Pictures from the Castleberry Art Stroll, August 28, 2009

<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" >Click on the pictures to see them in </span><span style="font-size:78%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/sets/72157622172806788/">Flickr</a></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" >. The </span><span style="font-size:78%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/sets/72157622172806788/show/">slide show in full screen</a></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" > is pretty good.</span><br /><br />We started the September <a href="http://www.castleberryhill.org/artstroll.html">Castleberry Hill Art Stroll</a> at the extraordinary <a href="http://www.besharatgallery.com/">Besharat Gallery on Peters Street</a>. Here is work from <a href="http://www.besharatgallery.com/merab.php">Merab Gagiladze</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3866801724/" title="P8280806-Besharat-Upstairs-L by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P8280806-Besharat-Upstairs-L" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2595/3866801724_6213b322e1.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://adam-thomas.com/">Adam Thomas</a> at the <a href="http://www.graniteroom.com/">Granite Room</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3866802256/" title="P8280815-Granite-Adam-Thomas-KK-Gold-Trees by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P8280815-Granite-Adam-Thomas-KK-Gold-Trees" height="395" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3454/3866802256_1997042674.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.jacquelyngleisner.com/">Jacquelyn Gleisner </a>with her "<a href="http://www.jacquelyngleisner.com/images/2009/yellowwallpaper.jpg">Yellow Wallpaper</a>" at <a href="http://www.cartelstudios.com/">Cartel Studios</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3866018733/" title="P8280820-Jacquelyn-Gleisner by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P8280820-Jacquelyn-Gleisner" height="487" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2455/3866018733_ccc9a14724.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Here is a some detail, there is stitching in there:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3866802776/" title="P8280820-Jacquelyn-Gleisner-Detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P8280820-Jacquelyn-Gleisner-Detail" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2559/3866802776_59ba2cd0aa.jpg" width="460" /></a><br /><br />We'd met <a href="http://artoflegend.com/">C.A. Coleman</a> at the <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2009/05/pictures-from-castleberry-art-stroll.html">May Stroll</a>:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3866018867/" title="P8280829-C-A-Coleman by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P8280829-C-A-Coleman" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3480/3866018867_2b41d9cc18.jpg" width="351" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bongangillustrations.com/">Kevin Bongang's</a> "Insane In The Membrane" is touching and disturbing.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3866019119/" title="P8280822-Kevin-BonGang-Gorilla by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P8280822-Kevin-BonGang-Gorilla" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3509/3866019119_0071df73f8.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />At <a href="http://www.krausegallery.com/">Krause Gallery</a>:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3866803252/" title="P8280830-Krause-Gallery-Matt-Colagiuri-Detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P8280830-Krause-Gallery-Matt-Colagiuri-Detail" height="319" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2675/3866803252_245f0c50df.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />The <a href="http://www.arthousecoop.com/">Art House Co-op</a> features collaborative shows:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3866803778/" title="P8280835-ArtHouse-Detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P8280835-ArtHouse-Detail" height="160" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3539/3866803778_86e7d976dd.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://yukariumekawa.com/">Yukari Umekawa</a>:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3866021059/" title="P8280841-Yukari-Umekawa by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P8280841-Yukari-Umekawa" height="289" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2507/3866021059_ec56f2d71d.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.gallerystokes.com/">Gallery Stokes</a> featured an <a href="http://gyunhur.com/">opening for Gyun Hur</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3866021039/" title="P8280843-Gallery-Stokes-Gyun-Hur-Long-Lines by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P8280843-Gallery-Stokes-Gyun-Hur-Long-Lines" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3511/3866021039_0cd3a7db8c.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3866804608/" title="P8280848-Gallery-Stokes-Crowd by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P8280848-Gallery-Stokes-Crowd" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3475/3866804608_b1a09c7378.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />We had a great time. Here is the auxiliary with <a href="http://adam-thomas.com/">Adam Thomas</a> in the Granite Room: Katherine, Laura, Douglas, Nina.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3866802312/" title="P8280814-Granite-Adam-Thomas-Gold-Trees-ATs by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P8280814-Granite-Adam-Thomas-Gold-Trees-ATs" height="351" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2552/3866802312_56b4f2c153.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><object height="375" width="500"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2F18814459%40N00%2Fsets%2F72157622172806788%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2F18814459%40N00%2Fsets%2F72157622172806788%2F&set_id=72157622172806788&jump_to="> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2F18814459%40N00%2Fsets%2F72157622172806788%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2F18814459%40N00%2Fsets%2F72157622172806788%2F&set_id=72157622172806788&jump_to=" width="500" height="375"></embed></object><br /><br />The September Stroll will be at the same time as the <a href="http://castleberryhill.org/wpmu/">2009 Castleberry Hill Loft Tour - Sept 26 & 27</a>, which makes it extra good for Architecture Tourists. Beginning in October the strolls will be on the 2nd Fridays.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />TK<br /><br />P.S. If you in the neighborhood, check out <a href="http://www.nomasatlanta.com/">No Mas</a> and ring their gargantuan wind chime:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3866805548/" title="P8280851-No-Mas-Giant-Wind-Chime by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P8280851-No-Mas-Giant-Wind-Chime" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2532/3866805548_001e759041.jpg" width="355" /></a>

