New camera. Testing, 1,2,3
Playing with the camera. My old little red camera is broken. The same person who doesn’t let me use his camera because I’m allegedly not careful enough, dropped mine. Anyway, I got a new one and what a difference. The colours actually look like real-life, so now you can see what I meant about the difficulties with the colours of the wallpaper in the green salon.
My Mazamet 
Did you finish that mammoth wallpaper cleaning task?
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Not even close! I’ve done about 1 square metre š That means there are about 49 metres to go!
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Bet you don’t finish it yourself. š
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I have no choice š It would take a professional oil painting restorer to do it, and they charge an arm and a leg.
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What kind of stains are in the wallpaper?
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Sorry I missed your comment! It’s not stains. This sort of wallpaper was block printed with oil paints and then varnished. The varnish has darkened and/or bubbled in various areas…
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I’m of the firm opinion that wallpaper should be illegal and considered a crime against humanity. You’re right: it takes something like a painting restorer to do this kind of job. And that’s your choice: being a pauper with clean wallpaper or…?
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As an art historian, I’ve always been in contact with the world of restoration to the point it became my hobby (obsession?). First I learnt gilding, then I learnt how to clean a painting, these days I do a bit of everything š
I was meaning to ask you about your field of work. You seem to know a whole lot about architecture and landscaping. Do you do it professionally?
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Hell, no. It’s simply an appreciation that compels an ongoing interest. I’m what people once called a Renaissance Man, I guess, and I like beauty and form over style.. although I am a great admirer of craftsmanship. That, combined with much travel and living in different kinds of homes in climate locales when wee, siblings and in-laws who are everything from engineers to painters and who talk at every gathering about recent projects (ever tried to move a house as a house? Are mobile plasma burners the answer to toxic waste? Is there such a thing as a deer-proof plant?), I can’t help but learn a thing or two along the way. I’m always amazed at how little I really do know in such company compared to so many big-brained and talent-laden people I like to surround myself with.
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The pictures are fabulous. I love the entrance, and what can I say about the wallpaper except I used to wear it in the 60’s.
Hugs
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š It’s from the 20’s, but I can see why you’d say that!
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Impressive interior photos – looks like a beautifully restored home of a bygone era.
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Not nearly restored yet! We’re just beginning.
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Looks like a beautiful home. Hope you get that green wallpaper changed though. š
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I would if it were a question of taste! The thing was when I saw it up close I realized it was hand-made Zuber. That’s the most important wallpaper company in the history of the world. So it was like finding an Indian burial ground at a construction site… I’ve got to keep it and I’ve got to learn to love it š
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Gosh. Beautiful!
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It’ll still be about a year before the place looks as polished as the last house, but I’ll get there!!!
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It’s beautiful š
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Wow… the new camera does make a difference, Pinky. With the old camera everything looked somehow darker? Still beautiful but…these pics are better.
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The colours on the last camera had gone terribly wrong. When everything wasn’t dark, then the colours were all washed out. Anything but realistic; so I guess Mike did me a favour…
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Sssssh! Them’s dangerous words laddie. š
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Are you sure about that rug?
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No! A 4 metre runner is going there- just not while there are still workmen circulating with paint, plaster etc.
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