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European Country Antiques

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5U0aHq4eSb7Jv5BOWhUpvYEp5gLmd78C2zUx8NsBTHoGNLVPU2KDNbbiNVDsvcZR8qFhhxvaB8jsVr79bRKPNSUGSVdaUbfyOuOjMKNA6IImOB4gfS6rydhf2vrBfYbTQh4iKDksgyqQ/s1600/IMG_0827+lead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5U0aHq4eSb7Jv5BOWhUpvYEp5gLmd78C2zUx8NsBTHoGNLVPU2KDNbbiNVDsvcZR8qFhhxvaB8jsVr79bRKPNSUGSVdaUbfyOuOjMKNA6IImOB4gfS6rydhf2vrBfYbTQh4iKDksgyqQ/s1600/IMG_0827+lead.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let's take a tour of <a href="http://www.ecountryantiques.com/" target="_blank">European Country Antiques</a> in the Huron Village</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">area on Cambridge's west side.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJC-hGhyh4BQOMwL60YYacRzgz9CdsJFVbxAsbLoHHe9wosWuEuK6DNGJwJDcNJqXTGu0MgVdmjCoI7tenuMKj-liiZ4JfTxUZheJokSOAhbrqJ-ync1BZ47LmNXd8MF1XogjRGluqZ4/s1600/IMG_0817.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJC-hGhyh4BQOMwL60YYacRzgz9CdsJFVbxAsbLoHHe9wosWuEuK6DNGJwJDcNJqXTGu0MgVdmjCoI7tenuMKj-liiZ4JfTxUZheJokSOAhbrqJ-ync1BZ47LmNXd8MF1XogjRGluqZ4/s1600/IMG_0817.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The store is at 146 Huron Avenue near the corner of Concord Avenue.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Huron Village is primarily a residential area but within a few blocks of this</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">intersection are some of Cambridge's finest independently owned shops.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Jim0ohgvHOfwhc4Lfp46a8WtQLiXjj654OeRt6ptBBFW9dD7fqGPeDq644pTcIt17EYe1ZDcJ5hor1rcSHT1HA2IC3OVnLd3v0OQ479s2wXvCM0k8YL5E_d8pW4b0aiKRNBa-MOti6Y/s1600/IMG_0818.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Jim0ohgvHOfwhc4Lfp46a8WtQLiXjj654OeRt6ptBBFW9dD7fqGPeDq644pTcIt17EYe1ZDcJ5hor1rcSHT1HA2IC3OVnLd3v0OQ479s2wXvCM0k8YL5E_d8pW4b0aiKRNBa-MOti6Y/s1600/IMG_0818.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But once you step through the door, you're in a different place and time...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a place that embraces you with its warm honey-toned woods, beautiful</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">painted antiques just waiting to tell you their personal stories.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDtanuM5oRCS2N42oPAYKaKC5MdkIEmq3LlU_XnumMdhDRhmao_MDPYVMUriur7vj4qopMPIwCcoz3VyGfMvQ4AZH4q0LdtuVMdWMbsUvqe8GDcIgdL2Oe3WaKtsvz5v-h27TaEYRN5HM/s1600/IMG_0820.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDtanuM5oRCS2N42oPAYKaKC5MdkIEmq3LlU_XnumMdhDRhmao_MDPYVMUriur7vj4qopMPIwCcoz3VyGfMvQ4AZH4q0LdtuVMdWMbsUvqe8GDcIgdL2Oe3WaKtsvz5v-h27TaEYRN5HM/s1600/IMG_0820.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The shop's website says the shop captures the authenticity of</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">true European countryside shops, the ones stacked to the limit with</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">furniture, where every time you move one piece you discover another.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOB8YhUq9sFpReoYlwVGQLRMGVFajlyhvV64WOeSu1lZ_i3PGH_3cdm9enldkMkqRfXV4Q6DO8q583AiEPc0DO-taed6BwFaHw27m-GEJ2yp73HNBy5JYsrbch0gbFLii8x3e5776Y4rY/s1600/IMG_0821.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOB8YhUq9sFpReoYlwVGQLRMGVFajlyhvV64WOeSu1lZ_i3PGH_3cdm9enldkMkqRfXV4Q6DO8q583AiEPc0DO-taed6BwFaHw27m-GEJ2yp73HNBy5JYsrbch0gbFLii8x3e5776Y4rY/s1600/IMG_0821.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Many of the antiques are in their original form.  Oh, how I wish I</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">had a place for this large cabinet!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wI2k001_5BkRHqWLAPEnjkw-irULtJ_pBvvFYuL32M9B_WvXZHSu5ykwHl2Eof30VmUIW91uc1Ym3ZJP2Kb9IMC67Mb3FchdjZgFx9heCOhqZcjDeY4HCrurqe17Fnc3FzLczSwPCpE/s1600/IMG_0826.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wI2k001_5BkRHqWLAPEnjkw-irULtJ_pBvvFYuL32M9B_WvXZHSu5ykwHl2Eof30VmUIW91uc1Ym3ZJP2Kb9IMC67Mb3FchdjZgFx9heCOhqZcjDeY4HCrurqe17Fnc3FzLczSwPCpE/s1600/IMG_0826.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Other pieces, such as this kitchen island, have been built from</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">reclaimed antique furniture pieces into modern forms.  There is storage</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">on one side, room to tuck a few bar stools on the other, all capped</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">off with a butcher block top with tons of patina.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid05pQfx6UW4MO_DTYr1-vHvPAN54YqSJ11vFuRBG41U2JpVxBnPUrUrza0Lj-Ft5CXBEpFZ1AALbwelh4pARoecsvvW98svg9n7CG5Gq6CJzdq3d1FATMbOSWEECqbDO5bFIncPsg2yk/s1600/IMG_0829.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid05pQfx6UW4MO_DTYr1-vHvPAN54YqSJ11vFuRBG41U2JpVxBnPUrUrza0Lj-Ft5CXBEpFZ1AALbwelh4pARoecsvvW98svg9n7CG5Gq6CJzdq3d1FATMbOSWEECqbDO5bFIncPsg2yk/s1600/IMG_0829.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There a lots of great lamps, these made from old balusters...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMwQ1yoMAWzq6E3cYij9DvzCrUX9w4xQs3bFyTLDGsv0ggRPeWKAe3qQ5lsHb_a6SGUYfYQ_N-Pv41tA4Zyq3BkpuCwkatQ0TaUWNyrFw2DLABO9NQYmn5kNGmy08hcgOor9HVYPIZS7o/s1600/IMG_0846.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMwQ1yoMAWzq6E3cYij9DvzCrUX9w4xQs3bFyTLDGsv0ggRPeWKAe3qQ5lsHb_a6SGUYfYQ_N-Pv41tA4Zyq3BkpuCwkatQ0TaUWNyrFw2DLABO9NQYmn5kNGmy08hcgOor9HVYPIZS7o/s1600/IMG_0846.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...urns and other architectural fragments...