tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88270096270944333342024-03-06T02:29:13.249-05:00The Dusty VictorianLiving in and caring for a Victorian VillaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger209125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827009627094433334.post-37464553534910552722018-03-27T15:55:00.000-04:002018-12-23T06:58:56.907-05:00The End of our St. Marys Story - The Dusty Victorian is FOR SALE - NOW SOLD<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">Dear Blogging Friends of the Dusty Victorian, </span><br />
<span style="text-align: start;">Spring of 2018 will mark our tenth year anniversary living in St Marys. </span><br />
<span style="text-align: start;">Opening our home to travellers was a little venture we very much enjoyed; we had the opportunity to host the most delightful people, enabling us to finance the restoration and preservation </span><br />
<span style="text-align: start;">of our 129-year-old home. </span><br />
<span style="text-align: start;">A new year always brings new opportunities, challenges and adventures. </span><br />
<span style="text-align: start;">Sadly, 2018 will mark the beginning of the end of our time in St Marys as Brian and I have decided to put our beloved Victorian villa up for sale. There are always more than one reason for making such a life-changing decision, but being closer to family is the most important one. Living and caring for a lovely antique house, in beautiful St Marys, has been a most rewarding experience. Now it’s time for the seventh owners to be guardians and custodians of this Victorian villa. </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">We offer heartfelt thanks to all the kindred spirits who have supported us with kind words and left encouraging comments through out the years. </span><br />
<span style="text-align: start;">We will look back on these many posts with much fondness.</span><br />
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THE DUSTY VICTORIAN HAS SOLD<br />
July 2018</div>
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From the outside, The DV appears dormant, but wintertime is a very busy time for refreshing the inside of the house. Astrid and I have been working on three of our four bedrooms,</div>
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In 1889, when the house was built, planning more space for the owner's bedroom was not a popular concept. All three bedrooms in the DV are about the same size. The English Study which serves as Brian's office with a single bedroom, is actually a little larger than the three other bedrooms because of the bay window.</div>
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Tree peonies and two birds in the Chinoiserie style.</div>
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The original light fixture in our bedroom was very similar to the one seen in the guest bedroom, but the bowl was cracked so it was replace with this contemporary chandelier to match with the curls of the metal wall ornament and fabric patterns.</div>
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The Guest bedroom with a hint of Japanese accents, has for a headboard, the doors that used to be the exterior front doors of the DV.</div>
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It is now furnished with antiques that once </div>
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The chest of drawers with vanity mirror and the small washing cabinet with towel bar adds warmth to the room.</div>
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This light fixture most certainly was installed when electricity became popular.</div>
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Last but not least, Astrid's bedroom.</div>
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A dream bedroom for many little girls. Astrid is now twenty (can't believe it).</div>
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She did not outgrow the bed length, but very close.</div>
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The matching chest of drawers with vanity mirror where many hours are spent. The bedroom set also includes a washing cabinet (not seen) which serves her computer needs.</div>
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This gorgeous antique chandelier also came with the house and makes for the perfect </div>
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Jumping from Halloween into Christmas. Where does time go?!</div>
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My house colours lend themselves well to those of a traditional Christmas.<br />
Here is a flower box I purchased at my local thrift and vintage store Pass It On a few seasons ago. You can see the before and after transformation <a href="https://thedustyvictorian.blogspot.ca/2014/09/planter-box-furniture-last-diy-project.html">here</a>.</div>
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Replacing a summer arrangement with a winter one.</div>
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Remove all the wilted and dead plants and shrubs from summer, but leave the hearth. Cut a piece of chicken wire about the size of the opening of the box, but add a few more inches all around. Fit it in the box above the hearth so it bellows upwards. Both the hearth and the chicken wire will help support and secure the branches of the winter arrangement.</div>
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Fir and yew greenery cut from our trees and shrubs was the foundation of the arrangement.</div>
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I added faux frosted berry branches...</div>
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sparkly branches... </div>
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red peonies.</div>
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Many of my accessories are handmade and recycled from previous years, others are found at second-hand stores and redesigned to suit my needs. A few are purchased new at clearance prices.</div>
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Add water to keep the greenery fresh; it will freeze as winter gets colder. This will make the arrangement withstand the brutal winds we often get during wintertime.</div>
