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<p>[QUOTE="User 67, post: 18488, member: 67"]<img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/untitled-1-jpg.4571/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I really like your china hutch with it's display of blue and white, pewter and old pottery, though I'd rather see it antiqued or have the color knocked back. I hate when old, chipped, or faded objects are placed against a stark white, it's a bit clinical like a museum and tends to highlight the stains and flaws rather then the patina and richness of the objects.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/untitled-2-jpg.4572/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I am also a little turned off when I see book cases completely filled with rows and rows of similar objects; like an antique shop, I expect to see price tags and a half price section on the bottom shelf.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, the stark white just adds to the shop display feel. I don't mind the white trim here, but the inside should be painted, or at least paper the back behind the shelves in a non busy patterned wall paper. The tops and fronts of the shelves can be painted the same color. For the bookcase that has all my oldest and small collection of collectible books, I painted the insides flat black (thank you John Vere Brown). The books, rock specimens and objects d'art look spectacular, like an antique library.</p><p><br /></p><p>A case like yours in a living room, would do well to have the bottom two shelves with doors. You could then add some books and risers to the shelves (books make excellent risers) to warm it up and to break up the repetition of shapes and surfaces. It would make the case look more decorated, homey and in keeping with the rest of the home. Remove half the objects and pack them up in boxes in the lower shelves behind the doors. Then make little displays between or with the books of certain collections, like you sort have done. You can change the displays (switching out the stuff stored below) when ever you want, to show off part of the collection. Like around the holidays, when you are having a dinner party, when you finally locate the elusive what-not that competes a collection, when you have overnight guests, when you do spring cleaning. Then you and your visitors not only see something different from time to time, but it is easier to appreciate the individual objects. In fact these displays can be more or less didactic and you can further expand the textures by introducing period photos, catalogs or postcards of similar objects, wood carvings, metal ware of the period, napkins or textile pieces, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>The vignette photos of the other rooms are utterly charming and I love the displays. You have an impressive collection, no doubt. I admit that this style of decorating is somewhat out of fashion right now, but I consider it classic, even if like chintz it goes in and out of style. A different paint color on the wall is the only update one needs from time to time. Of course, I am against stark white for the same reasons. But I love the chairs if not the pineapple teal and pink fabric. (hate teal and pink, or teal and mauve combos, more so when they <i>were </i>in style) They would be outstanding in a blue & white needlepoint (ala <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=Kaffe+Fassett+chair&source=lnms&tbm=isch" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.google.com/search?q=Kaffe+Fassett+chair&source=lnms&tbm=isch" rel="nofollow">Kaffe Fassett</a>, but w/ original wood of course).</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for sharing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="User 67, post: 18488, member: 67"][IMG]https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/untitled-1-jpg.4571/[/IMG] I really like your china hutch with it's display of blue and white, pewter and old pottery, though I'd rather see it antiqued or have the color knocked back. I hate when old, chipped, or faded objects are placed against a stark white, it's a bit clinical like a museum and tends to highlight the stains and flaws rather then the patina and richness of the objects. [IMG]https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/untitled-2-jpg.4572/[/IMG] I am also a little turned off when I see book cases completely filled with rows and rows of similar objects; like an antique shop, I expect to see price tags and a half price section on the bottom shelf. Again, the stark white just adds to the shop display feel. I don't mind the white trim here, but the inside should be painted, or at least paper the back behind the shelves in a non busy patterned wall paper. The tops and fronts of the shelves can be painted the same color. For the bookcase that has all my oldest and small collection of collectible books, I painted the insides flat black (thank you John Vere Brown). The books, rock specimens and objects d'art look spectacular, like an antique library. A case like yours in a living room, would do well to have the bottom two shelves with doors. You could then add some books and risers to the shelves (books make excellent risers) to warm it up and to break up the repetition of shapes and surfaces. It would make the case look more decorated, homey and in keeping with the rest of the home. Remove half the objects and pack them up in boxes in the lower shelves behind the doors. Then make little displays between or with the books of certain collections, like you sort have done. You can change the displays (switching out the stuff stored below) when ever you want, to show off part of the collection. Like around the holidays, when you are having a dinner party, when you finally locate the elusive what-not that competes a collection, when you have overnight guests, when you do spring cleaning. Then you and your visitors not only see something different from time to time, but it is easier to appreciate the individual objects. In fact these displays can be more or less didactic and you can further expand the textures by introducing period photos, catalogs or postcards of similar objects, wood carvings, metal ware of the period, napkins or textile pieces, etc. The vignette photos of the other rooms are utterly charming and I love the displays. You have an impressive collection, no doubt. I admit that this style of decorating is somewhat out of fashion right now, but I consider it classic, even if like chintz it goes in and out of style. A different paint color on the wall is the only update one needs from time to time. Of course, I am against stark white for the same reasons. But I love the chairs if not the pineapple teal and pink fabric. (hate teal and pink, or teal and mauve combos, more so when they [I]were [/I]in style) They would be outstanding in a blue & white needlepoint (ala [URL='http://www.google.com/search?q=Kaffe+Fassett+chair&source=lnms&tbm=isch']Kaffe Fassett[/URL], but w/ original wood of course). Thanks for sharing.[/QUOTE]
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