by Sears Homes | Dec 9, 2013 | Uncategorized |
This is my fourth series on “Permanent Furniture,” a term I’d not heard until Bill Inge lent me his 1927 “Builders’ Woodwork” catalog. And what a wonderful term it is. It defines the “built-ins” that make early 20th...
by Sears Homes | Dec 4, 2013 | Uncategorized |
In the early 1980s, my husband and I looked at an Aladdin Shadowlawn for sale in Chesapeake, Virginia. We both fell head-over-heels in love with the solid-oak bookcase colonnades between the living room and dining room. It was just last week that I learned that, in...
by Sears Homes | Dec 3, 2013 | Uncategorized |
In the early 1900s, we seemed to place more value on the idea that we should surround ourselves with beauty. The staircases shown in the 1927 Builders’ Woodwork Catalog ranged from simple to fancy, and yet they’re all elegant and beautiful. Too many modern...
by Sears Homes | Dec 2, 2013 | Uncategorized |
In this continuing series of “Images From The Awesome Old Architecture Books of Awesome Historian Bill Inge,” the next fun topic is “Permanent Furniture.” While browsing through Bill’s “Builders’ Woodwork” catalog...
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