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February 2004: An eBay purchase ... TRANSYLVANIA SPINNING WHEEL Tole FLOWERS ANTIQUE SPINNING WHEEL -works
It comes from the Sibiu area, Hermannstadt under Austro-Hungarian Empire.
A beautiful spinning wheel from the late 1800.
This is an amazingly hand painted Saxony style spinning wheel featuring
traditional Transylvanian patterns. A vibrant amalgam of foliage, flowers
and seeds. The “Tree of Life” pattern is an ode to the renewal, the beauty
of Life and revival of nature that has origins up to ancient pageant rites,
frequently used in Magyar (Hungarian) works. These kinds of patterns were
commonly seen on embroideries.
The wood is in very good condition regarding its age. The spinning wheel
has been carefully restored. The paints have been patiently brought back to
their lively original colors and patterns. The paints restoration dictated
over one week full time work. An old pigment method has been used to
replicate original color. The spinning wheel is COMPLETE (notice the
beautiful bell distaff) and fully FUNCTIONAL. You can spin with it, not just
moving parts. The construction is solid and stable. No wobbles. Wood screw
at tension system- works nice. Used for wool and hemp.
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January 2004: Barb has worked her
magic in the living room. |
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January 2004: On eBay we purchased
a complete, 10 volume set of the Americanized Encyclopedia Britannica,
published by The Werner Company, Chicago, 1894.
Each octavo volume is bound
in 3/4 leather over pebbled cloth. This set really
explains what was known about the world when the Allen House was
constructed. |
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December 2003: Barb found a craft
store that was going out of business and picked up this decorative trim
cheap. It looks better at night when you can see all the lights. |
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Above: December 2003: Barb sewed new drapes
from scratch. The fabric came from Fabrem, an eBay store (contact
nuchy@earthlink.net) -- highly
recommended. Below: December 2004:
We went to our timberland in Pedee to cut a live Christmas tree. We
selected an 11-foot segment from a 20-foot tree. While it doesn't look as
bushy as the commercial trees, I'm quite fond of it. |
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December 2003: Another window
treatment in the parlor. |
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November 2003: An eBay picture that was sufficiently
attractive to cause us to buy these trunks. |
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November 2003: Here is what the boxes look like after
arriving in our front parlor. |
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November 2003: Barb placed the two smallest boxes on the
piano. |
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November 2003: We've only been here a couple of months,
but Barb has already made the place feel quite homey. |
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October 2003: An eBay purchase from a lady living
in Tualatin, Oregon. They had been in her family since when grandmother
lived in Carthage, Missouri. |
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October 2003: A writing desk arrived from eBay and went
into the downstairs study. |
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October 2003: We purchased this hutch on eBay from a
dealer named Mike in Washington with a heavy English accent. When we went to
pick it up, we found his barn filled with literally hundreds of antiques
shipped over from England. His son buys the pieces and fills shipping
containers full to the brim. Mike receives four containers a year.
Transportation for each container is roughly $3700, door to door. He sells
about $150,000 of antiques, almost all through eBay. |
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October 2003: We also bought this piece from Mike. It
seemed to go well with the kitchen hutch. |
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October 2003: Dave's grandmother, Orma Sullivan, bought
this cabinet. The china also came from the family. |
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October 2003: Orma Sullivan's vanity. Orma was a
wonderful, kind person, and Dave can almost see her sitting at the vanity. |
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October 2003: Yet another eBay purchase ... this time
from a lady who lived in a beautifully restored historic house in NW Portland. Our kitty just had to try it out. |