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A welcoming sight for the holiday season.</div>
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A Victorian spirit, returning at night, </div>
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A ghostly visit, in wedding gown white. </div>
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Dirty and ripped, a frightening sight. </div>
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Moaning and crying, floating around, </div>
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The dining room table, she can always be found, </div>
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Looking for something, three-tiered and round. </div>
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Her dark broken heart, has turned to dust. </div>
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Left at the alter, promises lost. </div>
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Vengeance on men, she no longer trusts. </div>
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Beware gentlemen, of Miss Havisham. </div>
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Brian, as well, beware of this femme. </div>
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In her sick mind, the males are all damned. </div>
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Set ablaze, her wedding attire, </div>
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Up in flames, her mansion hellfire, </div>
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Her ghostly figure, forever bemired.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827009627094433334.post-64157321260661698562017-11-23T10:46:00.001-05:002017-11-23T10:46:11.305-05:00Autumn Colours at the DV<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm late in posting this subject, but some autumn colours from the DV could cheer up this grey and cold day. The autumn raspberries were big, beautiful and abundant compared to the summer crop. </div>
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Below are some shots of my last blooms to offer their vibrant colours before the cold, wet and frosty days settled on our little town. Appropriate backdrop for Mis Havisham's Halloween apparition.</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">A highly ornate little Folk Victorian (circa 1880) has come up for sale in St Marys, Ontario.</span><br />
<span style="text-align: start;">It's located in my neighbourhood, a block away from the nature trail and the spectacular Sarnia bridge. The shot above comes from our town's museum, t<a href="http://stmarysmuseum.ca/reesor.html">he St Marys Museum and Archives</a>, and was taken many years ago when it was at it's loveliest. It was originally built to house the custodian of the now demolished St Marys Collegiate/Arthur Meighen School.</span><br />
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If you or anybody you know, would be interested in saving this little gem, please read letter below and share my blog post.<br />
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Words from Paul King, a dear friend and heritage conservationist.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">For your information, the property at 146 Wellington Street North (next door to the Arthur Meighen Development site) is listed for sale with Re/Max. This is an exclusive listing so it only shows up on the local Re/Max a-b Realty Ltd. site. </span><a data-ft="{"tn":"-U"}" href="http://www.stratfordhomes.ca/m-property.php?id=1122002" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.stratfordhomes.ca/m-property.php?id=1122002</a> . Also, there is no real estate sign on the lot. The list price is $224,900.<br />
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My concern is the effect on the neighbourhood if the developer of the Arthur Meighen Development Site purchases this property. The house would undoubtedly be demolished and the development site enlarged.<br />
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Also, as many of you know, I have an abiding interest in heritage properties. This house dates from the 1880s and, if restored, would again be a gem in our neighbourhood. I caution that the property needs substantial restoration work both inside and out. (There are no interior photos on the real estate listing website for good reason.) If you know someone with handyman skills looking for a project in an excellent neighbourhood, here is an opportunity. Also, with respect to the development of the Arthur Meighen site, as far as I know the Town is still waiting for the developer to come back with a revised plan.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">Regards, Paul King</span><br />
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Note the carriage house/garage behind the wooden fence belongs to the property.</div>
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I return to my blog after a long silence, with a huge project that will most likely take the entire summer to complete. The restoration of our front steps and railing. I was procrastinating knowing it would be a very demanding job, but the last time we gave attention to our front steps was in 2013 and that was on a purely cosmetic level. We no longer can ignore the rot in the scrolled pieces of the railings and the loosening boards of the steps.</div>
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The railings were removed to repair and replace the boards of the steps. It also was more comfortable to work under the veranda, rain or shine. Each handrail counted thirteen upright scrolled pieces, totalling twenty-six, but only six were salvageable and stayed in place.</div>
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I also removed the decorative molding trims topping our pillars. </div>
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Of course, there's always a ripple effect when we start a project. This area gets so much abuse from the Western exposure. </div>
