tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567318375972114465.post3160885537552694875..comments2023-07-13T13:01:03.943+02:00Comments on le style et la matière: My Anthropomorphic Lovesgésbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18094108253356167918noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567318375972114465.post-21842987431178935222010-07-06T22:44:30.075+02:002010-07-06T22:44:30.075+02:00A fellow "crackpot" after my own heart. ...A fellow "crackpot" after my own heart. <br /><br />I love the idea of stillness in rooms and have often wished, when being introduced for the first time, that I might spend some quality and quiet time alone there so we can get to know each other. If the room is the soul of the home, then surely, the furniture is there to do its bidding, which is why one discordant note, or one ghastly tribal mask, can throw the whole blessed thing out of whack. <br /><br />I think furniture, like people, conveys feelings, attitudes and personalities ... but then, I've already declared my peculiarities such as they are.<br /><br />A wonderfully thoughtful post le style.Errant Aesthetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618929624889945881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567318375972114465.post-7119227410595712822010-07-04T20:54:29.098+02:002010-07-04T20:54:29.098+02:00I know exactly what you mean. My bed is a large c...I know exactly what you mean. My bed is a large carved four-poster with a canopy top and paneled back. I feel like it shelters me every night, like an old friend.Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567318375972114465.post-89799325577810106602010-07-01T22:51:31.033+02:002010-07-01T22:51:31.033+02:00Yes, an occasional table my mother-in-law had spea...Yes, an occasional table my mother-in-law had speaks to me words of wisdom every time I walk by and my Mother's crystal cabinet has many stories to tell. I love that Gaudi chair!alaine@éclectiquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367208674281749257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567318375972114465.post-30852130949242106672010-07-01T08:48:13.430+02:002010-07-01T08:48:13.430+02:00Loved your post.Loved your post.donna bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507579686738843451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567318375972114465.post-14135818454065837252010-07-01T03:31:33.748+02:002010-07-01T03:31:33.748+02:00yes, don't we all? at least everyone that visi...yes, don't we all? at least everyone that visits here, a prerequisite my darling! Aunt Bettie's cupboard- a grand old lady, a bit overweight but completely polished from years in a fine old Maryland townhouse. She presides. I love this post. pgtP.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567318375972114465.post-74398753513795219472010-07-01T02:30:06.750+02:002010-07-01T02:30:06.750+02:00I can't say I've ever felt that way about ...I can't say I've ever felt that way about furniture notwithstanding that my bed and my sofa might just be my very best friends! But I do feel that way about HOUSES. Not so much their insides, but their outsides. Their windows like eyes and their roofs like bonnets, their porches like aprons...... oh now you've really got me started! <br /><br />I do enjoy your thoughtful posts about these sorts of things!Mlle Paradishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16611437048393628633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567318375972114465.post-65419803046455224592010-06-30T20:53:41.459+02:002010-06-30T20:53:41.459+02:00Ah, if your home has so much atmosphere all the be...Ah, if your home has so much atmosphere all the better- why not talk to it a little? My parent's home where I grew up still holds that sort of place for me.Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07615345242334094697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567318375972114465.post-66237145542579189082010-06-30T18:40:53.656+02:002010-06-30T18:40:53.656+02:00Theresa - like Michelangelo who freed forms from m...Theresa - like Michelangelo who freed forms from marble, you are in tune with your medium!<br /><br />Columnist - Not a relative, I hope? Where is Mr Wilde when you need him? We had a portrait with steely eyes that we loved to shine a flashlight up at from the darkness of slumber parties; I remember more giddy goosebumps than real fear.<br /><br />HbD I'll probably get to talking too. Give me a little more time!<br />I've never moved any inherited pieces over -they are with a brother and sister. Chess pieces - that is just the right image of stillness and awaiting! As for your gothic motif, well - one man's nightmare is another woman's dream... or something like that!gésbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18094108253356167918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567318375972114465.post-13843712768989449922010-06-30T15:56:27.983+02:002010-06-30T15:56:27.983+02:00A delightful reverie. I think your child of the So...A delightful reverie. I think your child of the South comes humming through on this one, le style. We live with quite a few pass me downs and at 60 and 62, we are now orphans and have been for many years. I listen to my furniture, but I also talk to them. The wing chairs of one set of grandparents here, and another set of the other grandparents there. The wing chairs of my husband's parents with their 1940s modern lines there. They stand like chess pieces in my living room representing over 130 years of life. The comfort me. As to scary stuff. We have a secretary made from panels from the Reims cathedral (after WWI bombing). The gothic motif and I must say heaving on spears and death, is the reason we got this piece and not my husband's younger brother who says he still has nightmares about it!home before darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272062955786414729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567318375972114465.post-19782382888970291222010-06-30T15:53:06.520+02:002010-06-30T15:53:06.520+02:00I don't remember furniture scaring me, (unless...I don't remember furniture scaring me, (unless it creaked when it adjusted to changing humidity), but I do remember a painting that hung above the chimneypiece of my grandmother's drawing room that scared me so much as a youngster that I would never go into that room alone. I saw the picture recently, and the face of the person depicted still has a very sinister look. I took it to an auction house to see what it might fetch, but sadly not enough to make it worthwhile, so it languishes in storage!columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764365428633038329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567318375972114465.post-62293216264571399372010-06-30T15:28:35.719+02:002010-06-30T15:28:35.719+02:00I knew the Castaing image immediately !! I have a ...I knew the Castaing image immediately !! I have a large file on her and love her work.<br />I also we should listen...I listen to the walls...they tell me what to paint!Theresa Cheekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429069123185290732noreply@blogger.com