TGP grew up in the Hollys, when Grandfather Denzil moved the family to Kentucky in the 30s.
Just to the left of the front entrance is the library, pictured below. Long before my time, it held a beautiful partner desk, where Denzil and Polly worked together.
In 1986, I brought the desk to Charleston. It then spent some time in the upstairs of Orangeburg, but finally made it to the den of our house in Atlanta. See Caroline using it below.
As decorating progressed, the desk ended up in the basement. Teddy had eaten some if it, and time had not been kind.
For our upcoming 25th anniversary, we decided to get the desk restored. Here it is on its way back into the house:
We're working on some wonderful decorating around this piece. Think of the desk as the cookie and Mary Anne as the mouse.
Questionnaire for everyone who stopped talking to me
-
I’ve developed a survey to give to people who slipped me into their
not-friend category. Since I’m a person with no ability to cope with
nuance, answers ...
5 months ago
No comments:
Post a Comment