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Below are some of the scrolled pieces removed, showing extensive rot at the bottom.</div>
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Starting with the steps, several boards were simply flipped as the underside looked new. Other boards were unsalvageable so we purchased new ones. The new boards have to cure so they will most likely be painted next spring.</div>
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To recut the scrolled pieces, Brian's father gave him his scroll saw. Here he is cutting along the lines I drew for him from a template.</div>
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The inner holes were made using the drill and a round saw attachment.</div>
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The arrow shape was done with an electric jigsaw. Cutting out a hole beforehand, made it easier.</div>
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The scrolled pieces were reinstalled in a slightly different manner. Originally, each piece rested in a 5mm deep channel, top and bottom. The water would infiltrate and collect in the bottom channel. In time, rot would start to appear. I filled in the bottom channel with wood cement epoxy and cut my scrolled pieces slightly shorter. I wanted everything to be super tight so precision was imperative. </div>
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Feeling grateful for all the very kind comments I received throughout the year.</div>
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From my family to yours, wishing you all a healthy, happy and prosperous<br />
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May this year be especially progressive and creative for everyone.</div>
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Voila! The Countess Papera Ephemera is very pleased with her new gown. </div>
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To mark the 2016 Holiday Season she is now standing outside near our entrance door.</div>
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Had she not lost her head during the French revolution, she would have most certainly met </div>
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She also shared with me her eagerness to start reading Jane Austen's novels.<br />
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May you all be visited by wonderful spirits that make your Holiday Season magical.</div>
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I've collected my greenery by trimming our evergreens. Glad that this year's gown won't take as much as last year's 18th century one.</div>
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Starting from the bottom, I used all the juniper branches around the hem</div>
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Working my way upwards, I switched to the yew branches using the underside to create a stronger contrast between the different greens.</div>
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In my free time, I painted and dusted with sprinkles some pinecones, sedum branches and hydrangeas from my backyard. Almost everything I use is recycled or from around my house.</div>
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What I need to start: Seamstress mannequin, garbage bag, packing tape.</div>
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My mannequin is protected with a plastic garbage bag. Packing tape is used to redefine the shape.</div>
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Next step supplies: paper, tissue paper, white glue, water, paint brush. Because the neck, shoulders, chest and upper back will not be covered by greenery, I used a 'papier mache' technique to cover those areas. First with white paper, then with rose patterned tissue paper.<br />
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Supplies for the next step: 1" and 2" chicken wire, mesh, pliers, measuring tape.<br />
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The 2" chicken wire is more supple and can be wrapped tightly around the bodice. I make sure it's very tight as it will serve to hook other wire pieces as I go along and will eventually carry most of the weight of the greenery.</div>
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The cut of the Regency dress is high waisted, therefore the waist won't be defined. To help support the top layers of chicken wire, I created a cone shape "undergarment."</div>
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It is again the time of year when my old friend the <a href="http://thedustyvictorian.blogspot.ca/2011/10/contess-papera-ephemera-halloween.html">Countess Papera Ephemera</a> makes it known to me that she wants a new gown for the Holidays. </div>
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I've been dipping into the elegant Regency style for inspiration to show the Countess what she would have been wearing had she kept her head and lived to see the nineteenth century. </div>
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<i>Jane Austen's Town and Country Style</i> by Susan Watkins is an excellent reference book for those wanting information on the Regency era. To me, Jane Austen is intrinsically linked to this period as her novels paint such a rich and vivid portrait of her time.</div>
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The high waist, fluid column folds mimicking ancient greek statues was the Regency's signature look, made popular by the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte and Empress Josephine.</div>
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Trains replaced hoops, but both determined the quality and wealth of the lady. </div>
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This beautiful silk embroidered gown worn by Empress Josephine will be the inspiration for the Countess' new evergreen dress. </div>
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The Dusty Victorian has a fresh new lace ribbon around her hat.</div>
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Painter Eric Voermans started two and a half weeks ago on the front of the tower part and ended yesterday on the side of the tower, seen above and below.</div>
