tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post6088734621141757206..comments2023-10-11T04:09:53.564-07:00Comments on materfamilias writes: Nest-Feathering Report: Entryway Photo Wall materfamiliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-56033025583244505932017-03-08T15:04:21.588-08:002017-03-08T15:04:21.588-08:00When we meet, remind me to tell you a funny story ...When we meet, remind me to tell you a funny story about a suspicious patch we once found on a celing in one of our homes. I'll keep my fingers crossed yours doesn't indicate a problem.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-32480735305112921992017-03-08T15:03:10.867-08:002017-03-08T15:03:10.867-08:00As hard as it can be to leave these beloved homes ...As hard as it can be to leave these beloved homes behind, Marie, perhaps we're lucky to learn that we needn't come up with "the perfect arrangement." There's something about these movies that forces or lets us move into the fluidity which is more honestly our existential condition. Or something. ;-)<br />And along the way, you've discovered command hooks! (really? you can remove them without leaving any mark at all?) I'm being a bit tongue-in-cheek, obviously, but really, look at you! You've moved twice, this last year, and got your youngest set up at college, and you're planning new decorating projects and learning new things and reaching out into broader community conversations. I don't know you well enough to say you're thriving, but from here, I'm very impressed at your strength in moving on. So I'd love to think of you putting up a new wall of photos, arranging them just as you wish with the idea that you might change that arrangement completely if you want, two or four or six months down the road.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-46911743318232280572017-03-05T21:14:58.666-08:002017-03-05T21:14:58.666-08:00I love the display of family photos-the idea with ...I love the display of family photos-the idea with shelves is great <br />I didn't have plans for this spring ( although the interior needs painting,but thinking about all the job around it ,I 'll get it done next year),but there is a suspect patch on my bathroom ceiling (and we did already repair some leaking after house renovation).....let's hope it wouldn't be a huge problem :-)<br />Dottoressa<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-19899782915280719622017-03-05T11:31:48.720-08:002017-03-05T11:31:48.720-08:00No, I haven't read Bachelard. Now I must...No, I haven't read Bachelard. Now I must...Mardelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04850551308931710502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-69346599184576145062017-03-05T09:46:49.349-08:002017-03-05T09:46:49.349-08:00I am in the same boat - decades of photos, and I&#...I am in the same boat - decades of photos, and I've intended for years to arrange them nicely. There was a perfect place in the lovely, spacious house where I lived for 20 years and brought up my children - the wall along the stairway in the foyer - but it has been almost a year since my sons and I moved out of that house and I have just moved into my second rental house. I was always daunted by the prospect of coming up with the perfect arrangement, and a horror of putting nail holes into the beautiful plaster walls and the full spectrum paint covering them. I love your solution - the shelves look great, and the arrangements are fluid - no fear of doing something wrong and having a hole left.<br /><br />When my son went to college last year, I learned about command hooks. I wish I'd known about them earlier. They come in all sizes and will hold even heavy things, and remove completely without leaving a mark.Marienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-35385997994047171072017-03-04T20:59:03.122-08:002017-03-04T20:59:03.122-08:00Oh, I'm sure you will . . . Can't wait!Oh, I'm sure you will . . . Can't wait!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-13654611329715427252017-03-04T20:58:49.082-08:002017-03-04T20:58:49.082-08:00Isn't it interesting how each home reconfigure...Isn't it interesting how each home reconfigures us as we move into its space. I'm guessing you've already read Bachelard on this? The Poetics of Space? Rereading him has been on my After I Retire list for a while....materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-67360971604257691782017-03-04T20:57:38.394-08:002017-03-04T20:57:38.394-08:00Yes! I've been thinking I'll mix in differ...Yes! I've been thinking I'll mix in different mementoes, cards, drawings. And I love this notion of all the generations welcoming us as we walk in the door. Thank you!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-53510434057365785732017-03-04T20:56:41.830-08:002017-03-04T20:56:41.830-08:00Now I'm curious: did you have some of the stor...Now I'm curious: did you have some of the stories to go with the "storybook? Were you able to identify any/everyone in the album?materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-71675544019586062752017-03-04T20:55:23.806-08:002017-03-04T20:55:23.806-08:00Thanks, Sally. We're really pleased with the s...Thanks, Sally. We're really pleased with the space now. We wouldn't have designed the interior with so much given over to hallway, but at least we feel as if we're making the most of it now. As you would with favourite paintings. Or you might find ways to combine paintings and photos....materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-66274160766259736232017-03-04T20:52:48.465-08:002017-03-04T20:52:48.465-08:00Copy away -- I know I did ;-)
