fnarf's Profile

Yes, Kushkush, the horrible vinyl floor in the kitchen is the house's worst feature. Even more charming are the cigarette burns scattered across it (we don't smoke). It will go away someday. MW17, the floor in in the basement is cheap-o linoleum tile, original 1954 style. Filt, the print is a silkscreen by "Jillian Field", about whom I know nothing except that she was born in 1950. You see her prints show up on Ebay every once in a while, and I imagine there are many of them in thrift stores around the country if you want to visit every single one! That's where we found ours.

Yes, the wall sculpture in the living room is an authentic! Jeré, bought by someone at the old Frederick & Nelson store in downtown Seattle. Portofino. The original owner even taped a newspaper article about Portofino to the back. Still probably our greatest thrift score. Original Jerés are highly sought after and go for literally DOZENS of dollars!

Thank you all for your comments. Yes, we're trying NOT to be too aggressively retro.

There's a story behind that painting; my father, who worked for Boeing, commissioned a company artist (who only painted pictures of jets) to do a family portrait for my grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary, c. 1975. He worked from snapshots, not life, and since the people in the snapshots were naturally all different sizes, he painted them the size they were in the photo. So, big heads next to tiny heads. And he couldn't do eyes, so no one has eyes. It's very creepy indeed, but it's my family!

I'm not embarrassed about Claudine Longet!