Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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Missed a couple.........

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We have been told that it's one of only two known buildings in North America to have the large "Bent Oak"
arches.....
I can see why.....It's harder to find four large bent oak tress than you might think!.....

The construction is a work of art. A nice setting with mature trees.

I've seen European buildings such as churches with bent oak but they were very old. They took advantage of bent trees in shipbuilding as well. It's hard to find that sort of old growth today.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Missed a couple.........

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We have been told that it's one of only two known buildings in North America to have the large "Bent Oak"
arches.....
I can see why.....It's harder to find four large bent oak tress than you might think!.....

There's a room we need built..........

I like that you used real pegs, and through tenons (I assume) on the stereo cabinet. Not too many still do that kind of construction. The craftsman who made my tall chest and dresser does the same. I found the tall chest (Gustav Stickley #913 derived, with a cool combination of his early period and Ellis Harvey details) at an area furniture shop and I asked for a matching dresser that I worked out the dimensions for. The original hardware was not approriate to the design so I bought and installed more correct knobs and pulls for them.

The hardware that came on the 913 repro:

The new ones:

 

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This is the strap I own that warrants washers, were I to use it again. Its made it this far ....

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Was shown on a tour of a 17th century house-turned-museum a shoe in the fireplace construction. Ward evil spirits, or some such, I was told. Probably as effective as the Winchester House.

Like the shoe in the fireplace, perhaps the Monk badge wards off bad notes.

 

[beans-on-toast]

There's a room we need built..........

I like that you used real pegs, and through tenons (I assume) on the stereo cabinet. Not too many still do that kind of construction. The craftsman who made my tall chest and dresser does the same. I found the tall chest (Gustav Stickley #913 derived, with a cool combination of his early period and Ellis Harvey details) at an area furniture shop and I asked for a matching dresser that I worked out the dimensions for. The original hardware was not approriate to the design so I bought and installed more correct knobs and pulls for them.

The hardware that came on the 913 repro:
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The new ones:
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Is there any significance in the nine drawers?


The Bible numerology code number 9

 

[Jeff Scott]

Is there any significance in the nine drawers?

Not sure what you mean.

You might have to ask Gus about why he designed it like that.

Here are some photos of the ones he built.

 

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Not sure what you mean.

You might have to ask Gus about why he designed it like that.

Here are some photos of the ones he built.
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It could just be his design style. Sometimes things such as proportions are mathematically important. The nine drawers could have a deep meaning, or maybe not.

Other times the number of drawers would have a purpose, with each intended for a particular item.

 

[Polish Thunder]

Is there any significance in the nine drawers?

I guess it is because if there were 8 drawers, you would not have enough room for your stuff...
...and 10 drawers would be, well, just silly!

 

[Jeff Scott]

Gustav definitely had proportion in mind; that was something very important to him, a trait he has been very much praised for within the collector and furniture community. Smaller drawers were quite common in a great many of his bedroom and dining room furniture designs.

The 913 was first introduced in the Februaly 1905 issue of The Craftsman magazine, although there are earlier variants (smaller, less number of drawers) going back to around 1903.

Here are some others:

This is an early L. & J.G. Stickley version:

The modern L. & J.G. Stickley Company (Audi) reintroduced the model about 30 years ago:

The original 913 was probably discontinued around 1912-1913 as he began to make a different line/design of furniture then. Gustav declared bankrupcy in 1916, and shortly thereafter joined with some of his brothers to create the Stickley Associated Cabinet Makers that lasted for a short number of years.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Is there any significance in the nine drawers?

What I'd like to know is why the middle of the three full width drawers is the tallest one......................

As to the number drawers being 9, here's your answer:

 

[GwenOnBass]

I want to find one of those chest of drawers created from Sapient pearwood

... come to think of it, I want sapient pearwood HSCs for my basses, like The Luggage

 

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People have those seven drawer cabinets to help them to remember to change their underpants every day.

 

[Fat Freddy]

The construction is a work of art. A nice setting with mature trees.

I've seen European buildings such as churches with bent oak but they were very old. They took advantage of bent trees in shipbuilding as well. It's hard to find that sort of old growth today.

My inspiration for the arches came from a small Welsh chapel that I had visited many years ago.....

Think that the chapel has since burned down....

 

[Fat Freddy]

I want to find one of those chest of drawers created from Sapient pearwood

... come to think of it, I want sapient pearwood HSCs for my basses, like The Luggage

Hah!...just started to re-read the Discworld series.....

 

[GonePlaid]

I want to find one of those chest of drawers created from Sapient pearwood

... come to think of it, I want sapient pearwood HSCs for my basses, like The Luggage

We had a grove of those in Miami; cut 'em up for firewood and planted key limes instead. They didn't burn well, but the smoke had a hallucinogenic effect.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Have you seen Good Omens?

 

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Gustav definitely had proportion in mind; that was something very important to him, a trait he has been very much praised for within the collector and furniture community. Smaller drawers were quite common in a great many of his bedroom and dining room furniture designs.

The 913 was first introduced in the Februaly 1905 issue of The Craftsman magazine, although there are earlier variants (smaller, less number of drawers) going back to around 1903.

Here are some others:

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This is an early L. & J.G. Stickley version:
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The modern L. & J.G. Stickley Company (Audi) reintroduced the model about 30 years ago:
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The original 913 was probably discontinued around 1912-1913 as he began to make a different line/design of furniture then. Gustav declared bankrupcy in 1916, and shortly thereafter joined with some of his brothers to create the Stickley Associated Cabinet Makers that lasted for a short number of years.

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Old cabinets were known for having hidden compartments in drawers, sometimes underneath. Better than money in a sock under the mattress.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Have you seen Good Omens?

Only in fortune cookies.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchitt co-wrote Good Omens. It was made into a series for the telly recently.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Only in fortune cookies.

Sadly, a lot of modern-day fortunes (in said cookies) are pretty lame.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Only in fortune cookies.

I call them platitude cookies. It's some sort of social law for everyone to read theirs to the table (or pass it around). Someone has a corner on the same Chinese horoscope paper place mats. Uncertain about any Chinese restaurant that routinely sets the table with a fork and spoon. Same flinchy reaction to Japanese restaurants that serve soup with Chinese style spoons.

A good Japanese restaurant serves tea in cups decorated with illustrations of fish, and low puns about fish in kanji.