Speaking of God
Here’s the conversation I have when people tell me that, as a gay man, God doesn’t approve of my “preference” or “lifestyle choice”. I carefully explain that it’s not a choice but a built-in orientation. Just as I was born with green eyes, auburn hair, white skin, and so on. I state: I am as…
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My online vintage lighting store. For years and years and years I had a chandelier in storage. I knew it was by Lightolier, but it was obviously missing its glass shades and ceiling canopy. It was also a mess. Really, it looked like something one would find in a rubbish pile. All…
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In my last post, I showed how I emptied the island bookshelf in the library in anticipation for bringing in the stunning Henredon table I purchased a few months ago, a Kenny find. Wanna see? Scroll way down… …
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The weather forced me back inside and I have spent the last week very much enjoying fussing with the library. Mostly, I have been doing the final touch-ups on the ceiling. I have also been stenciling the frieze medallions. These are now done save on the north wall. Today, I emptied the shelving island of…
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Every day. Just a bit better. And now? The celestial ceiling is finished.
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The Emporia Gazette did a recent article on the Plumb Mansion, and the work the new owner, Chris Stanley, is doing. Then they wrote this: “She noted that includes repairs to shingles on the roof. They became an issue last spring, when neighbor and restoration buff Ross MacTaggart climbed onto the Plumb mansion roof and…
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I have not done a time-travel post in a while. Here is one from the late 1980s. I moved to New York City in the fall of 1978. I was a pup of twenty-one, with $200 in my wallet, and big dreams of Making It Big as an interior designer. Today, I shudder…
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Somebody has stolen it. Yes, it is gone. I have been aware for months now that something was amiss. After the initial 2014 purchase of the single roll I later found three more rolls, but in a different color way and sans the mylar background. I have always kept the rolls handy on the…
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Yesterday, I posted about two patterns I created on the library ceiling. PATTERN #1: This is a repeat of the ‘cracked ice’ effect I did in the parlor. While I love it in the parlor, it did nothing for me in the library. This surprised me. So, I did the other corner… PATTERN #2: This…
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My online vintage lighting store. My online vintage lighting store.
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Somebody left my all-time favorite comment on this post. Scroll down to the comments. You might enjoy my response!
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