Stuff in the Den

For years I didn't know what to do with this awkward corner in the den - it's not that deep so finding a piece of furniture that would work there was difficult. Then Storehouse Furniture (how I miss that store!) started selling these black iron shelves in different sizes and one fit in this corner perfectly.

At the top are two photographs - one of men fishing along the Matanzas River and another taken by a friend of my nephew's on a school trip to Africa. The burl bowl was purchased at a League of New Hampshire Craftsmen shop.

This shelf has an old ironstone platter, an antique wooden sewing box, and a vintage trophy filled with corks from wine bottles - memories of good times! The Brownie Starflash camera I found on eBay - it's exactly like my first camera except that mine was red. The mini huraches are a souvenir of Cuba given to me by a friend who knows of my fascination with pre-Castro Cuba. Another friend gave me the red and blue pins that were worn to show support for teams in a 1950s Cuban baseball league - I decided they'd make perfect shoe buckles for the huraches.

The "Southernmost Point in the US" miniature was given to me by my niece and nephew to remember a family vacation to the Florida Keys. The rowing picture was taken of my nephew's boat the day they won at the Stotesbury Cup - a first for his school. And there's a photograph of Stiltsville just because I like the idea of Stiltsville!

The three baby cups are mine, my father's, and my sister's - my mother never mentioned having one. The model of the French chair is one bought by my mother at a flea market in Normandy back in the 70s.

Before it was illegal to harvest cypress knees, they were made into lamps and sold to tourists as souvenirs of Florida. I have a thing for them and bought this on eBay for $12. I had it rewired and replaced the original shade (a horrible basket-like thing that makes them more valuable to collectors). The little Greek statue was a present from my grandparents after a trip to Greece in the 60s.