My Old House: The Living Room

This is the view into the living room from the doorway of the back room/office. The room faces south, so on a sunny winter's day, the light pours into the room. On the right is another built-in cupboard, this one very shallow so perfect for storing odds and ends. The rocker you see in the foreground is a porch rocker that I bring indoors during the winter months.




On the floor are a large old braided wool rug, and glimpsed under the chair, one of the first hooked rugs that I made, using a kit. Each summer I keep two plants on my little porch, a geranium and a rosemary, and during the cold months they sit on the living room bookshelf in front of the two south facing windows.




The low bookshelves, along with the one in the office, are overflowing, with books piled behind the door and on the blanket chest serving as a table. An orchid also sits on the table; I keep hoping it will bloom again, but I don't seem to have the knack. My mother made the cozy afghan draped over the couch.




And the final view, of the back wall of the room. I should mention that the chair and sofa are antique reproductions, which I felt would maintain the character of the house.




I have a lot of art in this room, mostly that of friends. The oil painting above is by Susan G. Scott, the drawing by Sam Thurston.




On the right are two drypoints of mine from the mid 80s, the lower one with watercolor. (sorry for all the reflections.) On the left, a print by Rackstraw Downes; I believe it's a soft ground etching.




A work on paper by Cathy Clair Cone.




A landscape by Jean Silverberg, cityscape (a view from the my former loft building) by Lynn Rosenfeld, and a lithograph by Philip Pearlstein.




On the wall adjoining what used to be a mantle over a now defunct fireplace, a small lithographic engraving by a Scandinavian artist whose name I didn't record. Below that, two copper engraving by Joe Sultan.




And finally, two small pieces of sculpture, both landscapes but of very different character. In the foreground Lynn Rosenfeld, behind that a low relief by Harry Roseman.

*I hope you're enjoying this tour through my house. To see the previous rooms shown go to:
The Guest Bedroom
The Back Room/Office
The Mudroom
The Kitchen
The Pantry