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMN6SsV7gwlHYykkbR02NJfIh_avZ5qTUTW-feOAeERDmxU6JLY5HEJ_dQ_8_BKDhg5vUGOaIAu-oWI6f8TA8rKfO7uaDjD5GDdL3i-AU4ujSVsMaFZ9HsVkwxJSlP4_ZpMUQi6N7VlXc/s1600/IMG_0845.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMN6SsV7gwlHYykkbR02NJfIh_avZ5qTUTW-feOAeERDmxU6JLY5HEJ_dQ_8_BKDhg5vUGOaIAu-oWI6f8TA8rKfO7uaDjD5GDdL3i-AU4ujSVsMaFZ9HsVkwxJSlP4_ZpMUQi6N7VlXc/s1600/IMG_0845.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...lots of great vintage and antique accessories...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoH4nkhGaqt6Nc7WjCDPfwXm4hk-7iwsvt8U1UpFq2nTRA8rVhnnOztlUJly_SjbY5uhjZcJ1rq5dWolJnXCuajveOq0aEU7kZbgqsy0bvh-hV5HqmjLDMyszQjYePf4Eo26YY05HnSV0/s1600/IMG_0831.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoH4nkhGaqt6Nc7WjCDPfwXm4hk-7iwsvt8U1UpFq2nTRA8rVhnnOztlUJly_SjbY5uhjZcJ1rq5dWolJnXCuajveOq0aEU7kZbgqsy0bvh-hV5HqmjLDMyszQjYePf4Eo26YY05HnSV0/s1600/IMG_0831.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...wonderful rustic tables....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOhb41syF5__8x8iuN8V1jgq69KhwRZ8bFNERvOK6Zt3-Ex9QqFG2Ugn9VXv6AlDXnekwppDzzWR61yXwHhlC_k2Yqk614-f5rUHUm7BL9Ng7SCJ0H_xXO9Mu5t0-IfQzKn_39C-i0pGE/s1600/IMG_0832.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOhb41syF5__8x8iuN8V1jgq69KhwRZ8bFNERvOK6Zt3-Ex9QqFG2Ugn9VXv6AlDXnekwppDzzWR61yXwHhlC_k2Yqk614-f5rUHUm7BL9Ng7SCJ0H_xXO9Mu5t0-IfQzKn_39C-i0pGE/s1600/IMG_0832.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...and unique case pieces to display your finest wares...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8gmvP7AXTH84VQA_8rbHVI7QyD6huYYlWbsWRGam4uWUMibCxVcBxCDX6VHGUBaiht0SojeZAxJVmeONpYcoSpeHeFfHGmxnz-ADuHChHeMffy2rnLuClpHcJH3N2q8XwlVkNBT5qYqs/s1600/IMG_0833.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8gmvP7AXTH84VQA_8rbHVI7QyD6huYYlWbsWRGam4uWUMibCxVcBxCDX6VHGUBaiht0SojeZAxJVmeONpYcoSpeHeFfHGmxnz-ADuHChHeMffy2rnLuClpHcJH3N2q8XwlVkNBT5qYqs/s1600/IMG_0833.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...all with incredible details.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL39EuLHdpZoBnRflpQEQ-nrS-uwh44ZPwwszvUOHMIcGmL_QpUajxLkdzmiqmTCe9au5ibiRbW3rx_qVAj5p1ojwK3LhGqwIZWpcGGAGnkOAsVgfRJ1rKGA6t9oufHUQeDCBBe5kyTNo/s1600/IMG_0849.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL39EuLHdpZoBnRflpQEQ-nrS-uwh44ZPwwszvUOHMIcGmL_QpUajxLkdzmiqmTCe9au5ibiRbW3rx_qVAj5p1ojwK3LhGqwIZWpcGGAGnkOAsVgfRJ1rKGA6t9oufHUQeDCBBe5kyTNo/s1600/IMG_0849.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is another favorite piece.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJU2bSwT8p1v-XHeVAmbeSLSVj8GrqdeHG48p_TP1pVevr1RbTW_Y6gWm-TEXqRv9PpUhQmm9WVj_pdoGtjkRJ81ZzF7jv0budFq8F6nsA2iqwDTfRg_BUEmmtGHmio0IYC-244P8758/s1600/IMG_0838.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJU2bSwT8p1v-XHeVAmbeSLSVj8GrqdeHG48p_TP1pVevr1RbTW_Y6gWm-TEXqRv9PpUhQmm9WVj_pdoGtjkRJ81ZzF7jv0budFq8F6nsA2iqwDTfRg_BUEmmtGHmio0IYC-244P8758/s1600/IMG_0838.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A great Scottish chest of drawers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzVSo_ZHl2QRjuoSKFF1wJjV8Qv8UAMbUr8q8Ld8bXJGiiATEakDQukbIazb_DZZIuAZ3jmiGnrbQ5wE-_7RhZS69hG2HUDS3S7mjs8M7PxhhWqIywl5QkHaHctyEpVxBKLGkx8ft0FA/s1600/IMG_0843.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzVSo_ZHl2QRjuoSKFF1wJjV8Qv8UAMbUr8q8Ld8bXJGiiATEakDQukbIazb_DZZIuAZ3jmiGnrbQ5wE-_7RhZS69hG2HUDS3S7mjs8M7PxhhWqIywl5QkHaHctyEpVxBKLGkx8ft0FA/s1600/IMG_0843.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And a nice selection of mirrors.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2DNbIAYCPlQCXhBBWy_D8d4K-EuZU644FgUrX6vHKsOZTawN_wYDBYYvHuMpp_R1VHDSCTFAeipxEd0ZtAiOkcKpjX6bPDlhwrl3sRuMn3hgBLMBMCxHZycS_gaBxMJ70hgY7T8WUR8/s1600/IMG_0844.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2DNbIAYCPlQCXhBBWy_D8d4K-EuZU644FgUrX6vHKsOZTawN_wYDBYYvHuMpp_R1VHDSCTFAeipxEd0ZtAiOkcKpjX6bPDlhwrl3sRuMn3hgBLMBMCxHZycS_gaBxMJ70hgY7T8WUR8/s1600/IMG_0844.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This trestle table is from one  of the store's custom lines.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Their tables come in two different woods, three different leg styles</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and in a variety of finishes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigMu9aNIP1gmOsf3AaVnj9OYh-mYHKhYNNuDgT1HE4Nlj7R5TjiVtTnla6WHxG4DCyvAFXgkDYwYD51mBUm1S1_AJclaLEg-FpLaRObVqH40SfuFVznpPk1jjobnLe6vrAaVBH-9gzyoQ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-03-23+at+9.24.55+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigMu9aNIP1gmOsf3AaVnj9OYh-mYHKhYNNuDgT1HE4Nlj7R5TjiVtTnla6WHxG4DCyvAFXgkDYwYD51mBUm1S1_AJclaLEg-FpLaRObVqH40SfuFVznpPk1jjobnLe6vrAaVBH-9gzyoQ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-03-23+at+9.24.55+AM.png" width="537" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you've been searching for that one special piece to finish of a room and you</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">don't find it here, talk to store manager Angela, or owner Ed Stuart, about the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">possibility of making a custom piece designed just for you.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjabEtY7JzpNnJHZSObezY9laTuItc-4NKHfmCksunuQISpIUfOkYUghRkiVo5SJlzze1EndVo5SMFN3_lXvo2HIzt86UXIuiiJaw-Qa7nyvCDbWNbfqRQAf6WbB27b04bjMKgs3U9zL30/s1600/IMG_0843.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjabEtY7JzpNnJHZSObezY9laTuItc-4NKHfmCksunuQISpIUfOkYUghRkiVo5SJlzze1EndVo5SMFN3_lXvo2HIzt86UXIuiiJaw-Qa7nyvCDbWNbfqRQAf6WbB27b04bjMKgs3U9zL30/s1600/IMG_0843.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">European Country Antiques is about a mile from Harvard Square.  