The Last Thing That You Acquired #35  

aunt mark, i that a real one or a print? 
 
 
found this today, teak surfboard tray, JHQ by dansk. the top has really darken and ther is a peice splintered off on one of the raised rails but 1$ iam not compaining.
gonna try to lighten the top maybe with some murphy soap to remove any oils that maybe present? to get it to same color as the bottom side

Mark, I also picked up a Marcel Mouly at a thriftstore once, many years ago, a signed print. 
The other day I got a Quistgaard teak and bamboo pepper mill, and one of his ice buckets.

Why it's simply a signed and numbered lithograph, with a piece of paper in an envelope attached to the back.  It matches/blends with a pair of pants that I occcasionally wear.  
Hi,
 
Aunt Mark

Dearest tchp,
Hopefully your Mouly came with cupcakes and wine (and a bear-hug from a portly gal).  
Best,
Your Aunt Mark

I think we may need to see a snappy of the matching pants. This could be important. Too long between snappies anyway.

A new old home.

Nice!

Woody,
Your new home looks quite sweet.  What year was the structure built?  I like the mix.
Best, and congrats..
 
Aunt M

congrats TCHP! Nice space.  Still up in PDX?

Thanks tchp & Mark.  The house was built in 1880.  All brick exterior.  It's something of a project, for sure.

The latest LED lightbulbs are bright enough to replace 100-watt incandescents, so I bought one.  Now, 75 years after Walter Dorwin Teague designed it, the Polaroid 114 lamp is finally usable.

The color on some of the new LEDs is great, but a number of those sold now buzz audibly if dimmed, even on an led-compatible dimmer. I'm looking forward to a good 100 watt that dims well, has good color rendering, and doesn't buzz . . .

Speaking of Walter Dorwin Teague, I found this cedar lined box he designed for Kodak at a yard sale a few years ago for $1. No camera, but I'm not complaining!

I went to a rummage sale at a large assisted living complex the other day, something I never do anymore.  It was mobbed and there were tables and tables piled with junk.  I waded through it, thinking that there was nothing there.  Then on one of the last tables, I spotted this large lamp of unglazed biscuit-colored pottery with incised patterns glazed in white.  The shade was huge and old and ugly and I nearly knocked over a few elderly people just trying to get through the crowd with it.  I left the shade with the checkout ladies so they could resell it, and they gave me a $2 discount on the lamp, bringing it to $8.  
I thought I would resell it but once I got it home, I saw how great it looks with my other stuff.  So I got a new shade for it and am keeping it.  Woo!