tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post530143015501070217..comments2024-03-23T07:15:00.762-05:00Comments on The Devoted Classicist: New Library of Reclaimed PineJohn J. Tacketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-3734162256633782002012-02-20T01:55:06.346-06:002012-02-20T01:55:06.346-06:00Gorgeous! I love the new placement of the Classica...Gorgeous! I love the new placement of the Classical prints and the George III tea table. Thanks. Marymarble top dining tablehttp://marbletopdiningtables.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-90355461782333687252012-02-13T20:41:29.041-06:002012-02-13T20:41:29.041-06:00John,
The pine boiserie is exactly what I am hopi...John,<br /><br />The pine boiserie is exactly what I am hoping to achieve in the South Carolina project!<br /><br />Dean FarrisDean Farrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11651467227402717540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-42544845530278693322011-12-22T22:13:29.883-06:002011-12-22T22:13:29.883-06:00Thank you, Reggie. Your comments are always most ...Thank you, Reggie. Your comments are always most welcome.John J. Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-56368850929953185172011-12-22T17:03:31.990-06:002011-12-22T17:03:31.990-06:00I adore knotty pine paneling. This is gorgeous!I adore knotty pine paneling. This is gorgeous!Reggie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-10234523296488792422011-12-21T14:22:11.174-06:002011-12-21T14:22:11.174-06:00Toby, a natural wood finish, and especially one wi...Toby, a natural wood finish, and especially one with moulded profiles, can be particularly difficult in a hotel where the wood has to be treated to meet fire safety requirements; especially with a soft wood, it is a job only for the experienced. As always, your comments are most appreciated.John J. Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-58626078427652877462011-12-21T10:13:39.046-06:002011-12-21T10:13:39.046-06:00Only the other day, a friend sent images of the re...Only the other day, a friend sent images of the redesigned lobby<br />of the Gramercy Park Hotel in Manhattan, where "reclaimed wood" was<br />used extensively and the result was coarse and grim. Not nice at all !<br />I don't suppose it occurs to most people to sand it, apply a grey wash<br />to tone down redness, and then wax; but your handsome library ought to set an example.Toby Worthingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887066048372484464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-30823158886800934972011-12-20T14:52:27.770-06:002011-12-20T14:52:27.770-06:00Thank you, MLHB. It takes a whole team including ...Thank you, MLHB. It takes a whole team including the fabricators, installers, and finishers to pull this off successfully.<br /><br />Liza, varnish tends to yellow, and even go to orange on pine. So the tinted wash helped prevent that, and then sealed. The visual depth and slightly satin finish was achieved with the light hand waxing, also tinted gray.<br /><br />Parnassus, a lot of my architectural work has a certain formality to it, but I always intend the furnishings to be comfortable, and disarming any stiffness.John J. Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-10348068955710102762011-12-20T12:25:36.067-06:002011-12-20T12:25:36.067-06:00Very handsome room and paneling. I love how you de...Very handsome room and paneling. I love how you designed and treated the knotty pine to create a look that is at once formal and informal.<br /><br />The effect of light-colored paneling reminds me of how my grandfather once paneled a room in solid birds-eye maple, but the later owners supposedly did not like it and tore it out. I sometimes wonder what became of that wood!<br />--Road to ParnassusParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-32384868299055682642011-12-20T11:36:04.754-06:002011-12-20T11:36:04.754-06:00Great job! I have question because on photos this&...Great job! I have question because on photos this's not visible, you varnished wood or its natural appearance?Lizahttp://www.designdigs.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-7625789285353109702011-12-20T08:46:54.284-06:002011-12-20T08:46:54.284-06:00I am Finnish-Swedish, and I have seen a great many...I am Finnish-Swedish, and I have seen a great many furniture and rooms in pine, usually not very nice ones. The library you have created is a fine example of what money and good taste can do together. Great work! This makes me like pine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-72399069966653339272011-12-20T08:02:10.346-06:002011-12-20T08:02:10.346-06:00Liz, Terry, and Mary, thank you for commenting.