On a nice day,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would walk down Brattle Street to see all the old mansions, particularly the Longfellow</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">House where George Washington lived for a short time during the Revolutionary war.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Take a right on Sparks Street and walk to the end which is Huron Avenue.  ECA is on the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">right just past Concord Avenue.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I would drive so you can visit all the great shops along Huron Avenue.  There were</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">several that were now to me so I can't wait to get over there and explore again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgURE35iqxGmJuuNq1UfwB0IsxHPVWTjwF-pJ_w1hE8Q4YnVd5MYmJx_Bh6I8EZQgMcift8KRPjDHJghyphenhyphen6LcLsDO7nlQ_Q__NwLrx1IdlYLTpkWo9UTnV5MRgVasNFl_i99-pFLqcAMn0Q/s1600/IMG_0836.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgURE35iqxGmJuuNq1UfwB0IsxHPVWTjwF-pJ_w1hE8Q4YnVd5MYmJx_Bh6I8EZQgMcift8KRPjDHJghyphenhyphen6LcLsDO7nlQ_Q__NwLrx1IdlYLTpkWo9UTnV5MRgVasNFl_i99-pFLqcAMn0Q/s1600/IMG_0836.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Be sure to tell them I sent you!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">European Country Antiques</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">146 Huron Avenue</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cambridge, MA  02138</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ecountryantiques.com/">www.ecountryantiques.com</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>

European Country Antiques

Let's take a tour of European Country Antiques in the Huron Village area on Cambridge's west side. The store is at 146 Huron Avenue...

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Carpe Diem: Essex, Massachusetts

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMgSSIn-n01adtHiKdo6Tv2aWFTMmSOhL7mIE4crZpPmhtbJHGwhTUiApb84EWShjKRfi0c3qyyJ4njLDz63JxKtoY5m7S3DNPZVQTswrHewcNU429bm3THzE0kGEwUvuAyLBq1LiTuyE/s1600/IMG_0908.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMgSSIn-n01adtHiKdo6Tv2aWFTMmSOhL7mIE4crZpPmhtbJHGwhTUiApb84EWShjKRfi0c3qyyJ4njLDz63JxKtoY5m7S3DNPZVQTswrHewcNU429bm3THzE0kGEwUvuAyLBq1LiTuyE/s400/IMG_0908.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When you work full time, sometimes you need to take a day off to run errands</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that you can only do during business hours.  Yesterday I did just that.  I ran my</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">errands, went on a search for a marble remnant for my vanity table and as I was</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">headed back home to finish stripping the paint off my bathroom door.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But instead of driving home, my car went in the other direction and I ended up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in Essex, Massachusetts, a quaint Colonial-era village about 40 minutes north of Boston.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi67frwqvolKqvsCLQZXpJFOmnGazVGtWqOh6g-tJqLePm6KmIbzGE1jze_PeJ0XDp-nxVO47_XoAjIPeSrGroC3S_-cJiA0qX2_IHLw3AdxqiMxdSe1aPpc6jPYrxiKA0a_NyVRvbcXMA/s1600/IMG_0867.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi67frwqvolKqvsCLQZXpJFOmnGazVGtWqOh6g-tJqLePm6KmIbzGE1jze_PeJ0XDp-nxVO47_XoAjIPeSrGroC3S_-cJiA0qX2_IHLw3AdxqiMxdSe1aPpc6jPYrxiKA0a_NyVRvbcXMA/s400/IMG_0867.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Main Street is lined with antique shops and I usually stop</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at the White Elephant first.  The White Elephant is the kind of place</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">you rummage through to look for gems.  Things are not usually well</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">organized and I don't mean that to be disparaging.  It's a treasure hunt.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi75Zs4Q2JE_fdehZvWpgWuio28LcYPyPklkAcyXCPibBGtBB3wglySIv1K3ulufh5sLDOzz0ij49bU7pfTtS7_YNegq2DlHQK9nxH5mpYbj5dXrf58VYaZwrjF-fAHBCpK1qDlXWFfnOw/s1600/IMG_0870.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi75Zs4Q2JE_fdehZvWpgWuio28LcYPyPklkAcyXCPibBGtBB3wglySIv1K3ulufh5sLDOzz0ij49bU7pfTtS7_YNegq2DlHQK9nxH5mpYbj5dXrf58VYaZwrjF-fAHBCpK1qDlXWFfnOw/s400/IMG_0870.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was surprised to see such a nice collection of marble lamps.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I posted this photo on instagram, someone replied it looked</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">like a large and well lit game of chess.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGTIFgGZ9H0EE2swHTUlNcUeYihP6YitNWkGJCGtSNauRHVrsLen4bAZ9pa0-lGHRmdZUvNrMxuKnFJSIjJ7-YUXsUvYp57si9MFhZtmvHxn2GVqiCXqs_WV5PWZTO7BL0-u2kJqP290/s1600/IMG_0871.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGTIFgGZ9H0EE2swHTUlNcUeYihP6YitNWkGJCGtSNauRHVrsLen4bAZ9pa0-lGHRmdZUvNrMxuKnFJSIjJ7-YUXsUvYp57si9MFhZtmvHxn2GVqiCXqs_WV5PWZTO7BL0-u2kJqP290/s400/IMG_0871.jpg" width="380" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This seems like some old version of a hot plate.  The plate was set into</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a larger metal tray and it's my guess that you would fill the tray with hot</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">water through the nozzle on the top side to keep the plate warm.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXP3vHMwffZ61s0JGRkHLMSeWajRcK4JVBQXDh3uDnyKywoMa8c8_rZOaYmKikcmoVw-13KPLe4aRrnIYbn0cS2WmgKgGUlpMMczNumALV6a0adjoKUPBIv7_kbc9o1tNf23dsEwVuaJ0/s1600/IMG_0874.