After a hard day, there’s nothing more relaxing than to sink into hot bath. So a lot of us see the bathroom as an “away from it all” place. But much depends on what kind of bathroom it is. Many old houses still have tatty make shift bathrooms, perhaps with temperamental old time geyser. Inter-war and post-war homes have cold white “clinical” bathrooms, efficient perhaps, increasingly shabby certainly. Read the rest of this entry »
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Bitty bathrooms can have their gaps between bath end and the wall boxed in with chipboard
rd to make a wide shelf for sponges and soap. If one wall is a mass of ugly pipes, conceal it behind a false wall of tongue and groove pine which may be gloss painted to match bath, floor or other woodwork.
Vanity tops and shelves are all part of keeping bathroom clutter under Read the rest of this entry »
When buying a used sofa, check to see that frames intact, the style is good, the arms sturdy and the springs are in the good condition. Think twice before bleaching or striping old furniture if its antique you might ruin its value and patina. And beware of antique pieces that have been altered look older. Tip-offs strange looking stains, new hardware, peeling veneer, staining on insides of drawers antique drawers were never stained inside. Read the rest of this entry »
The living room, which from the center of the house, has floor or square off-white tiles,
white walls, magnolia colored curtains and tan upholstered cane furniture. This rather neutral background sets beautifully some casually placed rugs and a small ornate Jammu chest from Indonesia. Jammu is medicine that women use “to make them beautiful from the inside”. Above the chest are few page of a Burmese lacquered manuscript. Read the rest of this entry »