COOL POOL HOUSE

I am just finishing a project that I would like to share with you.  There are two buildings on the property.  One is called the pool house and the other a guest house.  The guest house I will get to in a later post.  The pool house is a small hollow brick building built in the 1920's.  It has great old steel windows and sits in the middle of a vineyard.  This is what she looked like when I first saw it.....

the front

the back

yes that is a moon gate (there were two)

the pantry

the pizza oven

It has come together, it has been transformed.  A shade structure and firepit were built.  Some walls lost some walls gained.  New paint, new kitchen, new bath.  It is a mix of pieces found and pieces made.  It reflects the owners passions and warmth.  To cut to the chase.....

 this is what she looks like now.....

the refurbished front door with inscribed lead trim (the client is an avid cyclist)

wine domino table

crate chair

old galvanized wash pan 

view from the dining side

black beauty bench

old galvanized wash pan

linen quilted back pad on bench

route blanc table

Italian mountain passes hammered into steel at edge

old tobacco barn oak from Blacks Farmwood 

blacksfarmwood.com

detail of working women painting on board found at Obsolete in Venice CA

obsoleteinc.com

steel windows were stripped and then raw steel was waxed

the new powder room

bluestone floor from Bay Area Bluestone

bayareabluestone.com

mirror made from 1930 SF Chronicle blotter paper

bowl carved from boulder

office magnet wall and beater lamp

old milk can

view from new kitchen

new kitchen 

tile from Mosaic House

mosaichse.com

1920's green lunch box

new pantry

stair to cellar

truck ice sign and soapstone counter/hemp sacking curtain

 newly made in the shade

Passo Gavia bench

zinc back

time to party

next time, guest house.....

FOR MOTHERS

My wife received this card today; made and sent by our eldest daughter Lauren who is away at college.  These pictures do not do it any justice but I am in awe.  As a father, I am in debt to all the mothers that made that possible.  To all the mothers out there, thank you for all that you do.....

TAH-DAH

Breadmakers Klismos chair 1

redwood slab seat, bone inlay, handrail legs, 1/2 an antique wooden dough bowl as the back

The work is finished.  The show is hung.   I hope you enjoy it.  The exhibit runs through April 30, 2011 at the Napa Valley Museum.  Thanks Jennifer for all your hard work!

www.napavalleymuseum.org

Garden Variety Nest

old split rail redwood fencing and various farm discards

Top view of Klismos chair

Bloom Cabinet

cabinet clad in discarded flower box tin,  old rivet strike handle

Nuts, Trading Places, Brush Work, and La Bella Figura

acorns, antique glass trade beads, much loved brushes

fence posts, ebony/ivory piano keys, old fence wire and mesh, garden stakes, trash can bodice

Broad Side and La Bella Figura

old plywood, barn siding. gunshot barn cladding, a barrel bung and used oak flooring

                                                                 view from the back

Liar/Lair painting, No Time Like the Present Sun Dial, and Sunlight

Lead roofing an old Walnut root, window sash weight, old water pipes, tin and an old steel blade

Close up

Spare Room painting,Nail fetish Box, Dark horse Desk

Route Blanc Chair and Piege
redwood slabs, bone inlay, old hemp sacking, old strap style barbed wire, shovel handle

                                              view toward La Bella Figura and Broad Side

Confundus detail

SAVE THE DATE!

I am in the final fury, preparing for a show at the Napa Valley Museum. Saturday 12 February at 5:30 pm is the opening reception. Please join me and four other Northern California artists for a show themed around found materials "Art from recycled elements".   The exhibit runs through April 30th.  Hope you can come and see.

www.napavalleymuseum.org

BENCH SCRAPS

MORE SCRAP

OLD WALNUT ROUNDS FROM KLEO'S TREE, BRUSHES, DOG BONE

ONCE DEAD PIANO KEYS

LATHE-BOAT-LIGHT





TRADING PLACES

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