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXP3vHMwffZ61s0JGRkHLMSeWajRcK4JVBQXDh3uDnyKywoMa8c8_rZOaYmKikcmoVw-13KPLe4aRrnIYbn0cS2WmgKgGUlpMMczNumALV6a0adjoKUPBIv7_kbc9o1tNf23dsEwVuaJ0/s400/IMG_0874.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This area of Massachusetts known as Cape Ann has long been a </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">popular destination for artists so it's always good to keep a keen eye</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">out for good artwork.  This Esther Heins geranium painting seemed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">very well executed so I used my smart phone (how did I live without one</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for so long!) to google her and found she was a Marblehead-based artist</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">known for her botanical paintings, did illustrations for Horticulture</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">magazine and exhibited work at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and the Smithsonian Institution.  Isn't it a little treasure?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">White Elephant also has an outlet only open on Saturdays and Sundays.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghx904GgRuFiG6sTw6NNoyxM1sh_MZtAINixLV5oI251RIDph6hZNyUk8ZrD_o3fxSv570C_L3RXAJPIVDg0H1EFy6lBw8obidBjiwL7uKFQE3BBuf_gQyhVN6o-wpwf8m6SOTTLgFsEw/s1600/IMG_0878.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghx904GgRuFiG6sTw6NNoyxM1sh_MZtAINixLV5oI251RIDph6hZNyUk8ZrD_o3fxSv570C_L3RXAJPIVDg0H1EFy6lBw8obidBjiwL7uKFQE3BBuf_gQyhVN6o-wpwf8m6SOTTLgFsEw/s400/IMG_0878.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After White Elephant, I stopped in David Neligan Antiques where</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was greeted by a pair large and wonderful pair of foo dogs.  This</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">shop is filled to the brim with traditional antiques. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHwMv68pyd_AEHbLAPDBFtD0jsqcNnFDQJ7Dn5MW7-jdwx5YbtVokMYWMYSSn4O5SlecJkpjQusDgu3Iw7UzBhJTrlVdOEVi9RpqWmFdIKm3X6-lvJohnqYpLXttU1RPPN6Ai6T69djTs/s1600/IMG_0876.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHwMv68pyd_AEHbLAPDBFtD0jsqcNnFDQJ7Dn5MW7-jdwx5YbtVokMYWMYSSn4O5SlecJkpjQusDgu3Iw7UzBhJTrlVdOEVi9RpqWmFdIKm3X6-lvJohnqYpLXttU1RPPN6Ai6T69djTs/s400/IMG_0876.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's almost unbelievable to me that you can find a pair of</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ca. 1770 "King George III" armchairs newly reupholstered</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in oatmeal linen just sitting in a shop and ready to take home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The pillow is a Folly Cove design which you'll see much more of </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at the next shop.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6aIOsbcEJzwCE2GtaTDCCqhFASDiyQ4LFGvNn-SLb_B5EmtZgnKYDjPV3kh-VRFr3wyLkok99AJLPrV4e_Ls-rmZPQthmcULhe5N4ZCbiSG3dH03ZWnrwqqHXwp7n4vKF00P7WhFg0F8/s1600/IMG_0905.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6aIOsbcEJzwCE2GtaTDCCqhFASDiyQ4LFGvNn-SLb_B5EmtZgnKYDjPV3kh-VRFr3wyLkok99AJLPrV4e_Ls-rmZPQthmcULhe5N4ZCbiSG3dH03ZWnrwqqHXwp7n4vKF00P7WhFg0F8/s320/IMG_0905.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJwaQeNYMHdVFje2sgrEsu5nuvft_HtjTzP1mYRvdKZekzaNKLNgUJ4ryxxKvEaBATVGpuMdaoSuew0kYXXXK_xEsV2hd3o3hcdzXie7DQL03kmxyLGzIVVDOlRUTf9mXa3lSdlx-CGo/s1600/IMG_0900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJwaQeNYMHdVFje2sgrEsu5nuvft_HtjTzP1mYRvdKZekzaNKLNgUJ4ryxxKvEaBATVGpuMdaoSuew0kYXXXK_xEsV2hd3o3hcdzXie7DQL03kmxyLGzIVVDOlRUTf9mXa3lSdlx-CGo/s320/IMG_0900.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You just can't go to Essex without stopping by Andrew Spindler Antiques.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first time I went in a few years ago, I had never heard of Andrew Spindler</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but was impressed with his beautifully curated shop--very much my taste-- with</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a mix of classics from a variety of time periods.  You might find an English</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">gate leg table next to mid-century leather Breuer dining chairs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Andrew's home got<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/garden/03location.html"> a write up in the New York Times</a> a few years ago</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/06/02/garden/20100603-location-slideshow.html">the slide show</a> is still on-line if you'd like to see his interesting interiors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love his living room and its view to what I would guess is a porch.  And I </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">especially love his quote, "I've always paid attention to what this house wants."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I often feel those cues from my house.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibM4ycbT3TGmKDB5-_NLklueUPNzhrnWvO6AOQavDQknMgUhEU8Z6SrE3A7_l6j8Ydeyo6V8MGSoQDjJJ8R78D52ovOVZdW0ndIaJ2PTauUHkoGVDw_RN05X6ZbPrWHih578QLgMg0Yn4/s1600/IMG_0894.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibM4ycbT3TGmKDB5-_NLklueUPNzhrnWvO6AOQavDQknMgUhEU8Z6SrE3A7_l6j8Ydeyo6V8MGSoQDjJJ8R78D52ovOVZdW0ndIaJ2PTauUHkoGVDw_RN05X6ZbPrWHih578QLgMg0Yn4/s400/IMG_0894.jpg" width="325" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I was greeted with a wonderful wall of Folly Cove pieces.