tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post2601468711525299528..comments2024-03-19T06:33:46.699-05:00Comments on COTE DE TEXAS: Lake Bluff’s La Lanterne Estatecotedetexashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06421509668956556785noreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-38648643576740254972018-09-20T03:22:29.325-05:002018-09-20T03:22:29.325-05:00sdsdFurkhundababy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/15781622677426062096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-68933503842958422942017-05-07T10:13:07.943-05:002017-05-07T10:13:07.943-05:00This home is currently going through a complete re...This home is currently going through a complete restoration and remodel. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15938404266420551380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-54166516988941261512017-04-05T13:44:09.083-05:002017-04-05T13:44:09.083-05:00Way late to the party here, but I loved your propo...Way late to the party here, but I loved your proposed re-do of the Poole house. One of my favorites that I'm determined to build out East one of these days.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11096658459612186888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-19024115055272962732015-11-07T23:40:05.849-06:002015-11-07T23:40:05.849-06:00Nice Information! I personally really appreciate y...Nice Information! I personally really appreciate your article. This is a great website. I will make sure that I stop back again!.<br /><a href="http://mountainwatchliving.com/" rel="nofollow">whitefish lodge montana</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08800051019506422615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-87417033740413339702015-09-04T09:02:13.946-05:002015-09-04T09:02:13.946-05:00Thank you for posting the photos of the Ralph Pool...Thank you for posting the photos of the Ralph Poole House interiors. I don't know what's worse: the state of neglect or the dreadful choices made for the wall colours and finishes of the last owners. Let's hope the new owners follow your blog and take note of your wonderful suggestions.djv.1301https://www.blogger.com/profile/16303639198080233649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-34561104020206098752014-10-30T02:49:53.030-05:002014-10-30T02:49:53.030-05:00This may have been the beginning of your offensive...This may have been the beginning of your offensive, rude, and pathetic rants. I see the beginning of the "bullying"; the references to "unwell"; the suggestions of "needing help"!<br /><br />I hope you will go away. You are a very sick person. I hope YOU get help. <br /><br />You won't chase those of us who love this blog.....and it's animated Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-9666458388290385342013-11-28T02:39:20.495-06:002013-11-28T02:39:20.495-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794509586724757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-6936489382925880122013-10-20T01:32:33.080-05:002013-10-20T01:32:33.080-05:00thank you, Joni, for this wonderful post! It is f...thank you, Joni, for this wonderful post! It is full of great information.......and SO ARE THE COMMENTS!!<br /><br />A wonderful trove of great information!<br /><br />Steven Salny wrote two great books........one David Adler: architech ; and the second Frances Elkins ; they were wonderful collaborators!<br /><br />what a gift to be able to work with your talented brother in such a way!<br Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-37137372182391135382013-10-20T01:25:30.555-05:002013-10-20T01:25:30.555-05:00exactly!!! brilliant!!exactly!!! brilliant!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-60725665536348908762013-10-20T01:19:08.107-05:002013-10-20T01:19:08.107-05:00Bingo! Catie! You have a "photographic memo...Bingo! Catie! You have a "photographic memory"!!<br />That is an essential and invaluable tool if your choice of work is an interior decorator!<br /><br />The chairs are EXACTLY the same! What an eye you have! I just bet you are young!<br /><br />My mother, (when I was six and displayed a similar talent); said......"You may want to be a decorator!! 2% of the population has aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-31659960086956460792013-10-16T08:59:03.080-05:002013-10-16T08:59:03.080-05:00Anon, you pose a good question. I am waiting for ...Anon, you pose a good question. I am waiting for that answer along with you. What did I miss here???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-86740854558296583592013-10-15T09:12:13.212-05:002013-10-15T09:12:13.212-05:00Anon 2:24 " OOH! I do love to make silk vel...Anon 2:24 " OOH! I do love to make silk velvet headboards for pennies on the dollar."<br /><br />OOH!!! I imagine you like marking them up four fold as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-45479911939202074242013-10-15T07:26:50.383-05:002013-10-15T07:26:50.383-05:00John Thackett who writes The Devoted Classicist bl...John Thackett who writes The Devoted Classicist blog is an architect and would be a great source for a recommendation. I would pose the question on his blog or write him an email.<br /><br />Also, design historian Barry Leach who writes The Blue Remembered Hills several months ago recommended A History of Architecture by Sir Banister Fletcher. Hope this gets you off to a good start.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-60714222493813567382013-10-15T02:33:40.648-05:002013-10-15T02:33:40.648-05:00Can anyone recommend any good books/web articles o...Can anyone recommend any good books/web articles on architectural styles -- i.e. Lanterne houses and other European architecture, American architecture, etc.? Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-11014543786851725512013-10-15T00:18:36.686-05:002013-10-15T00:18:36.686-05:00I am fairly new to the blogging world and have bee...I am fairly new to the blogging world and have been so busy with my own blog and trying to get my interior design business into the realm of social media that I have never gotten around to leaving a comment before. Just want to say that your blog has provided such inspiration and that I enjoy your posts tremendously. My Pinterest boards have many of your images and I have used several on my blog Lisa Farmer Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170673075150597538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-66770166314854208322013-10-14T19:55:57.307-05:002013-10-14T19:55:57.307-05:00Anon. 10/14 5:05 pm - I really don't know wh...Anon. 10/14 5:05 pm - I really don't know where to begin. Something tells me that you know you have made some design mistakes but need to rationalize them by attacking the knowledge, sophistication and experience of others who have responded to you. If you paid $92,000 for kitchen cabinets I can only opine that you have one hell of a large kitchen or you were royally taken by some countryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-15485457554249491112013-10-14T17:59:02.348-05:002013-10-14T17:59:02.348-05:00Now, this is the strangest philosophy I have ever ...Now, this is the strangest philosophy I have ever heard. What on earth does the type of wood your kitchen cabinets are made of have to do with your furniture??? <br />In lovely old houses most kitchens were built to have their cabinets painted! Built-in cabinets have nothing whatever to do with furniture, do they? Not to my mind!<br /><br />Oh dear, every single piece of furniture in your Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-39942086557785290962013-10-14T17:05:52.137-05:002013-10-14T17:05:52.137-05:00Anon. Oct. 13 11:09 I went back and looked at th...Anon. Oct. 13 11:09 I went back and looked at the vision furniture ( I knew that they are a party rental) site and you are right--- their furniture is not made out of solid fruitwood--- I never said that this site is a fine furniture site--- I just said that they sell fruitwood chairs-- but -- in hindsight they do not--- I had never heard of that company until I clicked on fruitwood-- but as Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-80429526375228386672013-10-14T16:27:49.626-05:002013-10-14T16:27:49.626-05:00Joni: Just curious which mean troll are you refe...Joni: Just curious which mean troll are you referring to --- I have read a lot of good ideas. would you give us the date and time of the troll you are speaking of because I want to make sure I did not miss another good idea. Love your post. I used to save your post for my morning coffee---- now I save it for my evening wine! <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-40377894691629185662013-10-14T15:17:55.853-05:002013-10-14T15:17:55.853-05:00ok ok ok, I take it all back. Not a suck up reari...ok ok ok, I take it all back. Not a suck up rearing her ugly head at all, just a control freak a-hole. Now is that better????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-28444441458091611682013-10-14T14:17:46.670-05:002013-10-14T14:17:46.670-05:00No way!!! The term "sausage" or "l...No way!!! The term "sausage" or "little sausage" has been a Germanic term used to belittle someone to whom you feel superior and as mentioned earlier, especially with the Jews in Nazi Germany. You would never hear this term used in Texas. I don't care how long JLonit has read your blog, she used the term and in such a pejorative context that the only response was to putAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-90324209377452341772013-10-14T14:08:14.358-05:002013-10-14T14:08:14.358-05:00Of course, when you own a home you can do whatever...Of course, when you own a home you can do whatever you like. However, a light stain over a darker stain will not result in a lighter color. The stain soaks into the wood and the result is a different stain color, but not a lighter one. The one thing that might be possible, however, is to use a very thin glaze of a lighter color which would essentially sit on top of the wood much like paint, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-82525398417371276072013-10-14T13:38:28.754-05:002013-10-14T13:38:28.754-05:00Adler bought that boiserie n 1920s in France - it ...Adler bought that boiserie n 1920s in France - it was antique then. so it must be 18th century? or 19th? i happen to LOVE fruitwood over mahogany. I love the rich, warm brown of the wood - it has that distinctive color - used in most French Provencal furniture - like armoires and tables, etc. I know everyone is horrified that I said i would lighten the paneling - I really don't see why cotedetexashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421509668956556785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-61011319141410486422013-10-14T13:28:00.037-05:002013-10-14T13:28:00.037-05:00Why, thank you! ;)Why, thank you! ;)cotedetexashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421509668956556785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922760901705441583.post-44568496061239127052013-10-14T13:24:30.698-05:002013-10-14T13:24:30.698-05:00Time out. Yes, I am Jewish, but no - I have never...Time out. Yes, I am Jewish, but no - I have never heard "sausage" used as a slur against Jews. I just haven't. Maybe it is in certain parts of the world, but here in Texas, I've never heard "sausage" used in any other way than to say a woman was stuffed like a sausage into a too small skirt. And JLonit is a long time commentor and reader. I'm sure if she was cotedetexashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421509668956556785noreply@blogger.com