My home received a unique installation last summer. When I traveled west for my son's wedding and the house was empty, except for two cats, an artist, a shop in my kitchen.
I have written many times how house projects can turn from a unique improvement to a fully scale conversion, as was the case with my kitchen. But even after the stove needed a new back splash, which even required a new worktop – which I previously shared here – the “farmer and the Dell” saga continued.
The color that I selected for my kitchen cabinets and reveals did not look as possible, not as I expected. The name of the color is “light blue” and should coordinate with the depths, bluish purple of the kitchen walls. However, the only window in my kitchen is on the north side of the house, which means that the sunlight in the room is indirectly and weak. The 18 -inches looked like the wide sides of a gray battleship.
Since re -painting was too expensive, I felt something that enjoys the charts to break all of this. I went to the Facebook marketplace where I found the perfect article -a white porcelain capodimonte chandelier with flying cherubs and dangling rosettes.
Full disclosure: I had never heard of Capodimonte Italian porcelain art that I learned what I learned. After the chandelier was hung up, friends raved about it while my oldest son Claude told me that I developed an old taste. Whatever. I soon found a Capodimonte clock that could hang over the sink.
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“Do you know what these strings need?” My friend Jim asked when he admired the chandelier. One evening he was over for dinner while his husband was in Plein Air Landscapes in Europe. I took the bait and asked what he answered: “A Stebner -Original.”
And so Bruce Stebner came to work in my kitchen while I traveled west. He showed me photos of leaves that he had painted on the blankets of a manor house. I loved it and told him that he should do what he thought was fit. Shortly before he started, Bruce wrote me an SMS to see if I wanted something specific. I told him to take the full artistic license.
The results could not be more personalized or fabulous. Like the Palace of Versailles outside of Paris frame stylized Dauphins (dolphins) and plant portraits of my three dogs and the two white cats of my son Claude (who have been waiting for over two years to call up from their owner). The painting of the female cat likes to remind me of the Disney animation film “The Aristocats”, which I saw for the first time with my daycare provider in the theater when I was four years old.
The Capodimonte clock with its central location above the sink is not now, but two pictures of my Yorkipoo, Henry (the only thing that could be better than my Henry could be, two of my Henrys). My Sheltie Angus sits carefully over the stove, while my German Shepherd Otto does the same over the fridge.
When I entered the kitchen for the first time after my trip, I couldn't believe my luck. I now cook in a room that is suitable for a museum. Where my reveals were boring, they were actively bizarre and the Capodimonte clock fit directly in. However, the chandelier did not. While others did not agree, I had the feeling that his wire bustle did not complement the work of art.
Back to the Facebook marketplace I went with something specific. I wanted another chandelier, but one in darker colors that caused the design of the steepers painting. The release for my great boys' noggins removed several options that match my visual goal but were too big.
Five months after I started, I found the perfect lamp. Even friends who thought the cheeky Cherubs looked great that the new chandelier was better. The metal is reddish brown and instead of dangling, crystals are kept upright around the arms of the device, which resembles the foliage of the Stebner paintings. As soon as the new chandelier was installed, it felt like using the last parts of a difficult puzzle. Sublimate.
As for the Capodimonte Kronleuchter? It is currently resting on a pillow under my Buddhist shrine. I see it vague every morning when I meditate. They are stacked on every side of the base, similar to a beautiful squid without two arms. It is waiting to hang in my office that has dark pink walls and a golden floor where it looks heavenly.
Contact Holly Christensen at Whoopsiepiggle@gmail.com.