Pictures from the Castleberry Art Stroll, August 28, 2009

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Porch with lamps, sconces, curtains, and a mirror

<span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/">Hooked on Houses is hosting her "Hooked on Fridays" blog party; I hope y'all will click here and have look.</a> Today, I'm hooked on this porch, never seen one like it</span>. <span style="font-size:78%;">P.S. to Atlantans: Hope to see you at the <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.castleberryhill.org%2Fartstroll.html&ei=pzyXSoGrGsKJ8Qbyy9ypDA&usg=AFQjCNHoK1mUF5frLOJbP3A6zqKxRYDTdQ&sig2=5fq3RTGPAJM_OcVxb8IosA">Castleberry Hill Art Stroll</a> this Friday, August 28.</span><br /><br />It's on a shady corner lot in one of the most charming neighborhoods in Decatur, Georgia. Your Architecture Tourist host drives by once a week. <a href="http://www.showing247.com/604avery/">Now it's for sale; click here for the listing</a>. The porch is cool but it's in keeping with the rest of the house. There is a private patio out back.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3857994430/" title="P8170782-Avery-Porch-Win-Closer-Detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P8170782-Avery-Porch-Win-Closer-Detail" height="469" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2672/3857994430_160294b523.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />They keep the lamps on. Nice weathered awning. Perfect corner column. No climbing to the front door, just a couple of steps.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3857204459/" title="P8170782-Avery-Porch-Win-Closer by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P8170782-Avery-Porch-Win-Closer" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2421/3857204459_b33bb748f4.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />My favorite kind of lawn: No grass. It's too shady anyway.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3857994198/" title="P8170781-Avery-Porch-Win by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P8170781-Avery-Porch-Win" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3192/3857994198_3e35fda5a3.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Thanks to <a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/">Hooked on Houses' "Hooked on Fridays" blog party.</a></span>

Porch with lamps, sconces, curtains, and a mirror

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Make a screen into a wall hanging

