DOORS & DETAILS

The leaky front step led to a fun tile job. The doors were an exercise in crazy internet and salvage searching. The tables simply evolved.

Beautiful Necessity

The old stoop boards were leaking and my kiln was up and running.

An Early Firing

I made “Stafford” tiles and also started firing our Grand Opening tiles.

Stafford Pottery

This was the first pot I threw here.

Prepping for Tile

Laying out the Front Step

Front Step

Basement Views

It took a while to find the right doors.

Ivoryton Piano Factory

I literally crawled through hundreds of doors in acres of this movie prop warehouse in the middle of winter. I gave up and on the way out, spotted this elaborate display. The warehouse manager was tired and sold me the panels separately. (This wasn’t an original historic pairing, so no integrity was lost).

Hinges

After another internet search, I found beautiful reproductions online

Filthy From Striping

Labor of Love, it took forever

Turquoise

Cafe Tables

Always in the plan, I couldn’t find what I wanted, so we made these out of salvaged wall beadboard and junk store bases. The paint colors are original from decades of renovations

Faux Crocodile

The chairs came later

Cafe Chairs

A random roadside find, these turned out to be very old and very well made. Screws, glue, paint, and faux and we love them to death.

Strip Club Black

I wish with all my heart that I saved more of this wood, but hindsight… The one black board is from the strip club paint.

Eyeball Mojitos

Leftover from a long-ago party, these are also in the desk work light lamp in earlier pictures. They glow in the dark.

Party Guacamole

Zeus’ Favorite Toy

The tortilla chip on the floor from his guacamole toy

Hector

Big sweet Hector loved to sew and apparently helped make the eyeball lamp lampshade. :)