This bed/bookcase unit could probably be accomplished using IKEA storage options today.
This bedroom is all verticals and horizontals. Its apparent simplicity is, however, somewhat referential: the stepped outline of the bookcase recalls the height of Art Deco, the quartering of its sections, the architecture of casement windows. The negative space within the bookcase becomes a frame for a work of art hung inside.
Rooms by Design, 1989
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YOU GUYS IM HYPERVENTILATING
I’m exploring the newly reopened vintage shop and I find this on a shelf, and obviously it’s crochet so I HAVE TO TOUCH IT
The woman walking by asked if I wanted help with a picture so I said yes, and please ignore my silly face but
It is huge, like king size huge, and it is in. PERFECT. CONDITION. No stains, no holes, no pulls.
No price tag.
The lady minding the shop texted the seller for me and found out for me that it is $75.
$75.
Look how fine this is
Hundreds, HUNDREDS of hours of work. Not a medallion out of place. I’m…
I have to buy it, don’t I? The woman who helped take the picture said it would make beautiful drapes and I just
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Norman used these to spiffy up all the rooms.
McCall's - April 1952
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Unblocked, still in progress. I just wanted to share here. ☺️
A bedspread I'm doing for my grandma. Sorry it's still pretty scrungly, I won't get a better pic till I'm blocking it.
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1969 Miss Springfield Sally Gates.
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