I'm participating in my 5th <a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/">Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch</a>! Today I'll show you how I made my screen into a wall hanging while preserving the "folds." This is my second non-screen screen application. <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2009/08/making-headboard-from-screen-with.html">Did you see the one I made into a headboard?</a> It was easier because I wanted it flat against the wall. <span style="font-weight: bold;">There are pictures in this post if you'd like to scroll ahead.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I'd been fretting over this for months and finally just did it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">There was nothing on the Internet about hanging folding screens on the wall</span>. Gordon drew some brackets. I asked where to get them. He said, "I don't know." I took the drawing to Intown Ace Hardware's helpful hardware folks and made a plan.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The screen has four panels.</span> The hinges swing in both directions so you can show either side. It's 3/4" thick.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here is what I bought:</span><br /><ul><li> 1x4" ledger boards cut slightly less the width of the screen as I would hang it so it wouldn't show</li><li>Scrap 2x2" for making shims for the top ledger board to control the fold angle.</li><li>A strip of metal from which I could cut and bend the bottom brackets.</li><li> Screws for attaching the brackets to the ledger board.</li><li>Screws for attaching the ledger boards to the wall to through the studs.</li><li>Screw eyes for wiring the top ledger board to the hinges.</li><li>Black 11" cable ties to connect the screw eyes to the hinges.</li><li> Spray can of metal/wood primer.</li><li> Spray can of metal/wood paint.</li><li> Some dark colored stuff you can stick on the bottom of furniture legs to keep them from scratching the floor. I covered the brackets, the shims, and everything else that might scratch the screen.</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tools:</span><br /><ul><li>Jigsaw with wood and metal cutting blades</li><li>Vise, hammer, screwdrivers.</li><li> Electric drill for pilot holes and screw driving.</li><li> Tape measure.</li><li> Level.</li><li> Stud finder.</li></ul>Here are the brackets attached to the bottom ledger board.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3850601776/" title="DSCF0063BottomLedgerDetailWords by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCF0063BottomLedgerDetailWords" height="380" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2604/3850601776_57e47e59cc_o.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Here is the shim and screw eye on the top ledger board. This is the point where the screen is furthest away from the wall.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3850601908/" title="DSCF0064TopLedgerDetailWords by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCF0064TopLedgerDetailWords" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2439/3850601908_c7a9e08feb_o.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Somehow I had to attach the hinges to the eye.</span> I used black cable ties, usually used for electrical work or trash bags.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3849806233/" title="DSCF0061HingeDetail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCF0061HingeDetail" height="300" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2609/3849806233_ff1659572b_o.jpg" width="283" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ledger boards ready for the wall.</span> The top is on the right with the "fold-hinge-shims, the bottom with the brackets is on the left. The blue tape mark the center-line of the hall, the shims, and the screen.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3850601962/" title="DSCF0062LedgersOnTheFloor by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCF0062LedgersOnTheFloor" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2512/3850601962_68b952e089_o.jpg" width="458" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bottom ledger hung.</span> The width (depth) of the bracket notch has to accommodate the angled screen. It's actually bent to match the angle of the screen. The screen is 3/4" thick, the notch is 1 1/2" deep. It was a guess.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3850601980/" title="DSCF0067BottomLedgerHung by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCF0067BottomLedgerHung" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2609/3850601980_11d9b90489_o.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bottom and top ledger boards are ready for the screen.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3849806281/" title="DSCF0065TopAndBottomLedgerHung2 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCF0065TopAndBottomLedgerHung2" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3429/3849806281_5c55578343_o.jpg" width="278" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I used the cable ties to secure the top hinges to the top ledger board.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3850602076/" title="DSCF0072ScreenHungFromKitchen by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCF0072ScreenHungFromKitchen" height="730" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2561/3850602076_d5b46b2dff_o.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I don't have the right picture to show it to you in place.</span> Here is the deal: You are standing in the foyer, walking towards the sconces. Can the see the stripes above the doorway to the left? Walk that way:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/2963353626/" title="PA140876FoyerToLaundryNoWindowBW by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PA140876FoyerToLaundryNoWindowBW" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3281/2963353626_6c192ba505.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">To your left you'll see the screen. It's a surprise.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3849806317/" title="DSCF0070ScreenHungFromEntryView by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCF0070ScreenHungFromEntryView" height="667" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2548/3849806317_77542fa23a_o.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">You need to ground it</span> otherwise it look like it's ready flay away. You just can't hang the screen alone. We're using file baskets for this picture. We've used a lot of other things on the floor.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3849806025/" title="P5260013ErinKatherine by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P5260013ErinKatherine" height="414" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3519/3849806025_9a11b0473a_o.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Special thanks to my advisers,</span> Architecture Tourist Auxiliary members Erin and Katherine, who both happen to be Georgia Tech Engineers.<br /><br />Thanks to <a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/">Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch.</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362953027181413218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySMVu0cKuvj4XB9Z0BPN-KhRu4m55279twyAb7K0Mhp0O2PM-_1gnazZM-bOhH210QcProraV-3Fu6b1-UbBZFXCDQDgTL3JpawI6YYu09Qt-8bmixQFOmhGrdHbuyckX1fAPBxlDUMdU/s400/MetamorphosisMondayLogo.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 253px;" /></a>

Make a screen into a wall hanging

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An Argentine Tours Atlanta - Thanks Norberto

