Rural Living: Restoration of an 1843 Greek Revival style home and farm buildings. Equine and canine activities at Laughing Fox Farm...and some human things in there too.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Snow at LFF in Jan 2010
This is a video that I took today of Andy and the canines walking down our road in the beautiful snow that we got today. It was so much fun!
Thursday, January 7, 2010
How to Find Photos of the Early Stages of Restoration
I have been asked how to find photos of the early restoration progress. On the Home Page of the Blog go to the right side of the page, scroll down and find "Blog Archives." Each month has photos showing the early stages with torn out walls, missing roof portions, and so on.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
The "Original" Lamp
This light originally hung in the foyer. It had been wired for electricity, but we wanted to return it to an oil burning hanging lamp. So I took it to a restorationist in Nashville, TN who specializes in restoring lights. It now hangs in the Dining Room and is a decorative piece. It is dated somewhere between 1860 and 1880.
Ms. Charlotte's Salt Cellars
Andy has a client in the north east, and Charlotte, the client's mom, who I think is in her 80's very generously sent us a part of her Salt Cellar collection. They are such beautiful and delicate things and each one is truly a work of art. One would have been placed at each diner's place, would have had a tiny spoon,like one you see here and would have been used to personally spoon onto one's food, salt. These are late 19th century and early 20th century pieces, and will have pride of place in, of course, our Dining Room. Thank you, Ms. Charlotte!!
Christmas At LFF
Andy in the Dining Room before Christmas 2009 says good-bye, the mantles in the Master Bed Room and the Living Room.
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