The bookshelves (china hutches) are in place. The living room has returned to normal.
Art above the shelves and in the corner had to be rearranged.
A speaker in the corner has a blue and white bowl on top.
The sofa's side table has shallow bowls that act as coasters.
The side table has a Navajo box featuring a sand painting, several Russian lacquer boxes, a Slavic hand carved and hand painted box, and blue and white pottery under a Chinoiserie lamp. This room gets no consistent direct light so every plant is fake.
This light weight table sits between the recliner and the new book shelves. I love having a tray and table to rest drinks and books upon. The table is easy to move if the lower doors need to open. The lotus becomes a coaster. The tray was one of two found for 20¢ and $2.00. This was the 20¢ tray. It was separating from the bottom and scarred. I glued the bottom on, put trim at the base, and added acrylic paint to repair some of the scratches and cover the glue repairs. It works well for 20 cents. It's mate was in slightly better condition and sits in the library on a side table. The table was a Habitat ReStore find. I thought it said $7 but it actually had a one in front. Despite being $17, I thought it would make a nice addition.
A simple
bar sits between two chairs. Underneath is a
rack of wines, spare liquors, and tonic water. The Chinese influenced table has curved legs and came from an antiques store where I apprenticed. The drinks tray is a letter tray embellished with stamps. Behind these two chairs there is no wall. Rather, there is walking area including an enclosed hallway off to the far right side. Behind these chairs the room
opens up into the
dining room.
These windows are never open and we're considering placing a screen behind the couch. I think a Chinese Coromandel lacquer screen would be fitting for the space.
The opposite end of the room, across from the new book shelves. This corner is detailed at
this link and updated
here. Two art walls meet at a corner (above and below). The
entry table is draped in green below.
The entrance is at far left. The coat rack and
umbrella and cane rack rest behind the door's inward swing. The
lamp at left sits on the right sofa table.
Another look inside the shelves.
A light blue Roseville floral jardinière from my grandmother is beside a McCoy planter. Several other pieces are all in a mint green color including this adorable pair of English bulldogs with a planter spot placed on their rear sections. I found the brown pot with green inside a couple of weeks ago, years after I'd sworn off acquiring more green and blue pottery. It was $2 or $4 & so deemed a keeper. A box of bone with brass trim and a small blue almond blossom plate finish out the scene. The tiny plate came from the housewares section at a Korean grocery in Duluth!My son's "
Graham Chapman" sculpture is at top left with a green handled vase. A
brass howdah with elephant has a hidden compartment. A McCoy bamboo pot in green with odd blue coloring starting at the rim. A faux ivory
Chinese vase I love was found on clearance at an antiques auction house.
A scrimshaw tooth and a
Vapheio cup on the top shelf. A ceramic fish and a bowl from South Africa on the second shelf. An apostle bell and a simple brass bell on the bottom shelf.
No room for anything on the top shelf. A Suiseki stone and blue and brown pot are on the second shelf. My son passed along these Italian leather covered bottles when he cleared some shelves. The map one has a magnificent image of a sailing ship on the other side.