<span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/">Hooked on Houses is hosting her "Hooked on Fridays" blog party; I hope y'all will click here and have look.</a> Today, I'm hooked on an Argentinian's (Norberto Feal) pictures of Atlanta. Certainly Norberto is an Architecture Tourist of the first order. I'm very happy to have a new perspective. And -by the way-<span style="font-weight: bold;"> this is my 200th post as Architecture Tourist</span>.</span><br /><br />Last week I was honored to receive this email. I guess he found me by Googling "Atlanta Architecture."<br /><span id="BugEvents"></span><blockquote><span id="BugEvents">I write you from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Last year I visit Atlanta: I was<br />enjoy your wonderful city; and now I am writing an article -I am<br />architecture historian and critic- about <a href="http://bldgs.org/">David Yocum & Brian Bell Atlanta</a><br />office of architecture; and I discover your blog: Nice.<br /><br />I send you the photos of some Atlanta buildings that I love.<br /><br /></span><span id="BugEvents">Regards<br />Norberto (Feal)<br /></span></blockquote>So lets have a look. This first one in is near Murphy Avenue, near the office of architects Brian Bell and David Yocum. This is a neighborhood that time has nearly forgotten. Not anyone's destination but it's full of fascinating reminders.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3839851495/" title="Near-Murphy-Avenue-Detail-Oval-Permits by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="Near-Murphy-Avenue-Detail-Oval-Permits" height="485" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3466/3839851495_7b4d7a11fc_o.jpg" width="259" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What a porch!</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3840639364/" title="Near-Murphy-Avenue by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="Near-Murphy-Avenue" height="369" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2428/3840639364_1664d53535.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Love the delicate details on the columns</span>, the <span style="font-weight: bold;">mini dentils</span>, the <span style="font-weight: bold;">transoms </span>over windows and doors, beefy window <span style="font-weight: bold;">moldings</span>. Looks like there are permits in the oval window. Somebody has recognized this jewel.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3840639414/" title="Near-Murphy-Avenue-Detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="Near-Murphy-Avenue-Detail" height="440" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2608/3840639414_a143429150.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This is the modest stair to a conservative facade in Ansley Park.</span> From here you'd never guess that the back side of the house is ultra modern.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3840639272/" title="35-Lafayette-Drive by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="35-Lafayette-Drive" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3489/3840639272_83bee09513.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /><br />What was <span id="BugEvents">Norberto thinking? I'd say that this 4-square is still getting the job done perhaps after a variety of assignments. Who doesn't love the picket fence on the wall.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3840638964/" title="1012-Jumper-Street by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="1012-Jumper-Street" height="403" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3523/3840638964_b8d8d47a1f.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Getting down to the details:</span> Diamond lights and impossibly proportioned shutters make the whole window into something else, just something else. And what about the brick coins?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3839851057/" title="1012-Jumper-Street-Window-Coin-Shutter-Detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="1012-Jumper-Street-Window-Coin-Shutter-Detail" height="212" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3510/3839851057_fe87b6c6b4_o.jpg" width="312" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Are there repurposed IHOPs (International House Of Pancakes) in Argentina?</span> I hope so.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3839851571/" title="Mandarin-Palace-129-Piedmont-Avenue-IHOP by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="Mandarin-Palace-129-Piedmont-Avenue-IHOP" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3569/3839851571_10a2568861.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /><br />Thanks so much Norberto. Hope you get back to Atlanta.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Thanks to <a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/">Hooked on Houses' "Hooked on Fridays" blog party.</a></span>

An Argentine Tours Atlanta - Thanks Norberto

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(No?) Crying in Design?

