tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post2253539965490305829..comments2024-03-19T02:34:30.151-04:00Comments on The Blue Remembered Hills™: I need what?Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-16246145053976663922011-08-24T16:48:38.644-04:002011-08-24T16:48:38.644-04:00victoria thorne, thank you. Had you said so earlie...victoria thorne, thank you. Had you said so earlier I would have made place for you! I think we might have enjoyed ourselves, don't you? As it is, the program closes at the end of the year.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-5505144774814195902011-08-24T15:34:40.493-04:002011-08-24T15:34:40.493-04:00I keep meaning to write and tell you how often I w...I keep meaning to write and tell you how often I wish I'd been a student in your classes. So often.Victoria Thornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14464329551302212978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-39752306816237131052011-08-18T07:24:44.437-04:002011-08-18T07:24:44.437-04:00For the love of a house, thank you.
Dear Joan, I...For the love of a house, thank you. <br /><br />Dear Joan, I am much mended - today I make my first car journey to work (65miles) - but still in need of some physical therapy. Compared to seven weeks ago I am a million times better and, most blessedly, pain-free!Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-41672895825292843102011-08-18T07:20:47.113-04:002011-08-18T07:20:47.113-04:00Blue Fruit, thank you. As to why furniture is not ...Blue Fruit, thank you. As to why furniture is not more considered in terms of universal design is the subject of a discussion too big to take place in this comment box. I think, though, it will find its place in a later post. Again, thank you.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-32470854246687623372011-08-17T22:19:51.504-04:002011-08-17T22:19:51.504-04:00oh Blue, Blue, Blue.... I am so sorry. I hope you...oh Blue, Blue, Blue.... I am so sorry. I hope you are on the mend and feeling better. Please say Yes! <br /><br />joanfor the love of a househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13151787635612708698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-4036634048435611382011-08-17T18:50:48.583-04:002011-08-17T18:50:48.583-04:00William Morris' oft quoted words "have no...William Morris' oft quoted words "have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful" are a good mantra, but one which still falls short. Because one condition does not preclude the other, and your chairs are certainly of the latter and not the former. <br /><br />Best then, that all design is both useful, and beautiful, and why, oh why do we persist in producing stuff that is not both?Glamour Dropshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12651174250292927988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-18407448346834817902011-08-17T16:29:27.690-04:002011-08-17T16:29:27.690-04:00Janet, thank you! The world is becoming more comfo...Janet, thank you! The world is becoming more comfortable but it is astonishingly uneven - steps and changes of level all over the place!Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-37351822980289462962011-08-17T16:27:31.001-04:002011-08-17T16:27:31.001-04:00Home before dark, I've just realized I never a...Home before dark, I've just realized I never acknowledged your comment - it's what a weekend in New York will do for one, this being forgetful. You and your husband are exactly the couple (in terms of height) I discuss with my classes when we do residential design. I make them consider universal design and aging in place but now I'll have far more experience to lay before their wondering brains. I stayed in a hotel at the weekend that was completely inaccessible for a wheelchair which was very surprising. I attempted to use the lobby restroom -that is until I saw the toilet pot hovering somewhere around ankle height! Some designer had gone for glamour and had but a tenuous relationship with practicality.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-18291852944322376672011-08-14T22:49:54.957-04:002011-08-14T22:49:54.957-04:00Oh Blue, your sense of humor shines through! Do ta...Oh Blue, your sense of humor shines through! Do take care, and above all, find yourself a comfortable seat. . .Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04348849115235899670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-20633861064523665752011-08-12T17:11:33.360-04:002011-08-12T17:11:33.360-04:00This made me laugh at loud! My husband is 6'5&...This made me laugh at loud! My husband is 6'5" with long legs and often achy knees (6'2" junior high boy with glasses should never have played quarterback!) and I am 5'5" and shrinking. However, we both find the taller toilet (ADA height) with the elongated bowl more comfortable than the standard issue. When I redid my small bath, I took out the tub and put in a walk in shower. I wanted to reuse a cart for my vanity and everyone said a vessel sink on a 34" tall cart was TOO TALL for a short girl. Well, it is not. No more bending over to brush teeth, wash face, etc. I am hoping "design for life" will create more beautiful products that willallow us to age with style and dignity and that most lovely sounding word: comfort.<br /><br />Hope you have a swell trip and that you take Manhattans!home before darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272062955786414729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-14964002198524225272011-08-10T19:15:59.388-04:002011-08-10T19:15:59.388-04:00Modern Country Lady, thank you. I have WoI going b...Modern Country Lady, thank you. I have WoI going back to 1983 and I remembered the chairs as being published in that decade - but that's as far as my memory went. I shall spend some time investigating your blog this evening. A breath of English air, if I may say so.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-18502883668682889762011-08-10T18:36:28.835-04:002011-08-10T18:36:28.835-04:00I remember this article as though it was yesterday...I remember this article as though it was yesterday ...stil have the magazine somewhere- I loved those chairs!Modern Country Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02876033776851036157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-42475891982504713842011-08-10T17:43:16.400-04:002011-08-10T17:43:16.400-04:00Thank you, Terry. Boy, do I need one! I still cann...Thank you, Terry. Boy, do I need one! I still cannot walk terribly far but I can walk - and as far as I am concerned public transport has TAXI written all over it.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-1374941812664113072011-08-10T17:38:18.352-04:002011-08-10T17:38:18.352-04:00Sounds like you're getting a cabin fever cure ...Sounds like you're getting a cabin fever cure this weekend by car or plane. We're cheering.Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14154846109609330503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-47257588563744815802011-08-10T14:34:05.204-04:002011-08-10T14:34:05.204-04:00The Devoted Classicist, thank you. I left the ment...The Devoted Classicist, thank you. I left the mental association with the chaise percee and the drawings by Terry to be made by the reader. I forbore from mentioning the accessory to the bedside commode, the portable basin with a lid, though my mind was occasionally occupied with images of close stools and servants carrying chamber pots as they scurry down back stairs with chamber pots. <br /><br />I think an Emilio Terry close stool or chaise perceee would be the most fun thing to enter a sick-room! <br /><br />I am doing very well, thank you. A clean bill of health from the surgeon and I may drive and, better yet, go to New York this weekend!Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-91092473540185056782011-08-10T14:25:49.780-04:002011-08-10T14:25:49.780-04:00Laurent, thank you. Design is something I'm go...Laurent, thank you. Design is something I'm going to cover in the coming months - not the decorator/designer divide, more the principles that go beyond proportion, scale, etc.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-12411255372474409422011-08-10T12:48:55.079-04:002011-08-10T12:48:55.079-04:00I thought you were going to write that you were ha...I thought you were going to write that you were having a "chaise percee" made! An Emilio Terry design would, no doubt, make one feel better just by looking at it. Although the design of the second chair is more my style, the first and third would be better models, with the fringe hiding the pot. I have one in storage that is Regence in style, but needs to be re-caned. I hope you are much better soon!The Devoted Classicisthttp://tdclassicist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-25799549479936191932011-08-10T09:55:42.857-04:002011-08-10T09:55:42.857-04:00Outstanding, as it goes so obviously beyond rooms....Outstanding, as it goes so obviously beyond rooms.Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972899387484460347noreply@blogger.com