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folly_Cove_Designers">Folly Cove Designers</a> were a group of mostly (but not exclusively) women</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">artists in Gloucester, Massachusetts.  All of their work is block printed and often</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">come in the form of placemats and table runners.  This is a collection of</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">placements that have been archivally framed as artwork.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQOPC_LkG29xHs8Yg62l1TUnKZptrWnZSk6qbkV9gMHyyjUMvjEIwWyK7GDWa__1CFZu-NO4h0VzJGWLdApGVbcFYghvq3vjwfveYvYjz0k_WhTY4c9bJT14ZLIcdT5BQ2d34LZUEoMc/s1600/vl+burton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQOPC_LkG29xHs8Yg62l1TUnKZptrWnZSk6qbkV9gMHyyjUMvjEIwWyK7GDWa__1CFZu-NO4h0VzJGWLdApGVbcFYghvq3vjwfveYvYjz0k_WhTY4c9bJT14ZLIcdT5BQ2d34LZUEoMc/s400/vl+burton.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The group revolved around design classes given by Virginia Lee Burton</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and they worked from 1938 to about 1968.  Burton was a children's book author</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and illustrator.  I love this old photograph of Burton in her office/studio.  Folly Cove</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">pieces are highly collectible and have become quite rare in good condition.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are a few more Folly Cove pieces at Andrew's shop:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9MPv3QzQysfB2lo1Grnbcj_vKAq4HJN3XC0hMHf4MFjHtzlx3HpO7oJ42nzKBTzxlXCpLJouoyBkNp_tVVKdsFM0AEQpoh_pGT2i4V7PZ5Er3pC-kupn1m_zYl_-iRJSmzwb9avQ5Jgo/s1600/IMG_0880.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9MPv3QzQysfB2lo1Grnbcj_vKAq4HJN3XC0hMHf4MFjHtzlx3HpO7oJ42nzKBTzxlXCpLJouoyBkNp_tVVKdsFM0AEQpoh_pGT2i4V7PZ5Er3pC-kupn1m_zYl_-iRJSmzwb9avQ5Jgo/s400/IMG_0880.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a delightful and humorous print called "The Gossips"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">by Virginia Lee Burton from the 1940s.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kYfZoLuio_LraTptx-BDnEHUTZ4AXAaMjM-nJj40ZzWTefGBy2RXTXkojlwqn7G-cPYMm1k_RLiWjUmkLvvDgXMOafIfV_-9eX3O3dKhJfvIKrUkpbDLFk7T8UzY_hQsDVbqFJPBQ6I/s1600/IMG_0893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kYfZoLuio_LraTptx-BDnEHUTZ4AXAaMjM-nJj40ZzWTefGBy2RXTXkojlwqn7G-cPYMm1k_RLiWjUmkLvvDgXMOafIfV_-9eX3O3dKhJfvIKrUkpbDLFk7T8UzY_hQsDVbqFJPBQ6I/s640/IMG_0893.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This beautiful garden bench with Folly cove pillows in the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Diamond Jubilee by Eino Natti, ca. 1947.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZbOshLUjFLabhicGPxrjfLSFL1ExMZ9HX_yVxoIuIFmdMBAeeNe-dTDr70jSp-CdpFOj81Ip13ZASKT-fpvpcFMMRl9k0BMhliRGUmmlfWykj14NwzHZCMEL0tQW-yUHBd0ZKKCyE34/s1600/IMG_0901.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZbOshLUjFLabhicGPxrjfLSFL1ExMZ9HX_yVxoIuIFmdMBAeeNe-dTDr70jSp-CdpFOj81Ip13ZASKT-fpvpcFMMRl9k0BMhliRGUmmlfWykj14NwzHZCMEL0tQW-yUHBd0ZKKCyE34/s400/IMG_0901.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Peony, ca. 1964 by Mary Maletskos in a deep navy blue.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Does this not look totally current?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I couldn't resist this one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you'd like to know more about the Folly Cover Designers,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">check out <a href="http://streetsofsalem.com/2012/03/28/the-folly-cove-designers/">this post</a> on the Streets of Salem blog.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqwUFd9qvcGu5b1-8awDJdpFzIZi5omJyrtPBikOTv2vh9vUwp7RomcMk9nwVAErhMOF87CqzJVBcniv5Gws4WQ4ab1cg405dLLyOo-zB6bpcxVuUkfT3xEQS-LXXXSY4qFiR4DSJkew/s1600/IMG_0902.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqwUFd9qvcGu5b1-8awDJdpFzIZi5omJyrtPBikOTv2vh9vUwp7RomcMk9nwVAErhMOF87CqzJVBcniv5Gws4WQ4ab1cg405dLLyOo-zB6bpcxVuUkfT3xEQS-LXXXSY4qFiR4DSJkew/s400/IMG_0902.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I can tell that Andrew has a passion for ironstone as there's</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">always a wonderful collection of pieces available.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJuDA_skNwv7ItnRS1119QuJ40pU41U_n6FVKeJzXabpBHRQklhDMGkBKp2fI1bekWIe-EmtuIueznwR_8QCbK_1dsbL7R2UzRieuIO6714dbDqoVTim9l8js6yeV8TnucBFDwxJMZKk/s1600/IMG_0906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJuDA_skNwv7ItnRS1119QuJ40pU41U_n6FVKeJzXabpBHRQklhDMGkBKp2fI1bekWIe-EmtuIueznwR_8QCbK_1dsbL7R2UzRieuIO6714dbDqoVTim9l8js6yeV8TnucBFDwxJMZKk/s400/IMG_0906.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm attracted to anything with a crown since my first</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">name means crown.  Not Folly Cove but this is a 1930s hand-printed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">linen textile made for Cunard.  Wouldn't it make a great throw?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So much more unique than the ubiquitous Hermes throws.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXffIgI51aoI1xo5OcYqZcRkJO0d1swQD5avc8SL65C6J8O0CEWNT_Bir440-YN8ru2dsytHQRTo6-c1AFeJeakdmXg8mECOp0wW3cbsAbq-6bLpNm41vJi3wzXW9kmeUL6N4O2QEuurw/s1600/IMG_0914.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXffIgI51aoI1xo5OcYqZcRkJO0d1swQD5avc8SL65C6J8O0CEWNT_Bir440-YN8ru2dsytHQRTo6-c1AFeJeakdmXg8mECOp0wW3cbsAbq-6bLpNm41vJi3wzXW9kmeUL6N4O2QEuurw/s400/IMG_0914.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also couldn't resist these brass and porcelain transferware</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">drawer pulls.  