A Front Porch Light

 

Leif choose a "Flos" light for his front porch, which has a warm LED bulb to give a nice welcome. The large scale front door is solid handcarved mahogany and a signature of modern "Deck Houses". The porch was lacking a light before...

An Antique Swedish Cupbard

My favorite furniture is antique and Scandinavian. It is usually a light Baltic Pine wood and sometimes painted Gustavian White or white. I especially love such cupboards to store clothes, china, blankets etc. or books. Leif's modern living room now has a tall antique Swedish cupboard, which breaks down to six parts for easy moving. It's patina brings out warmth in the wood ceiling boards while I adore it's design. With dust allergies in our family, I have used European cupboards in most of our rooms and avoided open shelving (and lots of dusting)!

A MCM Bath Remodel

 

The main mid century modern bathroom upstairs will be remodeled to have storage around the sink by installing this high gloss Scandinavian modern vanity. 

First, we removed the sliding glass doors mounted to the cast iron bath tub (in great shape), using a heat gun and Goo Be Gone on the tub track caulk and construction adhesive. 

We will paint the ceiling beams, window trim & walls all Fine Paints of Europe Hollandac Brilliant "White Dove" (also used in kitchen). The vanity will require new plumbing against the back wall to allow for optimum drawer space. Below are the modern George Kovacs Sabre Light & Grohe hardware we will install.

Yard Work

 

The second lot is now cleared enough for a fire pit, hammock grove, and very distant fern beds of two varieties before woods and path to the tall & dark stone wall. New grass has come up around the giant Oak and corral posts add definition with many earlier blossoming trees.

AG Tree Service at 609 917 4022 came to remove a towering six trunk old Pine and (front yard) Elm for us with remarkable speed, effort, equipment and pricing! 

Stovers came next day to expertly replace the well pipe, pump and wiring.

We even painted the well cap which is a classic.

Finishing The Kitchen

Leif's modern kitchen is finished. We made some design decisions along the way since most everything is new. Bill's ceramic stool is now a focal point and such a piece of art...

The adjoining dining room done...

Large Tile Table

Bill has finished a large tile table top for the Summer Open House on June 17th at the Takaezu Studio, 1177 Croton Rd., Flemington, NJ. It is 42" X 22", has mahogany wood sides and will have 19" hairpin legs (sprayed Rustoleum Satin "Heirloom White") which is coffee table height.

JUN17

Toshiko’s Birthday CELEBRATION and Open House

Jun 17, 2023

1:00 - 10:00

We expect to have great weather & a catered pizza (genious maker) dinner.