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The Twists' living room and the paintings of Vilhelm Hammershoi
Sason:
--- Quote from: Ghost of the Swan on October 20, 2010, 03:27:10 pm --- that´s exactly what I thought it looked like too!
But is there a stove...There should be one in the kitchen anyway.
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I've just been looking through my pictures of that room. But I didn't take any pictures including that wall!! I have the kitchen and the stairs and the windows, but not the wall. >:(
Well, next year in Alberta.... :D
Monika:
--- Quote from: Sason on October 20, 2010, 03:30:40 pm ---I've just been looking through my pictures of that room. But I didn't take any pictures including that wall!! I have the kitchen and the stairs and the windows, but not the wall. >:(
Well, next year in Alberta.... :D
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You have no idea how much I´ve regreted not walking up those stairs...
southendmd:
--- Quote from: Sason on October 20, 2010, 03:10:10 pm ---I'm wondering about this holder for clothes brushes. To me it looks misplaced. Not a thing you'd expect to see in a house so stark and sparsely decorated as the Twist house. I perceive it more as an item you'd find in a house in town, rather than on a farm. I mean, who needs to brush their clothes before leaving the house to go and work on a farm?
Maybe it's a wedding gift? It could very well be the type of gift that people in the country with little money gave as a gift to give the new home a certain "air".
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I imagine these clothes brush holders were very common, even in the country. Even though it is a modest home, the Twists aren't slovenly. They are both neatly dressed. Don't forget, Ma Twist would want to brush her clothes before going to church.
Sason:
--- Quote from: Ghost of the Swan on October 20, 2010, 03:32:09 pm ---You have no idea how much I´ve regreted not walking up those stairs...
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They didn't look safe. I was afraid of doing it, being the only one inside the house.
Next year we can tie us together with a rope, and climb them one at a time! ;D
Sophia:
--- Quote from: Sason on October 20, 2010, 03:10:10 pm ---I'm wondering about this holder for clothes brushes. To me it looks misplaced. Not a thing you'd expect to see in a house so stark and sparsely decorated as the Twist house. I perceive it more as an item you'd find in a house in town, rather than on a farm. I mean, who needs to brush their clothes before leaving the house to go and work on a farm?
Maybe it's a wedding gift? It could very well be the type of gift that people in the country with little money gave as a gift to give the new home a certain "air".
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If I should mention some farmers perspective on this subject, I must say this thing with the brushes is a very common thing to have on a farm. My grandparents use to have brushes hanging just inside the door. So you could brush boots, cloths and hats. They had two brushes one for the cloths and one for the hats. The reason why is you don´t wanna bring in to much dirt in the house and brushed cloths look better then unbrushed cloths.
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