P...Liz, Terry, and Mary, thank you for commenting.<br /><br />Penelope, historic preservation and adaptive use are two areas of architecture still largely overlooked by the ecology-minded public. When my clients bought this house, it had been marketed as a "tear down".<br /><br />Columnist, of course this was just one of the trees.<br /><br />Chennai, I am happy to have so many appreciative readers in India.<br /><br />Enchanted, the Library is entered from the Garden Room with the Chinese panels, so it was fun to create an interesting succession of spaces, sometimes difficult to achieve with a renovation.<br /><br />HRH, you are very correct in your comment on layers of interest.<br /><br />All your comments are greatly appreciated.John J. Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-68508996726014646222011-12-20T07:09:30.252-06:002011-12-20T07:09:30.252-06:00What a beautiful post dahhling! Your design was ma...What a beautiful post dahhling! Your design was magnificient & the use of reclaimed wood from an old building from some where else just add's another layer of interest...HRH The Duchess of Statehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13468222976305715556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-90675619401660393032011-12-20T06:47:42.939-06:002011-12-20T06:47:42.939-06:00What a fabulous room, love the aged pine, it gives...What a fabulous room, love the aged pine, it gives the room such character and charm and warmth! Having used some reclaimed materials in our own new home, I love the sense of history they add to any new home and this is a prime example of this material being used at its finest!The enchanted homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417949320717832732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-10692531108432147852011-12-20T03:45:58.304-06:002011-12-20T03:45:58.304-06:00I'm not a fan of pine, except in libraries, an...I'm not a fan of pine, except in libraries, and once it has been treated as you have done; it is truly beautiful. The other pictures you show are delightful too, and I particularly like the understated Christmas tree in the stairway. (Which wont surprise you.)columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764365428633038329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-32174687166477695932011-12-20T00:19:59.931-06:002011-12-20T00:19:59.931-06:00Just plain brilliant! Delighted to see the reuse ...Just plain brilliant! Delighted to see the reuse of lovely things in a new house. Unfortunately, "disposable decorating" is a curse that is creeping through the nation!<br /><br />We must stand fast against it! <br />Gorgeous! And the pine with its grey wash is the perfect color! How brilliant to find old pine and remill it!<br />The "greenest of green" and the most beautiful as well! No contemporary pine could ever compare!!<br /><br />Interesting comment by "Caroline"! It is indeed understated and elegant beyond! The highest of compliments from her; and from me!<br /><br />Lovely, lovely, and Merry Christmas! <br />I love it having golf trophies in it! They are so much more beautiful that "swim trophies" (gold plastic) and even "tennis trophies" (they are getting better; but lots of gold plastic!)<br /><br /> Bravo!!!<br /><br />Congratulations!! A lovely and "truly Old World" room! In the best sense!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-41235554764505095392011-12-19T22:58:03.609-06:002011-12-19T22:58:03.609-06:00Gorgeous! I love the new placement of the Classica...Gorgeous! I love the new placement of the Classical prints and the George III tea table. Thanks. MaryMJH Design Artshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752876154227590389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-84821982539699057932011-12-19T22:26:20.838-06:002011-12-19T22:26:20.838-06:00Trophy room indeed. Thanks yet again.Trophy room indeed. Thanks yet again.Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14154846109609330503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-14861059667694942142011-12-19T22:19:11.164-06:002011-12-19T22:19:11.164-06:00S-t-u-n-NING!!
Best,
LizS-t-u-n-NING!!<br />Best, <br />LizDovecote Decorhttp://dovecotedecor.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-85139838515798352642011-12-19T19:08:38.614-06:002011-12-19T19:08:38.614-06:00Thank-you, Caroline. As Mr and Mrs are both accomp...Thank-you, Caroline. As Mr and Mrs are both accomplished golfers, the shelves soon became studded with some impressive silver awards and guests referred to it as the Trophy Room.John J. Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-72681000329194239042011-12-19T18:32:04.203-06:002011-12-19T18:32:04.203-06:00Some of your readers might be not be aware that a ...Some of your readers might be not be aware that a charming, high-quality room such as this is rarely found in Dallas. It really caused a lot of talk in town when your clients did up the house so beautifully and without ostentation. Bravo, sir, your sense of scale and attention to detail marked a high point in design in this town that is seldom equalled.Carolinenoreply@blogger.com