There is another living area in my home that contains built-ins or bookcases which I prefer to call them. It’s in the room to the right of the foyer when entering and to the left of the study which does not have built-in bookcases, but furniture bookcases. What was I thinking or not thinking when we designed the house? I missed a lot on paper, especially the big chase way next to the computer closet in the study that could have been a floor to ceiling built-in bookcase. Oh well, maybe the next owner will find it and tear out the sheet rock and put in a bookcase for the study. Ahh, I have a rambling mind, I do, I know it.
Back to interesting artwork. I found this piece at a thrift shop for $5. The ladies there raise money for a local hospital. They seemed embarrassed that the painting had some type of rust stain sprayed all over it, but art is truly in the eye of the beholder. I never saw the stains. I can only see the content and the countenance of the people in the photo. Each face has something to say, but not to each other. Do you see what I see? They are traveling to a new land and they stop; they gather; they…
This painting is part of the built-in of the room I described above as well as few other collectible pieces with meaning. Old oil lamps, a chalk buffalo and old man shaving mug given at carnivals way back when, paper money from the San Jacinto Monument museum bought on a field trip, a silver tray, photos of my sons, a book about Abraham Lincoln signed and owned by a doctor that knew him with a newspaper clipping of his wife’s eightieth birthday and garden party, encyclopedias like the ones my husband had as a child, airplane books that my son treasures, cigar boxes with childish tokens inside, The Nina – Pinta – Santa Maria from a field trip to see the replicas, and a few hidden things behind books and boxes to discover later. It’s all very personal and hopefully pleasing to the eye of others when arranged well.
Beautifully displayed!
Very beautiful!
Maybe the tips will be helpful to someone decorating their bookcases. Thanks for commenting.