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We are very pleased with our decision in hiring Eric Voermans for this paint job. He was professional, punctual, clean and courteous. He proceeded with caution for himself and for the surrounding gardens. He gave us an excellent, fair and honest estimate cost. Very quiet, we only heard the clangs of his ladders once in a while. No ghetto blaster playing awful commercial hits or country/western tunes, too often heard when hiring contractors. </div>
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Once on his ladder, Eric is focussed and efficient like The Terminator, he even has a similar accent. </div>
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But unlike The Terminator, he has a nice and warm personality.</div>
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Monday morning, Eric was punctual as usual, starting his day at 8:00 am. It had rained heavily the night before, but with a deep overhang, dampness was not an issue. Things dry pretty quickly when on a hill as there's often a breeze.</div>
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Here he is on the south side of what use to be the servants' section.</div>
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Having passed the corner, here he is above the library window. The end of the veranda was painted by moi a few years ago.</div>
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Finishing off the South side right at the front corner. Loads of nooks and crannies. </div>
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The corner is done and Eric has made it to the front of the house.</div>
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This is pretty much where Eric left off today. He will come back tomorrow for the last stretch and the completion of the project.</div>
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Another hot and sunny day here in Southern Ontario, perfect for exterior painting jobs. We've been very lucky that the weather was cooperating for our project.</div>
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Yesterday, Eric finished painting the highest and most diffucult part of the house.</div>
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The shutters will soon be added to complete the look. But our shutters are not just there for easthetical perpuses, they are still functional and help in keeping the house cooler in summer and warmer in winter. The top shutters will be kept closed, the bottom ones will remain open.</div>
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Here he is around the corner to the north side of the house.</div>
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Here he is towards the back amongst the trees, almost finished with that section.</div>
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Still on the north side, but in the recessed part, with the kitchen door below. One can see by the difference in brick colouration that there was once a mud room attached to this section.</div>
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Day 6: After a restful weekend away from the DV, Eric was back at it early Monday morning.<br />
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Around the corner working on the front of the house. The DV is built on a hill so setting up his ladder requires extra precaution.<br />
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Day 7: Eric started on the tower part which includes the upper window.</div>
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Finishing day 7 on a high note with the sanding and priming mostly done.</div>
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The last stages of painting our house is underway, but this responsibility has been entrusted to experienced professional St Marys' painter <a href="http://www.evpaintingdecorating.com/">Eric Voermans</a>. I can handle many repairs, but I know my limits; vertigo is one of them. Facia, soffit, brackets, sawn scroll work, bargeboard, finials, are all outside my comfort zone because they are 20 to 26 feet above terra firma. </div>
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Eric's process is to first go all around the house, scraping, sanding and priming. </div>
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Day 1: Eric started with the front corner of the north face and made his way to the back.</div>
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Day 2: Here he is ending the northern face on the narrower portion of the house (aka the servants' quarters).</div>
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Day 3: He started on the eastern face of the servants' quarters.<br />
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Day 4: He made his way around to the south side of the servants quarters.</div>
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It's official, in April the Town of St Marys granted a demolition permit to the owners of the old Arthur Meighen Public School - a sad case of architectural euthanasia.<br />
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In 1875, a beautifully designed Italian Renaissance style school, then named St Marys Collegiate Institute, was erected at the top of Water Street North, Unfortunately, through no fault of its own, this gem did not age gracefully. The sad reality is that the school's slow and painful death started many decades ago, with people in positions of authority having no vision, and no appreciation of its historic and architectural worth. One doesn't need to be a heritage conservationist, a historian or an architect to recognize the value of this building when first built. Aside from its obvious beauty, the fact that one of Canada's prime ministers sat at its desks should be reason enough. Wasn't this a place of knowledge after all? Where were its advocates when the destruction started and the first of its many abysmal additions took form? Each like tumorous growths defacing and deforming the once elegant building into a grotesque lump of bricks, it attracts no sympathy. The final insults now come through acts of vandalism committed by clueless, aimless, aggressive teens. But then, why would they care about this school when generations before them did not? Children learn by example.<br />