<span style="font-weight: bold;">There is plenty of crying and fighting in design.</span> Frank Lloyd Wright supposedly said something like, "if the roof isn't leaking you aren't trying hard enough." I don't know if he really said it but we certainly don't have to try very hard to cry during design.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">So on Sunday mom, dad, and Daughter #2 visited Daughter #1's apartment to hang pictures, straighten, organize, and rearrange.</span> And boy do we know each others' hot buttons. It could have been - should have been - an emotional massacre.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here is a bit her "office corner" in false color from a year ago:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3834813909/" title="MirrorBrighter by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="MirrorBrighter" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3463/3834813909_abe0c2a0d6.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gordon said get 2 big mirrors</span>. We did about a year ago. We got them cheap. They Rule. You can see this one and in the reflection, you can see the other. It's like having 2 more big windows.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">It's all inexpensive.</span> You also see the baby blue, damaged, brand new sofa Gordon found at <a href="http://www.manorism.com/">MANORism</a> for $200 (<a href="http://manorism.blogspot.com/">MANORism has a blog</a>). The bench under the mirror is from <a href="http://www.antiquesandbeyond.com/">Antiques and Beyond</a> on Cheshire Bridge but it's no antique. The desk from <a href="http://www.kudzu.com/merchant/1233934.html">Horizon on Ellsworth Industrial</a> is everybody's favorite. The chair is mom's derelict office chair from Office Depot.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">But I'm not here to talk about mirrors.</span><br /><br />Sister, dad and mom spent hours messing with daughter #1's apartment <span style="font-weight: bold;">without a single fight and without a single tear.</span> It looks good too.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">It might have been the round of </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.zestoatlanta.com/home.cfm">Zestos</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> milkshakes that did the trick. </span>

(No?) Crying in Design?

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Touring Georgia's Railroad Terminals

<span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/">Hooked on Houses is hosting her "Hooked on Fridays" blog party; I hope y'all will click here and have look.</a> Today, I'm hooked on touring Georgia's railroad terminals online: </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://railga.com/depotlist1.html">Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage by Steve Storey</a>.</span> <span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><span style="font-size:78%;">I'm also participating in my 4th <a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/">Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch</a>!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Two nice Atlanta Tours this week:</span> <a href="http://highglossblue.blogspot.com/2009/08/claire-watkins-architectural-tourits.html">Claire Watkins of HighGlossBlue gave us a tour of Atlanta's Inman Park</a> and <a href="http://freshpalette.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-on-market-buckhead-home-with.html">Things that Inspire showed us a glamorous Atlanta mansion</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I just going to point to an online tour of </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://railga.com/depotlist1.html">Georgia's railroad terminals</a>. There are 216 terminal / depots on the list, each a handsome, practical, sturdy, flexible credit to a community. Most are more than 100 years old. Nearly all have metamorphosed to new uses.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Because I have personally been a boy all my life</span>, I suggest you show this to the boys in your house. If you are a Georgian, you can learn good bit of history and geography without reading a word.