I love being able to incorporate unique items into</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my house and since I'm working on the design for my new kitchen,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can strategically plan where they'll go beforehand.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5g3zHmLboRKWxYhrObb2Z2hQlhbEW9kFnO2rgSLKtRHD4Bo2ZAdpk22VjdvZ-1-Ra3HEWfgJbKIhh3yop7ou-j7q8icUSp1wE3tN_8-xwK2NhLJ2gOZ42wvVxJhhNA3HEAYF3OZI5wA0/s1600/IMG_0907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5g3zHmLboRKWxYhrObb2Z2hQlhbEW9kFnO2rgSLKtRHD4Bo2ZAdpk22VjdvZ-1-Ra3HEWfgJbKIhh3yop7ou-j7q8icUSp1wE3tN_8-xwK2NhLJ2gOZ42wvVxJhhNA3HEAYF3OZI5wA0/s400/IMG_0907.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next time you're on your way to visit Rockport or Gloucester,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">you should plan some extra time to stop in Essex.  Or make a day</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of it and stop by <a href="http://www.woodmans.com/">Woodman's of Essex</a> for some fried clams and lobster.</div></div>

Carpe Diem: Essex, Massachusetts

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Antique Maps

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88VpNVof0YeiD82l36rUMFvjiesWluAvZQO_jOkTIQ74njXfcJdnUCF_qm2rch6RH3dzRhW0UbLk71UA1POM9LoXNOsjIqlocwkYpCT6YU2byLwQxs0QpwzCbBrYEBWKrOR136ERGJrQ/s1600/IMG_2818.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88VpNVof0YeiD82l36rUMFvjiesWluAvZQO_jOkTIQ74njXfcJdnUCF_qm2rch6RH3dzRhW0UbLk71UA1POM9LoXNOsjIqlocwkYpCT6YU2byLwQxs0QpwzCbBrYEBWKrOR136ERGJrQ/s400/IMG_2818.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I recently came across a collection of antique maps and couldn't resist </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">bringing some of them home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmN_9S6y9gj2FKjk4XBLIXy7CISmUp8PqrXiCaTTRU4E5HXQQKpB677YsdUf7ckzZcUJAn01zGI9lyFdz_LoanT4jCIpPiW2HbkxTYzktpzp0lLzm2AomACYB7TLIC8Th_MQxPwWpIIcw/s1600/IMG_2832.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmN_9S6y9gj2FKjk4XBLIXy7CISmUp8PqrXiCaTTRU4E5HXQQKpB677YsdUf7ckzZcUJAn01zGI9lyFdz_LoanT4jCIpPiW2HbkxTYzktpzp0lLzm2AomACYB7TLIC8Th_MQxPwWpIIcw/s400/IMG_2832.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was quite a large collection that included locations all over the United States </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but I pulled out as many Massachusetts towns as I could find, especially cities</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and villages along the ocean.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGALkMUV2uiEf_OUrjW6aAJczRDTKqcT6neXkdZybXDho_VzyBSVa18xvwJ1x8hAsN-BPGC2oNKP2OmlkiGQgQFdisXjwC1Xe4F0neSYjF9-YSSZfyPOENgf_qIs_XpmUkr7x4fM5_ho/s1600/IMG_2826.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGALkMUV2uiEf_OUrjW6aAJczRDTKqcT6neXkdZybXDho_VzyBSVa18xvwJ1x8hAsN-BPGC2oNKP2OmlkiGQgQFdisXjwC1Xe4F0neSYjF9-YSSZfyPOENgf_qIs_XpmUkr7x4fM5_ho/s640/IMG_2826.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would assume each map was a page in a large book but each one</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">has been cut into perfect rectangles and mounted on cotton so they can</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">fold into a little booklet.  Many of them are signed "F.H. Silsbee, Lawrence, Mass."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a few are dated 1899.  I googled F.H. Silsbee and found he was a graduate</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of MIT and a member of the New England Cotton Manufacturer's Association</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can see faintly on the back of the Falmouth, Mass. map the text on the back</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that reads "Desription of Topographic Map of the United States."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let me show you a few.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm8PFkrY3qrNca3_GqMsk6etRzd1SRFacuilGxRmtse7W4TIdppb_O5uelp8OedcCHheAd-gjJj7mWQaxJC8dXNNbbZGANLBVAiE3VHQNkB9JrXM7oRcu_s_ZZc1Dt81JLFpfemvIxq-c/s1600/IMG_2823.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm8PFkrY3qrNca3_GqMsk6etRzd1SRFacuilGxRmtse7W4TIdppb_O5uelp8OedcCHheAd-gjJj7mWQaxJC8dXNNbbZGANLBVAiE3VHQNkB9JrXM7oRcu_s_ZZc1Dt81JLFpfemvIxq-c/s640/IMG_2823.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beverly and Salem, Mass.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-IZPbnCvM-bm8BkjMviBxwk35ErYUAvd7Wt_A-O_HO6USmppL6FCYqroVexUaX25mDzgD6ao-U3CQMwwqU5qKj1mSlwuWd8EboEpI8yX_jtVYCbYcJqSJbogW-TJ_8Ri2RQ753c24UeI/s1600/IMG_2829.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-IZPbnCvM-bm8BkjMviBxwk35ErYUAvd7Wt_A-O_HO6USmppL6FCYqroVexUaX25mDzgD6ao-U3CQMwwqU5qKj1mSlwuWd8EboEpI8yX_jtVYCbYcJqSJbogW-TJ_8Ri2RQ753c24UeI/s640/IMG_2829.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Plymouth, Mass.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupu0ZVaKIl2TezUIbE2sbl5KfjfOst3lqGCEfgtkLC7LRxf0IWsrWeXIPT-OqFtuPhFzZ14WzakqWwRQ51YFXeKY6zej7baURJwOYPPDL-_1ss9q9kNU8DTSJgylAyRiruYF2z7_e34k/s1600/IMG_2828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupu0ZVaKIl2TezUIbE2sbl5KfjfOst3lqGCEfgtkLC7LRxf0IWsrWeXIPT-OqFtuPhFzZ14WzakqWwRQ51YFXeKY6zej7baURJwOYPPDL-_1ss9q9kNU8DTSJgylAyRiruYF2z7_e34k/s640/IMG_2828.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yarmouth, Mass.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I love that some of the maps</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of seaside towns are mainly open water leaving an irregular edge</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that make abstract shapes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ4Z3dYLNIVT9gkK6oX18RZSUOiPHZkIc9GJsnGo98gss9-92u6STi578rtaQKKhAvuTWdcntCO8AYOF-vz4tmaUxOuuw72WPX70jbbwlw9Z6EHTeDhBmTagpJx2Qy_M3-5lyYO5aIdT4/s1600/IMG_2824.