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Past the point of saving, the school will soon be put out of its misery. Let's make sure that what replaces it isn't akin to Frankenstein's monster.<br />
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The South side of the school where one of the gables with its oeil-de-boeuf window is still visible.</div>
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Note the huge spruces, very likely two of the same ones seen as young trees in the 1884 shot.<br />
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As Scott Sidler of the <a href="http://thecraftsmanblog.com/practical-preservation/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheCraftsmanBlog+%28The+Craftsman+Blog%29">The Craftsman Blog</a> said so well in his post on Practical Preservation<br />
"Apathy Kills".<br />
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Gardening is hard work. It's hard on the back, the hands and the knees. Why do I summit myself to such abuse? Because the rewards are so easy on the eyes, it's therapy, meditation and it heals my soul.</div>
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Here is my reward for last autumn's hard work.</div>
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Now for the work that will reward me later. For Mother's Day, instead of flowers, I asked Brian and Astrid to get me plants that will reward us long term. We've had so much success with our raspberry hedge that I wanted another fruit-bearing bush. I chose this jostaberry, which is a cross between a black currant and a gooseberry. I will let you know how that turns out.</div>
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Although peonies are not a spring flower, they are one of my favourites with their abundant show of petals and lemony sweet scent. With Easter coming soon, I made these paper peonies using paper stock from an old art book. The books I use for crafts are damaged library discards or old vintage books a step away from the recycling bin, but any recycled paper will do.</div>
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This easy tutorial is only a guideline, your own personal choices for sizes and shapes of petals are strongly encouraged.</div>
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*Cut 5 different sizes of petals with different scallops at the tips + a 6th (optional) one that is smaller for finishing off the part under the flower. Each size of petals should be repeated 6 times. You might not use all 6, but have them ready in case you do.<br />
*Cut a band of paper and fringe it to form the stamens.<br />
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Shape a little loop at one end of the wire, put a drop of glue on it and wrap the band of stamens around the end of the wire. Add a drop of glue every so often as you go along.<br />
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Using one blade of your scissors, curl the tip of each petals.</div>
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Cut the petal down the centre approximately half way, put a drop of glue and over lap the two corners to form a dart.</div>
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This is what it should look like. If you use these flowers for a wreath, I would skip the last step as these petals would serve no aesthetic purposes and would only be a nuisance.</div>
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This one has images of the virgin Mary.</div>
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and for this flower, I selected images depicting 18th century notables.</div>
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With pointy and narrow petals all curled inwards, this flower resembled a chrysanthemum.</div>
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Wishing you a lovely Easter celebration and a flowery springtime.</div>
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Patrick, a dear friend of mine celebrated his 50th birthday on February 2nd. A dinner party for 15 people was organized and hosted in the home of the sweetest, most gracious and generous couple, Frances and Bob. When we asked what could we contribute, decorations was the answer. Knowing very well that our friend puts his heart and soul in decorating his house when he's the host, we thought "no monkeying around".</div>
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The birthday boy is Chinese-Canadian, and the Chinese New Year was around the corner so we went 'Chinoiserie' all the way.</div>
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Reusing some of my older lanterns, I refreshed them with some cherry blossom designs.</div>
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A garland of origami cranes was made by my daughter.</div>
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Different types of fabrics cut in circles to represent the new moon were sewn together to create more garlands.</div>
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The same organza fabric was used to dress up tea lights.</div>
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And for the table, I made this arrangement using a long rectangular bread basket, bamboo canes and a black teapot.</div>
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The little lanterns hanging from the bamboo cane were also handmade using glossy paper from old magazines.</div>
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My black teapot came in very handy nestled in the middle. The flowers were added later on the day before the dinner party.</div>
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I designed some wind catchers, one of a monkey and one of a horse. My friend is a horse in the Chinese horoscope.</div>
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We set up everything the day before.</div>
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The final touches were 50 little origami horses made by Astrid and placed all over the tables and around the dining room.</div>
