One the more interesting, less disgusting side... went to an auction with my sister yesterday and came home with several treasures. Of course, all these treasures cost $40 - either singly or collectively - doesn't mattter... it's a standing joke that everything I buy for the cottage is $40. Kee is very - I guess, resigned - to the fact that likely nothing costs $40 and it's best not to go to those dark places.I got three paintings: a largelarge, slightly kitschish merchant sailboat scene, a small, horizontal aspect garden watercolour and a large, squarish, good-amateur, white heron/marsh reeds oil. Also: a broken Boston fern table that I'll strip, Kee will fix and I'll restain. Also: a very old, dark wood, box cabinet - about 2.5' long, 1' high, with 2 doors. The glass on the left door has a crack, but the cabinet is just entrancing. It will go in the living room, over the desk-to-be-built, beside the library-shelves-too-be-built. Also: a fire extinguisher - how prosaic, eh?
The ship scene had this going for it: the colours: it was a great match for the wall of the green bedroom and I like the dated look of it.... it could be thought to have been here for decades.
The watercolour is actually a numbered print. It's like a clip of an English garden, and the greens, pastel flowers and green matte complement the small bedroom perfectly.
The white heron comes with a signed certificate of authenticity, by artist James McGuigan. There's a lot of talent in it, although I must say it's of the talented amateur level. The real appeal is the subject matter, a large white heron, on the wing, with the reeds of a marsh behind.
These three pictures really suit the cottage. I lucked out.
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