I overheard a couple in a lighting store super offended about an antler chandelier. It wasn’t even natural antler, it was made from cast resin. They thought that deer had died to make the chandelier.* They compared it to killing elephants for the ivory. No, deer do not die to make chandeliers. Deer shed their…
We recently went to an Auction Preview at Indian Cave Lodge, a mountain hotel near Hendersonville, NC, built in 1892 that is now a private home. The home was completely furnished in what I think of as Western or Cowboy Style, which is a surprise to find in North Carolina. It was set up like…
My nephew moved to Nevada from Knoxville, Tennessee. He enjoys decorating and has been incorporating some local motifs. Just the light makes everything he already owned look different. I pulled out a book I bought in the early ’90s, The Southwestern Companion by Norman Kolpas. The book has beautiful photography. It tells some history and includes…