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We had the most delicious meal with perfect wine and shared the loveliest time amongst friends.</div>
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2016 began with the completion of a project I started last summer: a hallway bench using the footboard of an old bed. Antique beds are shorter and narrower than today's standards, making them rather impractical. At the risk of being cyber-chastised by the antique furniture purists, I decided to re-purpose the footboard and its wood frame into a bench for our hallway.<br />
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Our basement has many pieces of scrap wood left behind by previous DV owners. I was able to find an old plank for the seat. Although warped this part would be hidden by the cushions. I had to purchase a piece of wood for the two front legs, customized to match the two back legs. Staining will come later.</div>
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With leftover fabric from an earlier sewing project, I made two thick seat cushions.<br />
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The original railings are affixed to the board with metal hooks, but that makes the bench wobbly so I added a very long screw at the back to stabilize it.</div>
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Here we are, the front legs have been stained and all the scrapes and scratches have been touched up without loosing the original patina of the wood.</div>
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It sits below a tapestry dear to my heart for its romantic medieval scene; a couple in a garden surrounded by little creatures of all sorts.</div>
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Another creatures dear to my heart, my little senior Beauty.<br />
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Earlier in December, I had the lovely surprise of having my Christmas tree gown appear on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/65239508296/photos/a.318899128296.147103.65239508296/10153308418238297/?type=3&comment_id=10153311954598297&notif_t=like"><i>Faerie Magazine</i>'s Facebook page</a>. I was literally floored by the amount of 'Likes' and 'Shares' it generated and genuinely touched by the very kind comments and sweet compliments. Ms Carolyn Turgeon, Editor-in-Chief at <i>Faerie Magazine</i>, later asked me if she could include my dress in their newsletter.</div>
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<a href="http://www.faeriemag.com/"><i>Faerie Magazin</i>e</a> is an enchanting publication that celebrates beauty and imagination. The style captures an otherworldly dimension that many creative types can retrieve to. My spirit friend, <i>The Countessa Papera Ephemera,</i> for whom I design these dresses, would approve wholeheartedly.<br />
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About <i>Faerie</i>:<br />
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Faerie Magazine is a quarterly print magazine that celebrates all things enchanted—from a scattering of mushrooms in an ancient forest to a sweet, scented gown made only of roses. Every issue features exquisite photography, original fiction and poetry, travel pieces (from bioluminescent bays to Scottish fairy hills and castles), artist profiles, recipes, home décor, otherworldly beauty tips, craft tutorials, and much more—with a dash of faerie (and mermaid, and dragon!) magic sprinkled throughout. Regular contributors include Alice Hoffman, Wendy and Brian Froud, Charles Vess, and many more. Faerie is published four times a year—in Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter—and is available in the Lifestyle section of Barnes & Noble (ask for magazine #28145) and through the Faerie Magazine website. We ship all over the world.
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Below are a few of my favourites.<br />
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Thank you Carolyn for an enchanting journey into your world.<br />
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To all a magical New Year!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827009627094433334.post-30831086198390160552015-12-14T06:00:00.000-05:002015-12-14T06:11:51.905-05:00Christmas Diamond Ornament 2015 - Last DIY of the Year.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A cazillion karat diamond pendant for my house</td></tr>
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The last DIY creation of 2015 was made by my daughter, Astrid. It started out as a school art project about three years ago, made from shards of broken mirrors. I was incredibly worried, but not wanting to smother her creativity, encouraged reluctantly with many words of caution. As it was progressing, I could see tremendous potential as a bold and festive holiday ornament for the entrance to The Dusty Victorian.</div>
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The base structure was made with corrugated cardboard and every bits of broken mirror she could get her gloved hands on from her clumsy family and friends. We are not superstitious. The shards of mirror were applied with hot glue creating a sort of mosaic madness.<br />
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To securely suspend the diamond, I used a 30lbs-capacity picture frame wire. Starting at the bottom point, I weaved several strands together, similar to a basket and made my way upwards to the widest part of the diamond. I then gathered all the strands at the top centre to form a strong loop.<br />
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And voila! It's now hanging at our entrance with delicate strands of pine greenery.</div>
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Note that for obvious reasons, I do not recommend to anyone this DIY project.</div>
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Wishing you all a very cheerful holiday season!</div>
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And Chazy-Bear, at the top of the stairs,<br />
wants me to remind you of the many animal shelters that need help.</div>
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