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ4Z3dYLNIVT9gkK6oX18RZSUOiPHZkIc9GJsnGo98gss9-92u6STi578rtaQKKhAvuTWdcntCO8AYOF-vz4tmaUxOuuw72WPX70jbbwlw9Z6EHTeDhBmTagpJx2Qy_M3-5lyYO5aIdT4/s640/IMG_2824.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Provincetown, Mass.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwfCEsjjYj-BnPuUtI89KTZdammmEmZwPBtXJ30ryEdD9Vp333C4hg33JqidzYjdKcDPHQWVCpcUXV5Jaq0ZKuBDjNJDQE7p_lt7j2hDkcrCgUswAHXEj6E7z2qJ_-SUtP-stiwzo2PU/s1600/IMG_2835.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwfCEsjjYj-BnPuUtI89KTZdammmEmZwPBtXJ30ryEdD9Vp333C4hg33JqidzYjdKcDPHQWVCpcUXV5Jaq0ZKuBDjNJDQE7p_lt7j2hDkcrCgUswAHXEj6E7z2qJ_-SUtP-stiwzo2PU/s640/IMG_2835.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Truro and Wellfleet, Mass.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOgr96R_NXyxGyXicyu_SYmnM8mtcBf916gvTYK1QtT8lIZGJ01YxPiI-C54cBtXZDmPH_0uaAloPcE04BKNyfnOP5436tud1jqDxPrI3G2kbxhvxde2fyYfKtrLnhnyWwqr2P7Vnp2UU/s1600/IMG_2836.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOgr96R_NXyxGyXicyu_SYmnM8mtcBf916gvTYK1QtT8lIZGJ01YxPiI-C54cBtXZDmPH_0uaAloPcE04BKNyfnOP5436tud1jqDxPrI3G2kbxhvxde2fyYfKtrLnhnyWwqr2P7Vnp2UU/s640/IMG_2836.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The maps have a very soft red, white, blue and black color palette</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that would fit very easily in almost room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7RH2M23ZXDK_EODHeUmOHVIjF1cTaxDEk-PnOcDCB3VPvmVFzJKuym1csPpO1Au90VfC-iaT5ZVZhBPOIOJI8g4UqNEf_bQ6__o3fX192menI968wKPV24hm1IGVMdIwsRcRlk7jBPg/s1600/IMG_2844.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7RH2M23ZXDK_EODHeUmOHVIjF1cTaxDEk-PnOcDCB3VPvmVFzJKuym1csPpO1Au90VfC-iaT5ZVZhBPOIOJI8g4UqNEf_bQ6__o3fX192menI968wKPV24hm1IGVMdIwsRcRlk7jBPg/s640/IMG_2844.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fall River, Mass.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Of Lizzie Bordon fame.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since each map has a grid of nine panes, I think they would look great framed </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and hung in a grid of nine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3ZrGypucvnGWZV51E1ofN5-chujfw8emq5ggAZEHd7QkG6ym0QuMODVQUb00pUbO-M1o59zkIb-00Rb492jtJElc6Xwq0h6YqWMvhXdcD_axeM48R5Gj9SnJ3HyFYLu0hCJRMRqDn9Y/s1600/870.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3ZrGypucvnGWZV51E1ofN5-chujfw8emq5ggAZEHd7QkG6ym0QuMODVQUb00pUbO-M1o59zkIb-00Rb492jtJElc6Xwq0h6YqWMvhXdcD_axeM48R5Gj9SnJ3HyFYLu0hCJRMRqDn9Y/s640/870.jpeg" width="555" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A project that would certainly drive me crazy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">getting hung perfectly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">* BY REQUEST *</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For present and former Salem residents, historians, witches and warlocks, I'm adding an enlarged image of the Salem map.  It's too bad there's not more detail but I'm sure some of you (Donna Seger) will see some things that have changed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(It seems it won't enlarge when you click so I'm making it as large as possible.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Antique Maps

I recently came across a collection of antique maps and couldn't resist bringing some of them home. There was quite a large collection ...

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Maison Decor

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1fFwFm7WuNk4248abNgq9w-CnHOgW9ZRiXvuHnWKCR5_nSvAD_pwHs6hWJzqXOJO6NfxZmrpvNxGwZxvxx6hX2cNS_mMhm8DtjQG8VYfhnQYHwCXqFkXm1frvGJcjoOxrJE_1ABMRYg0/s1600/P1050146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1fFwFm7WuNk4248abNgq9w-CnHOgW9ZRiXvuHnWKCR5_nSvAD_pwHs6hWJzqXOJO6NfxZmrpvNxGwZxvxx6hX2cNS_mMhm8DtjQG8VYfhnQYHwCXqFkXm1frvGJcjoOxrJE_1ABMRYg0/s640/P1050146.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Blogging offers the opportunity to easily connect with people around the world but nothing is more fun than finding local bloggers. One of those local bloggers is Amy Chalmers of <a href="http://maisondecor8.blogspot.com/">Maison Decor</a>.  Amy is a designer who loves french country, cottage and vintage styles.  We've often mentioned how our styles are so different but we can appreciate what the other does.  We even joked about how we should open a store with a line down the middle.  Her side would be light, feminine and romantic; my side would be dark, masculine, rustic and industrial.  It would have something that would appeal to every shopper.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amy not only opened a store without me, she's opened two stores this year...and, although a little envious, I couldn't be happier for her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSu2OiD089lsqGdYvJmRWIjnA6q_Kialhlq-U_CB1X8FW-mvDK6OvhnBq8rdEhEzRNDSkw66ApaRaYx20VAkaAZWV7t0QWI0H3cGBYGPgUXm2h-TPPRIaZmDmqhyyN4-7nMR8kTcZpvR0/s1600/IMG_3425.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSu2OiD089lsqGdYvJmRWIjnA6q_Kialhlq-U_CB1X8FW-mvDK6OvhnBq8rdEhEzRNDSkw66ApaRaYx20VAkaAZWV7t0QWI0H3cGBYGPgUXm2h-TPPRIaZmDmqhyyN4-7nMR8kTcZpvR0/s640/IMG_3425.jpeg" width="427" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amy's Malden store sells vintage furniture, chandeliers, reproduction mora wall clocks, window treatments and new and vintage home accessories.