<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/KJfImmxYdb_wC9LMCq3OAw?authkey=Gv1sRgCJq9yffymNCUxwE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_kk8XJsKyVjk/SoSsuFD6OZI/AAAAAAAAAh4/lzPJOwLlhSY/s800/Zebulon-Depot-jimmywayne.jpg" /></a><br />[<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/3168067409/">Zebulon, Georgia</a> Flickr user: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/" title=""><b>jimmywayne</b></a>] <a href="http://railga.com/Depots/zebulon.html">terminal details</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">You own state has plenty of them</span>. Some cities have big-time architecture:<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/NNgdMiZ_N0PKjv7e9BmqzQ?authkey=Gv1sRgCJq9yffymNCUxwE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_kk8XJsKyVjk/SoSstiv-seI/AAAAAAAAAhs/dDRCc-mrzsk/s800/MaconTerminalStation-drivebybiscuits1.jpg" /></a><br />[<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drivebybiscuits1/276234965/">Terminal Station Macon</a>, Georgia Flickr user: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drivebybiscuits1/" title=""><b>drivebybiscuits1</b></a>] <a href="http://railga.com/Depots/macon.html">terminal details</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">But most are in small towns, often the best building building in town, sometimes they outlasted the town.</span> They are classy even in decay and ruin.<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/gddESvQae2GdemiKIQwrsA?authkey=Gv1sRgCJq9yffymNCUxwE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_kk8XJsKyVjk/SoSshGCKGHI/AAAAAAAAAhk/PbQQlwhodzk/s800/DeSoto-Amber-Rhea.jpg" /></a><br />[<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/amberlrhea/1940766089/">DeSoto, Georgia</a>, Flickr user: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/amberlrhea/" title="Link to Amber Rhea's photostream" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL"><b property="foaf:name">Amber Rhea</b></a>] <a href="http://railga.com/Depots/desoto.html">terminal details<br /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What better place for a Victorian tower than Ideal, Georgia?</span><br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Wywh-hfMT0eviemlMdX3Hw?authkey=Gv1sRgCJq9yffymNCUxwE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_kk8XJsKyVjk/SoSshS1ihGI/AAAAAAAAAho/OQ7ffiE5sZE/s800/Ideal-Depot-jimmywayne.jpg" /></a><br />[<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/3172747646/">Ideal Train Depot</a>, Flickr user: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/" title="Link to jimmywayne's photostream" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL"><b property="foaf:name">jimmywayne</b></a>] <a href="http://railga.com/Depots/ideal.html">terminal details</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">With fresh paint and fresh purpose, their dignity will delight us for another 100 years.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/k_ks0_aupKUcEx3ZM2H6PA?authkey=Gv1sRgCJq9yffymNCUxwE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_kk8XJsKyVjk/SoSsgRSNUCI/AAAAAAAAAhY/Tj25XARzasI/s800/Adairsville-Depot-jimmywayne.jpg" /></a><br />[<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/1131664272/">Adairsville, Georgia</a>, Flickr user: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/" title="Link to jimmywayne's photostream" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL"><b property="foaf:name">jimmywayne</b></a>] <a href="http://railga.com/Depots/adairsville.html">terminal details</a><br /><br />Hey, <a href="http://railga.com/depotlist1.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">there are more that 200 more</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> in Georgia</span></a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Thanks so much to <a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/">Hooked on Houses' "Hooked on Fridays" blog party.</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thanks to </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/">Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch.</a></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362953027181413218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySMVu0cKuvj4XB9Z0BPN-KhRu4m55279twyAb7K0Mhp0O2PM-_1gnazZM-bOhH210QcProraV-3Fu6b1-UbBZFXCDQDgTL3JpawI6YYu09Qt-8bmixQFOmhGrdHbuyckX1fAPBxlDUMdU/s400/MetamorphosisMondayLogo.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 253px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />Terry<br /></span>

