tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post3209572379260450284..comments2024-03-08T07:03:12.909-05:00Comments on Life at Willow Manor: deconstructedTess Kincaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-19142058339264613462012-04-01T20:15:01.696-04:002012-04-01T20:15:01.696-04:00Very cool! Thanks for sharing.Very cool! Thanks for sharing.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04885773514539915190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-88537938092568911222012-03-31T10:10:32.124-04:002012-03-31T10:10:32.124-04:00good grief...can't say that I like it...and I ...good grief...can't say that I like it...and I agree with the other folks here..the operative word in shabby chic is CHIC... Restoration H. missed the mark.Laurel's Quillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11992961037629400452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-47811378347307201382012-03-31T00:54:02.631-04:002012-03-31T00:54:02.631-04:00I detest fakery. I'm sure you could buy one at...I detest fakery. I'm sure you could buy one at auction for a fraction of the price. Oh and I agree with Stephen Hayes. My shabby chic house is now just shabby.The Clever Puphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198739825136188378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-40384051008987210692012-03-30T16:17:05.007-04:002012-03-30T16:17:05.007-04:00...I can only think my husband will think I have g......I can only think my husband will think I have gone mad if I did something like this to our furniture. ha ha. Fun catalog to look through, that's for sure. I also love my 'Architectural Digest"Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-86197814348007341262012-03-30T15:53:00.040-04:002012-03-30T15:53:00.040-04:00I love a good dumpster dive...I love a good dumpster dive...Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-34625136731699814732012-03-30T15:50:15.889-04:002012-03-30T15:50:15.889-04:00yours of course - i wouldnt want to ever make it h...yours of course - i wouldnt want to ever make it hard for yaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-2122167383357035862012-03-30T15:42:32.470-04:002012-03-30T15:42:32.470-04:00Anon...your dumpster...or mine?Anon...your dumpster...or mine?Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-37226750571691865072012-03-30T14:25:39.045-04:002012-03-30T14:25:39.045-04:00Ms T.
Meet me at the dumpster at 4:30.
AM that i...Ms T. <br />Meet me at the dumpster at 4:30.<br />AM that is - don't want the good stuff to get away!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-71192023976305436882012-03-30T14:16:13.040-04:002012-03-30T14:16:13.040-04:00I am afraid this is not for me Willow - it is in t...I am afraid this is not for me Willow - it is in the same bracket as furniture which has a distressed look. There is a fine line between distressed and downright scruffy and I am afraid I can't necessarily tell the difference.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-69254736695703205532012-03-30T12:58:08.466-04:002012-03-30T12:58:08.466-04:00My favorite catalog, bar none. Just about the only...My favorite catalog, bar none. Just about the only one I get that is worth the dead trees for!Tom Atkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15068850208360958008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-2792300095816212422012-03-30T07:47:36.842-04:002012-03-30T07:47:36.842-04:00Saw a recliner sitting on the side of the road thi...Saw a recliner sitting on the side of the road this morning. It didn't have a price tag on it, lol, but it did have a certain...look...about it, like someone's old friend. Not as cosy, though, as the matching couch and chair I saw on one of the back roads last year...just sitting there on the edge of a corn field. I've got pics around here somewhere. Interesting concept!Carolina Lintheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16335905555994442416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-11500015992183580852012-03-30T07:20:32.740-04:002012-03-30T07:20:32.740-04:00I love shabby chic. But not sure about this look....I love shabby chic. But not sure about this look. It would depend on the room and what else was in it whether it could be pulled off, no pun intended. lOL<br /><br />my comment was similar to another commentators liking this to the torn jeans concept.sukipoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09351851210507048174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-79134217566452589552012-03-30T06:16:51.590-04:002012-03-30T06:16:51.590-04:00I have an old chair on the balcony outside my room...I have an old chair on the balcony outside my room. The resident squirrels must work for Restoration Hardware as they have deconstructed it in a similar fashion.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-46204870340242984262012-03-30T05:44:49.641-04:002012-03-30T05:44:49.641-04:00Gday Tess, an interesting observation you make. I...Gday Tess, an interesting observation you make. I was just reading that our modern obsession with the past is a palpable manifestation of collective fear, fear of mortality, of death. a retreat to these reassuring monuments and objects in an age where we are bombarded with millions of images which "trivialise beliefs and deify the superficial " . We seek reassurance , some kind of certainty. Like we have never been so afraid as a civilisation. No doubt the marketers have noticed this, too. It expresses as a desire to visit ancient ruins, as well. "voltaires bastards"- john ralston saul. Fascinating stuff!Silent Otto https://www.blogger.com/profile/00475494332523156366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-18681537738075335322012-03-30T03:34:34.345-04:002012-03-30T03:34:34.345-04:00Never quite got my head around 'shabby chic...Never quite got my head around 'shabby chic', but it's very popular, all the same.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-35625822745658457502012-03-30T00:21:15.921-04:002012-03-30T00:21:15.921-04:00I've seen a lot of similar looking chairs in a...I've seen a lot of similar looking chairs in antique shops, being sold as 'ready to upholster'. You've made me wonder now if they haven't come direct from your catalogue!!!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-12284058895785504242012-03-29T22:09:11.026-04:002012-03-29T22:09:11.026-04:00I like my furniture "constructed" thanks...I like my furniture "constructed" thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-35573661752613082252012-03-29T21:47:38.874-04:002012-03-29T21:47:38.874-04:00Are they going to make ripped chairs as popular as...Are they going to make ripped chairs as popular as ripped blue jeans? If they start selling stacks of papers for table decorations, let me know. I'll always be in style.~T~https://www.blogger.com/profile/17969562036638831748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-36192397218157020112012-03-29T20:38:16.338-04:002012-03-29T20:38:16.338-04:00I've got a chair in my bedroom that has parts ...I've got a chair in my bedroom that has parts of the upholstery torn away...the cats did it, and didn't charge me anything for the job :-)Kathy Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10593849691667606991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-12589930763986095482012-03-29T20:07:14.547-04:002012-03-29T20:07:14.547-04:00Strange. Very strange.
The chair does have a cer...Strange. Very strange. <br /><br />The chair does have a certain «je ne sais quois» to it. But I'm somehow suspicious.Rob-bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171692478879522588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-10628150620648471602012-03-29T19:02:21.739-04:002012-03-29T19:02:21.739-04:00Gail, I thought the same thing! The poor trees and...Gail, I thought the same thing! The poor trees and the poor postman!Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-63415302979676339832012-03-29T18:47:34.979-04:002012-03-29T18:47:34.979-04:00Lovely chair, lovely photography...but what in the...Lovely chair, lovely photography...but what in the world was Restoration Hardware thinking when they sent out catalogs weighing over 5 pounds!!?? I think they could have thought about saving a few trees!GailOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556665956317683667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-62121126277579472822012-03-29T18:32:03.624-04:002012-03-29T18:32:03.624-04:00Mrs. Chatterbox and I moved into a hundred year ol...Mrs. Chatterbox and I moved into a hundred year old house eight years ago because we were infatuated with the shabby chic concept. Four years later the scales fell from our eyes and we realized we were just living in an old dump of a house. No more shabby chic for us!stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-80377592564999046382012-03-29T18:22:11.482-04:002012-03-29T18:22:11.482-04:00Sounds like a plan to me.Sounds like a plan to me.The Carriage Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08584826890383562788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-7400512762660799472012-03-29T18:00:19.731-04:002012-03-29T18:00:19.731-04:00I love that chair!I love that chair!John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.com