I promised I'd come back and post
more of my house & where I keep my various collections- here is part two, my upstairs. I don't keep collections everywhere, but I do have two main areas upstairs where I keep things. The first is our upstairs landing- it's a very large open area at the top of our stairs, and I have 6 bookshelves full of books and goodies. [Sadly, my Nikon camera died 2 days ago, so I used my iPhone camera to take these photos... they aren't the finest quality, especially indoors, but they will have to do for now!]
I'll start by sharing the photos of each of these shelves & treasures, then go to area #2.
My first shelf is full of children's books of all kinds- old and newer, classics and obscure. It's really hard for me to get rid of anything!
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| These are mostly classics- including Little Golden Books, Laura Ingells Wilder, etc. |
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| Next is a vintage Ethan Allen set of shelves and desk/ cupboard units. I keep all of my LDS Church books. The left side is mostly modern ones, the right side has a lot of old, historical church books. |
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| This desk belonged to my husband Bruce as a child. I keep it stocked with vintage school supplies and my Dick and Jane readers. |
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| More vintage school readers & work books. |
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| The plaque is a copy of an article about me in Playthings Magazine, October 2004, featuring my school book collection. |
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| This tall shelf includes school arithmetic, science, readers, music, art, geography, and social studies books. |
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| Children's reference books, history, geography and vintage magazines. |
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| In addition to my schoolbooks and accessories, I have school photos of Bruce's grandfather, and my Mom's high school graduation photo. |
Next, we go into my studio. You can see all of the various treasures I have there.
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| As a toy designer, I have many toy reference books: books about dolls, games, toys, and also books about pop culture, collecting, travel, and reference- plus lots of dolls and toys on display. |
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| I also have a variety of stuffed animals & other critters. |
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| Here are my robots... |
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| .... and my pedal cars and some of my kaleidoscopes. |
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| This shelf has a couple of the toys I've designed, and a photo of me with a Cabbage Patch Kid I designed when I worked at Mattel. |
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| An old Lifesavers display rack holds games, boxes, and a plethora of stuffed dogs and critters. |
2 comments:
WoW! Now that's a collection. Thanks for sharing.
Some people would say you've got a sickness, but I'm just jealous! Great stuff!
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