I just got a note from Donald Hoffmann that the Dana-Thomas House has posted a new set of photos (12 exterior, 49 interior) by Doug Carr, a friend of his who lives in Springfield. Very handsome. The house looks great.
In 1990, John Geiger and I visited the house. I explained to Don Hallmark how two free-standing storage closets in the Main Bedroom above the Living Room should be arranged in the space to divide the sleeping area from the sitting area. Hallmark strongly disagreed, and they are still in the wrong place, but otherwise it's fine.
Dana-Thomas photos
It's remarkably easy to publish links like this one:
http://www.dana-thomas.org
What wonderful interiors; what great photos. There's much more to the house that I was aware of. Furnishing are grand. The tall fireplace settles with angled sides are a complete surprise, as are the pair of low beds flanking another fireplace. Another remarkable creature is a vertical metal table lamp. And the sumac murals . . .
SDR
http://www.dana-thomas.org
What wonderful interiors; what great photos. There's much more to the house that I was aware of. Furnishing are grand. The tall fireplace settles with angled sides are a complete surprise, as are the pair of low beds flanking another fireplace. Another remarkable creature is a vertical metal table lamp. And the sumac murals . . .
SDR
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[I see now how one might lose one's composition on the message-posting page; if one is not logged in one cannot post, and in trying to do so one's work is lost, as Roderick has previously reported. Most annoying. A solution is to copy one's work, holding it in computer memory while logging in, then pasting it to the now-blank posting page and proceeding. I'm sure this glitch -- the requirement constantly to re-log in -- will be gone when the site is finally fully updated.]
The colors and textures of the restored Dana house interiors are glorious as well. This was truly an early opportunity for the architect to demonstrate his ability as a designer of interiors -- a "decorator" in the best sense of the word ?
SDR
The colors and textures of the restored Dana house interiors are glorious as well. This was truly an early opportunity for the architect to demonstrate his ability as a designer of interiors -- a "decorator" in the best sense of the word ?
SDR
That painted concrete trim is underwhelming in terms of fidelity to the original design.
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Roderick Grant
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Why would it have been painted? Had railroad soot dinged it beyond cleaning? Had it spalled and mismatched patches were masked by painting?
I would have concerns on the most exposed elements (particularly horizontal surfaces) that painting may lock-in moisture that finds its way in, leading to more spalling.
I would have concerns on the most exposed elements (particularly horizontal surfaces) that painting may lock-in moisture that finds its way in, leading to more spalling.
I assume the water table is stucco or concrete. But is all the other trim concrete ? Caps and copings at Robie are stone, aren't they ?
I suppose the deep hair-pin at the entry would be concrete . . .
Edgar Tafel's photo of the Winslow water table. I thought I had seen the narrow vertical corduroy emblematic of some worked stone. But this is a horizontal texture.
I suppose the deep hair-pin at the entry would be concrete . . .
Edgar Tafel's photo of the Winslow water table. I thought I had seen the narrow vertical corduroy emblematic of some worked stone. But this is a horizontal texture.
