Our bedroom now benefits from a handmade, Roz McLean exclusive quilt and pillow sham set! Together with our paintings from Hanne, we feel like we're snug in Maine looking out our windows at MacMahan!
With our flower holder from Tim and Amy, Sylvia's beautifully matted and framed watercolor cards and Hanne's picture out the view from the front bedroom at MacMahan, the feeling of sleeping while surrounded by family is complete.
The centerpiece of our living room is the painting of Sarah at Potton which turns our apartment into a home. Dick and Dodi's gift of a handwoven afghan helps to warm up the room (and us while we're watching TV!).
Our office area now benefits from two woodblock prints by Sarah's Granny. I'm the lucky one who has these over my desk, but these are clearly in the sightline from the dining table so we enjoy looking at them them while we eat.
Of course, Dodi's afghan isn't the only thing warming up our couch. Sylvia's quilted pillows not only fulfill our need for throw pillows to snuggle with, but warm up the couch with complementary tones. Also, while I may get Granny's woodblock prints above my head, Sarah can take a break from work by looking up at Sylvia's photos which are mounted above her desk.
On top of the bookshelf, you can see the beautiful hand hammered bowl that Patti gave us for Christmas. It awaits guests so we can use it to entertain.
3 comments:
Hey John! This is Brad posting as Sylvia, since she must have been the last person on this computer to access your blog on this computer... At first I thought the title of your blog was "my ruminations on the insane ". Inane makes much more sense. The house looks awesome, especially with that wonderful McLean quilt set. Those pillows in the living room are exquisite, too. The lighting is great throughout the house, which looks much more cozy than in the previous pictures:)
Hi John,
Your apartment looks amazingly cozy! Comparing the before pictures (on the bottom of your site) and the after pictures (from today) show a vast improvement on the cozy comforting scale. I feel like I'm looking right into a home from my past with all of the new and familiar luxuries of comfort. Do you have many items from your own family to adorn your aprtment? Perhaps your apartment is just like ours for the time being- more items from the McLean family (until the time comes that more items from the Tsien family are available for gifting in the future).
All in all, I love the way your apartment looks and I can't wait to come visit sometime. I know I'd feel right at home. It makes me happy to know that you are enveloped in such a cozy and family space.
Absolutely fabulous! So wonderful to see the before and after wityh the pictures, quilt, pillows and new book in the bookcase :)
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