Unanswered Questions...

As you know, I cleaned out the wallpaper stack, yesterday morning...  I found this.  I printed off of the net.  I like it, but I didn't notice how it almost looks like the tiles are bowed in the middle... To use or not to use?  That is the question...

By the way, the floor is back to being clean.  Laundry basket only...

This morning is full of questions.  And not much time to answer them. 

We are going to see the first showing of the new X men movie this morning.  It starts at 10:05. 

The next question is about the new lampshade.  I didn't notice until it had a light behind it.  It has a line down the shade wherever they put in a new piece of cork cover...  It bothers me.  I am going to have to figure out some way to cover it.  I like it other than that flaw and don't want to take it back.

Last question... I got some bronze nail headed upholstery tacks yesterday.  There will be more than this on each arm of the chair.  I like them.  The bigger problem is what to do about the arms.  They are kind of gray from about 5 years of use.  I either have to take a scrub brush to them or reupholster...  I think that the scrub brush is the lesser of the two evils... If it works...

I guess I could always crochet antimacassars for the arms and back... The Victorians liked those.  They were invented to combat the awful Macassar's Hair Oil. They worked to a point.  I always wondered if the oil went through all of the little holes in the crochet and left a pattern anyway.

I remember my grandmother and aunt were still using antimacassars when I was a little kid.  They both lived on farms.  I imagine that they were trying to combat all kinds of dirt that was drug in by the men.  Who knows?  That was after the city folks had stopped using them years before.

Anyway, I have to go get ready to watch the world being saved, yet again, by the X men...

See you tomorrow.

A Little Blah Blog.......

No. I'm not feeling blah. I just mean that there aren't going to be any colorful photos today. All I did was some sketches of ideas for the Clockwork Cottage.

I have gone back to the idea that the bathroom should be upstairs on the left as you look at the house. The door to the secret room is going to be on the left wall there. Through the door is going to be the Steampunk workshop.

After seeing a tub on "The Steampunk Home" http://thesteampunkhome.blogspot.com/blog I was thinking of something like this for the bath. There is a photo about 1/3 of the way down the page. It doesn't have a copper water heater though.

I also lean towards the Edwardian idea of the bath fixtures enclosed in wood paneling. If I did that, I would build it into the window recess on the back wall. It would still stick out a ways so poor Steampunk man wouldn't bump his head getting in and out of the tub.

If I did that, I could run some fancy trim down the left wall to cover the seams of the door. That would be a bookcase on the other side, in the workroom. I would carry out the molding throughout the bathroom.

I am also thinking about infernal machines to go in the kitchen. There must be a contraption for coffee brewing. I am thinking a stone sink with copper fittings. And last but not least, there must be an old fashioned Chrysnbon Ice Box that has been tinkered with. Maybe a refrigeration coil could be rigged to the top. After all, why should Steampunk man not be way ahead of his time. He has figured out how to make it work!

Katie of Katie's Clay Corner http://katiesclaycorner.blogspot.com/ said in a comment this morning that she thinks of "Waterworld and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" every time she hears the word Steampunk. Katie, and anyone else that is interested, have I got a website for you!? !

http://steampunk.republika.pl/arch/opedia.html

This is a European website that has cataloged movies, books and games in a timeline so that you can go and see what you viewed, read or played that is Steampunk. It is fun to look at the lists and see what you have and haven't seen. I read the lists and thought" Wow! They are right!" Once you start looking for it, Steampunk style is all around us.

I just looked up from my typing and saw this. It is my Elliot Underwood. He is Elliot for short and he still works perfectly. My daughter and I used to leave each other mysterious messages on him when she was younger. In honor of Steampunk, I may just have to start typing entries for the blog with him. The only problem will be how to send them to you.......Snail mail??? Strike that. I am going to stick with Mikey.....The Microsoft keyboard. He has the power to send messages instantly. Sorry Elliot. You are going to have to just sit there and look Steampunky.

Have fun on the websites. See you tomorrow.