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxl035thrxY1ZP_2qMmO41-VURcbTPd1jEkl0p9RCLbnnywnlfBYqokb3hJLYqvGl36sIXd2xxI1TsVFgV4DY7VgSTe_qz4FWxrbyyUPLCIeuQp0qBEoCuwK9HEnPGFgpGEsiUmcKCNtE/s1600/IMG_3631.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxl035thrxY1ZP_2qMmO41-VURcbTPd1jEkl0p9RCLbnnywnlfBYqokb3hJLYqvGl36sIXd2xxI1TsVFgV4DY7VgSTe_qz4FWxrbyyUPLCIeuQp0qBEoCuwK9HEnPGFgpGEsiUmcKCNtE/s640/IMG_3631.jpeg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Many of the furniture pieces have been given a new life with various decorative paint finishes.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkONrgo2R2lUmDtGnuyP0UWmyFy5ZOWHjPxiloS8LN32EDh2GeHCR8i7-goNSIUgMBJpoTq4QegOqx880UAY7pNuifSJqCgH97mfx9G66t_9LmeONsCASyyYoE3bMUL_DLSxL-qVyEkjw/s1600/pumpkin+and+paintcans.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkONrgo2R2lUmDtGnuyP0UWmyFy5ZOWHjPxiloS8LN32EDh2GeHCR8i7-goNSIUgMBJpoTq4QegOqx880UAY7pNuifSJqCgH97mfx9G66t_9LmeONsCASyyYoE3bMUL_DLSxL-qVyEkjw/s640/pumpkin+and+paintcans.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In fact, both shops sell Annie Sloan chalk paint, Miss Mustard Seed's milk paint and a variety of brushes, waxes and other painting accessories.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIfx27Cs8o-zda1u-YcK_e28TxT2q1Y66UkffLDf4Jv7NRpS_GK3ucnd7XBfQAdD6VsZzfoa8CS5mUVgwuwte0X1yfNaOGXbnsH7orvXSUtUVE1BgAbp-n21tDvr3xmQGFFNocEEREi0/s1600/IMG_9499_1024x1024.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIfx27Cs8o-zda1u-YcK_e28TxT2q1Y66UkffLDf4Jv7NRpS_GK3ucnd7XBfQAdD6VsZzfoa8CS5mUVgwuwte0X1yfNaOGXbnsH7orvXSUtUVE1BgAbp-n21tDvr3xmQGFFNocEEREi0/s400/IMG_9499_1024x1024.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amy also offer Annie Sloan painting workshops.  This is a recent class in her Malden shop.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdU7VMXoc81LiK2Luq56w6oyodKTjhP5ql0QT9CxH2Hvcy2823OnFBm999XYdBHDqZdCfgs_OT0WtsyE2Y-POuKAwD87poi3bnf6rj9_ISTmPy3dZhMY0nFnU-BVMVmueDgjX14Hjv8s/s1600/P1050146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdU7VMXoc81LiK2Luq56w6oyodKTjhP5ql0QT9CxH2Hvcy2823OnFBm999XYdBHDqZdCfgs_OT0WtsyE2Y-POuKAwD87poi3bnf6rj9_ISTmPy3dZhMY0nFnU-BVMVmueDgjX14Hjv8s/s640/P1050146.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The South End, Boston location has a much more masculine feel.  Note the 1798 Swedish Mora clock and the heavily carved antiqued French armoire mixed with new London tube roll signs and Parisian apartment clocks mixed with a vintage globe...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3n4GjE_hnRGO5GwBipWpbmr3dGUM8Ikv3lIFUmqQ8nRPOFGFiEFkai8Za1AfbXXvPnaNtrT7uoe8vKaauxR9rL1477ha8fQK-bT6RGDm_08lPUbJSFz9NeNbdDz1JfQO0k89pmiujh-U/s1600/dogs+and+more.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3n4GjE_hnRGO5GwBipWpbmr3dGUM8Ikv3lIFUmqQ8nRPOFGFiEFkai8Za1AfbXXvPnaNtrT7uoe8vKaauxR9rL1477ha8fQK-bT6RGDm_08lPUbJSFz9NeNbdDz1JfQO0k89pmiujh-U/s400/dogs+and+more.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...and other "mantiques" as she calls them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9dVup6kcZq3_zG9BQCHQFaOSVPPfNCJi6A9o_9ae4w3LXDT3Sr-FHYfBfLqr_OtFYmt-XDVNKN6pNz8CIY1SO6gybrgZp9bOHHKBukcw8rzvNaAnJnKZSkCtALtR1FdDQR7xHHpO-t1E/s1600/P1050157.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9dVup6kcZq3_zG9BQCHQFaOSVPPfNCJi6A9o_9ae4w3LXDT3Sr-FHYfBfLqr_OtFYmt-XDVNKN6pNz8CIY1SO6gybrgZp9bOHHKBukcw8rzvNaAnJnKZSkCtALtR1FdDQR7xHHpO-t1E/s400/P1050157.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I walked away with a cool vintage Kodak camera on a great old wooden tripod.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The tripod needs a little refinishing but I thought it would make...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbDRyJl8xAfnYFKpsFJUtP83A33o8NHpc9Gl8UJtKPNkDNduaK5xCcW2DCNwzQIuhVAzDPw1XyHsxe54YrTwEnLSqBbCuyZYCGILO63tStLy34_5YHfYRDHhsLGg6fskBhClURuUWIcB8/s1600/Picture+17.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbDRyJl8xAfnYFKpsFJUtP83A33o8NHpc9Gl8UJtKPNkDNduaK5xCcW2DCNwzQIuhVAzDPw1XyHsxe54YrTwEnLSqBbCuyZYCGILO63tStLy34_5YHfYRDHhsLGg6fskBhClURuUWIcB8/s640/Picture+17.png" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...and awesome lamp.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amy's shop can be found <a href="http://shopmaisondecor.com/">online</a> but if you find yourself in Malden or Boston,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">stop my Amy's shops at the following locations:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO5jtVO5ANpcns5UamAjz52yWSorrsfkkaMhsfy6gKX8CQPwfWWZWHV4E_dlkyttYtA_osFv9LGxQlX__GOlw4ulLUcK_x_BYCXUH0uRwikNZgDQz1-lgnOt8V2PenaZRHT2fyy1OBeIc/s1600/maison+decor+x.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO5jtVO5ANpcns5UamAjz52yWSorrsfkkaMhsfy6gKX8CQPwfWWZWHV4E_dlkyttYtA_osFv9LGxQlX__GOlw4ulLUcK_x_BYCXUH0uRwikNZgDQz1-lgnOt8V2PenaZRHT2fyy1OBeIc/s400/maison+decor+x.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://maisondecor8.blogspot.com/p/maison-decor-retail-location.html">Maison Decor Malden</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">50 Summer Street</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Malden, Massachusetts</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(click link for shop hours and more information)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ_pOsdc7YGjT3nRJKASvZWu6v7r62XVlSPPRlOYsoWr7JIB4DgSeH7m38IwHdB169yyOtPJrTFe4Uv8kvhTNWTO7VbcJdyl-mBl5eE3pJHEb4CgE3air8Yb3d40oWCVqrkfkQdYQUJQI/s1600/boston+storefront1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ_pOsdc7YGjT3nRJKASvZWu6v7r62XVlSPPRlOYsoWr7JIB4DgSeH7m38IwHdB169yyOtPJrTFe4Uv8kvhTNWTO7VbcJdyl-mBl5eE3pJHEb4CgE3air8Yb3d40oWCVqrkfkQdYQUJQI/s400/boston+storefront1.jpeg" width="350" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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