Unpacking mid century treasures of sentiment more than value

Well home is taking shape - putting out mid-century bibs and bobs. It still lacks a bit of a sense of humor but hopefully that will come with time. 

Oak wood floors

We bought the worst quality cheapest wood floors. Thanks Luis for listening to me and trying endless color samples you did a great job.

Memorial for abstract sculpture

Oh well things happen - but only when my husband transports them!  this sculpture is the only casualty of our move it fell over and broke in half so this is a little memorial post.

Oscar our trusty helper and Oscar of all trades is going to try to fix it - what would we do without him - I am sure it will change slightly

our store at the Rosebowl - mainly mid century

 I was terrified to sell at the Rosebowl but it turned out to be a lot of fun.

Things went well and we made a bit of money. The strange thing was we made it from the small stuff and I still have most of the furniture. My worst sale was I sold a Raku plate that I thought was mid-century studio potter to a Japanese man for $10. He and his friends then took out a loop. I asked them if they could tell me anything about it and I quote. " It  1850's Japan ,very good, you loose , you loose"  Kinda funny. glad I made their day but wish I had know what it was.

Farewell - economy version Kagan and Grossman for sale

Well the time has come to say goodbye to some of my favorite pieces that no longer work for our family. Today I posted my old Kagan feel dining table and two chairs on Craigslist. I love the chairs they give me that really early modernist feel. ( weirdly enough made by a Japanese co.  called Maruni)

the wrong tile - bait and switch

Do not use Stone and Tumbled -  they ship a different tile to what I ordered- this has happened before but I thought because I mentioned this problem  and had them write down the type of marble they would get it right - now I realize it is bait and switch. Our bathroom was supposed to be pure white marble ( see my sample) by the time I got home and what had come in the boxes was laid this is what I got, a lot of grey off cuts in there.  Ok...need to rethink wall tile and pretty much everything in the bathroom.

abstract cubist composition fleamarket painting

I bought this little painting off ebay - I love the composition and weight of form.  I could not read the signature I think it reads Cummings.