Is retirement gettin...Copy away -- I know I did ;-)<br />Is retirement getting closer on your horizon?materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-63595508952329511282017-03-04T20:52:05.287-08:002017-03-04T20:52:05.287-08:00Thanks, A! I know you have a strong background in ...Thanks, A! I know you have a strong background in interior design, so I appreciate the thumbs-up. And I love this idea of a piece of glass cut to fit atop a dresser -- we will follow up with that for the one under those photos. I'm going to have fun with that, a good place to display programs from operas or the grandkids' drawings.<br />Now, is your glossy black door in London? That sounds perfect to me!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-81259244261317010222017-03-04T16:56:14.509-08:002017-03-04T16:56:14.509-08:00There are reasons to denigrate IKEA, as many seem ...There are reasons to denigrate IKEA, as many seem to, but I do appreciate many of their creative and practical and affordable products.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-28808676395431128512017-03-04T16:55:23.488-08:002017-03-04T16:55:23.488-08:00That's a great use -- I've seen some cleve...That's a great use -- I've seen some clever Ikea "hacks" using these shelves in surprising ways (as a bike holder on a wall?!!!)<br /><br />Travel trumps wall-painting anyday, in my book ;-)materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-62526798938115753912017-03-04T16:54:20.540-08:002017-03-04T16:54:20.540-08:00I think it must be about getting older, Rosemary, ...I think it must be about getting older, Rosemary, and also, as I say above to Barbara/Coastal Ripples, partly a need to sustain a sense of hominess through a move to a harder-edged, downsized condo. And as the elders, of course, perhaps we feel a responsibility to remember?materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-74851055004796231362017-03-04T16:52:46.785-08:002017-03-04T16:52:46.785-08:00I'm lucky that the lighting isn't great in...I'm lucky that the lighting isn't great in the hallway, but yes, I think it will be easier to run a duster over. Did you use the Ikea shelves as well or cleverly make your own?materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-57855038471666412432017-03-04T16:51:19.646-08:002017-03-04T16:51:19.646-08:00I love that British use of the word "homely&q...I love that British use of the word "homely" (the N. Am. use is not so happy ;-) -- I think this might be why I'm so pleased with the photo arrangement. It softens the potentially hard lines of an urban condo - I didn't need that in our earlier houses which were already "homely" enough as they were. <br />btw, we have one of those huge collage-filled frames, which my mother-in-law put together about 35 years ago from her family albums...materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-27038874924851684862017-03-04T16:48:34.032-08:002017-03-04T16:48:34.032-08:00It is rewarding to get to these items we've wa...It is rewarding to get to these items we've wanted to do for so long but not had the time. It will be great to have your paintings and prints out of their folders and into frames, on the wall.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-4730849947943294772017-03-04T16:46:42.237-08:002017-03-04T16:46:42.237-08:00Yes, editing is the buzz word these days. . . phot...Yes, editing is the buzz word these days. . . photos, books, wardrobes. I remember reading the post where you sorted your photos -- a big job but you must feel so good to have those organised!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-24647989107891143992017-03-04T16:20:43.625-08:002017-03-04T16:20:43.625-08:00I love the wall of photos! I have no interior desi...I love the wall of photos! I have no interior design to speak of right now, but I sense I will have some more on this topic in the coming months.K.Linehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350615302797686048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-22837804272462473212017-03-04T11:15:26.057-08:002017-03-04T11:15:26.057-08:00I love seeing this post today, as I dismantle my o...I love seeing this post today, as I dismantle my own photo-wall from the house that is going on the market. I resisted putting them up for so many years... Now I don't know if or where they will go in the new house, but I suppose we will just have to find a new symbiosis when we are reunitedMardelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04850551308931710502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-63323536853390771042017-03-04T08:32:59.538-08:002017-03-04T08:32:59.538-08:00I too love the ledges... so much more flexibility ...I too love the ledges... so much more flexibility than hanging on wall! You can mix in cards and drawings as you get them, or even your own drawings ;) You can change the order, or add a few seasonal items for holidays, if you wish. It is as if all the generations are welcoming you each time you come home. Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-24787327679632585822017-03-04T05:14:19.021-08:002017-03-04T05:14:19.021-08:00I love the wall. You did a great job. After my mot...I love the wall. You did a great job. After my mother passed, we had to go clear the house & the biggest gift was finding old photos. Their wedding album, baby pics of my sister & I along with pictures from her childhood. It was like finding a storybook. My parents never spoke of their past so it was such a wonderful gift to know their story through pictures. Never consider your family pictures "hokey"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-30829106883517882372017-03-04T02:37:13.507-08:002017-03-04T02:37:13.507-08:00I love it. Photos are my nemesis. We have a long l...I love it. Photos are my nemesis. We have a long long long entry hallway that just looks ridiculous and barren so what you've done in your new home makes me wonder if I should be doing the same. Our first thought was to put up all my favorite paintings. So that's an idea too. Really like the warm feeling you've created. sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06806047379435354835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-24748346027238468452017-03-03T19:51:08.295-08:002017-03-03T19:51:08.295-08:00That is a very clever and practical way to display...That is a very clever and practical way to display those much loved images. I also have "organize" photos on my to do list post retirement. I may copy some of your hallway ideas!<br />Thanks for sharing, Suz from VancouverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com