Touring Georgia's Railroad Terminals

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Use Colorsuckr to extract colors from web pictures

Thanks to this post from <a href="http://feedgrowth.com/idea-categories/blogging-and-publishing/create-a-website-worthy-color-scheme-from-an-inspiration-image-with-colorsuckr/">feed growth blog by Atlanta's Digital Scientists</a>, I've learned about <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://colorsuckr.com/">ColorSuckr</a>. If you can find the URL of a picture, <a href="http://colorsuckr.com/">ColorSuckr</a> will extract the colors and help you do a color scheme. It's a free web application.<br /><br />I've used the stand-alone program "<a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.colorschemer.com/">ColorSchemer</a>" for years. It has been very valuable. The <a href="http://www.colorschemer.com/schemes/">ColorSchmer website has boatloads of great palates</a>.<br /><br />Do you know about <a href="http://www.colourlovers.com/">ColourLovers</a>. It's more than I can handle.

Use Colorsuckr to extract colors from web pictures

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Making a headboard from a screen - with "mirrors"

<span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/">Hooked on Houses is hosting her "Hooked on Fridays" blog party; I hope y'all will click here and have look.</a> Today, I'm hooked my headboard project. </span><span style="font-size:78%;">I'm also participating in my third <a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/">Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch</a>!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">We found a damaged screen at World Market in Atlanta and Gordon decided</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> we should use it as a headboard.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">P.S. Keep your eye on this lamp from <a href="http://myfloradoraonline.com/">Flora Dora</a>. It will become a one-of-a-kind sconce.</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3796795600/" title="TearDrop173 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="TearDrop173" height="179" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2670/3796795600_f69fd56fb0_o.jpg" width="173" /></a><br /><br />Here is the screen against the old paint. We tried fabric behind it and it looked great. Then Gordon suggested we try a mirror behind it and Wow. But real mirrors are heavy and expensive, particularly if cut to fit. How to do it?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3795977069/" title="DSCF0100ScreenFirstLook-Open by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCF0100ScreenFirstLook-Open" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2570/3795977069_2a6c246f57_o.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">By coincidence I happened to see a "Painted House" episode using "Mirrored foil."</span> I started searching the Internet and finally found "<a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.aquaticeco.com/subcategories/3337/Reflective-Mylar/mylar/0">Reflective mylar</a>" which was readily available from our local hydroponics store. It was cheap. It's the stuff they make those shiny balloons from. It's like a giant roll of aluminum foil but it not so wrinkly.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">At Home Depot I had them cut 1/4" oak plywood into six panels to back each section of the scroll work</span>. I got some spray glue and a 99 cent squeegee and I was good to go.<br /><br />Here are the backing panels and the roll of mylar:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3795977091/" title="DSCF0101BoardsAndFoil by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCF0101BoardsAndFoil" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3485/3795977091_c3a5ceca7c_o.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />I cut the mylar into sheets bigger than the panels and glued them on. It was very easy. The mylar is sturdy and not wrinkly like kitchen foil.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3796795684/" title="DSCF0105MirrorFoilAfterGluing by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCF0105MirrorFoilAfterGluing" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2489/3796795684_a6368a89ed_o.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />I trimmed the excess mylar with a utility knife.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3796795706/" title="DSCF0106TrimmingMirrorFoil by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCF0106TrimmingMirrorFoil" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2652/3796795706_dcc28e9350_o.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />I temporarily taped the panels into place to see how they looked.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3795980855/" title="DSCF0108-Test-Mirror-Screen by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCF0108-Test-Mirror-Screen" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2587/3795980855_678e063975_o.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The mirror foil adds a luminosity</span> that changes as you walk around the room.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span>This picture doesn't do it justice!</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>It sparkles. If we get tired of it, we can always remove the panels or cover them with fabric.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I used a "cleat" to hang the headboard</span> after many look-sees by Gordon for the right height:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3796815708/" title="headboardHangingCleatDrawing by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="headboardHangingCleatDrawing" height="322" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2520/3796815708_ab8974fb07_o.jpg" width="419" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Note:</span> The cleat on the screen also keeps the screen flat. There is another 1x2 board on the bottom of the screen to keep the screen plumb with the wall.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Then we redid the room big time.</span> We painted the wood floor and<br /><table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="10"><br /><tbody><tr><td width="50%" bgcolor="#ffffff">Benjamin MooreReady mixed "White" enamel floor paint, glossy</td><td><p><strong>Floor</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td width="50%" bgcolor="#e7e3d9">Benjamin Moore OC-19 "Seapearl" Latex eggshell</td><td><p><strong>Walls</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td width="50%" bgcolor="#ffffff">Benjamin Moore Ready mixed "White" Latex semi-gloss<strong></strong></td><td><p><strong>Trim</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td width="50%" bgcolor="#244668"><strong></strong><br /></td><td><p><strong>Sash - Benjamin Moore 2063-20 "Down Pour Blue" Latex semi-gloss</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here we are partway through.</span> We picked out a rug that pulls everything together. It was soon appropriated by daughter #1 for her apartments. Easy come, easy go NOT.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3796795628/" title="WhiteCoverRugKK by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="WhiteCoverRugKK" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2632/3796795628_8770994bf3_o.jpg" width="449" /></a></span><br /><br />The sash was very controversial but kicks ...</span> I painted the chair red, it's just about my favorite chair of all times.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3796863474/" title="KKBlueWindowsDSCF0110 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="KKBlueWindowsDSCF0110" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3586/3796863474_983040af48_o.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Remember the lamp? Gordon said to hang it on the wall as a sconce.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/3796795600/" title="TearDrop173 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="TearDrop173" height="179" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2670/3796795600_f69fd56fb0_o.jpg" width="173" /></a><br /><br />Here goes, sorry about the card table.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/2943746350/" title="PA140859Br1ToENE by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PA140859Br1ToENE" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3175/2943746350_56eea37252.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />In ancient mode:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18814459@N00/2963353072/" title="PA140859Br1ToENEBW by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="PA140859Br1ToENEBW" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3021/2963353072_09853619b4.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />I sure appreciate y'all coming by.<br />Terry<br /><br />Thanks to <a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/">Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch.</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362953027181413218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySMVu0cKuvj4XB9Z0BPN-KhRu4m55279twyAb7K0Mhp0O2PM-_1gnazZM-bOhH210QcProraV-3Fu6b1-UbBZFXCDQDgTL3JpawI6YYu09Qt-8bmixQFOmhGrdHbuyckX1fAPBxlDUMdU/s400/MetamorphosisMondayLogo.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 253px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://hookedonhouses.net/">Return to Houses' "Hooked on Fridays" blog party.</a></span>

Making a headboard from a screen - with "mirrors"

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