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Comments (12)I think just about all forms of australis that I've seen have had a red marking behind the corona, but depending on light conditions flowers can be more or less colorful. I've seen Hoya siamica solid white and with red behind the corona and I once had red dots on the corona lobes of my Hoya limoniaca.... Quoting a well known Hoya grower "colour is not a good indicator to a species" The reason I think it looks like ssp. tenuipes (it could be something else as there are so many varieties) is mainly that the plant looks completely glabrous but also the color of the leaves and new growth... not forgetting that it's also the most common australis in trade which probably affects my opinion. However, I've never seen a (correctly identified) ssp. australis that wasn't pubescent....See MoreLook what I found!
Comments (17)Love them!! But I want to make sure you have checked with someone who knows....is a glass sandwich like that safe for archival things? I would hate to see them harmed in some way from the picture touching the glass...irf that matters. And theya re not facing a window nor flourescent lights are they? I have a painting...not important a characture sort of a joke thing but I liked it and it has faded a whole lot from being hung in my late husband's office for about 15 years....with the flourescent lights. They are really wonderful.....and the fact that your great grandmother painted them...Wow!! Were there more? Linda C...See Morewhat luck !look what i found
Comments (52)lol! I knew someone might comment on that but thought I'd wait and see. I suppose, in some ways, it appears to come down to splitting hairs on issues like that but I put myself in the place of a person having a garage sale. Most likely, it would not occur to me to check all the pockets of all the clothes (though it will now! lol!!!). A purse? Definitely. Anyway, it has, on many garage sale occasions occured to me that I am selling something for cheap that may very well have a greater value. Sometimes I end up keeping it and most times I say "oh well". I know if somebody purchases a treasure from me then it's theres. But if they purchase clothing with my money in it then it's obvious (to me) that it was meant to be part of the deal. It reminds me of the time I purchased a chest with drawers. It wasn't until we got it home that we realized the bottom drawer had what appeared to be some older family photos stored in it. I took the photos back because I knew it was an obvious oversight and they wouldn't want to lose their pictures...that's how I see the money too. I've got to admit too that if I'm out yardsaleing I would most likely not remember which house or where the house was located...it definitely starts to melt into one! But...if, I did, per chance remember, I would return with the money. but...chances of my remembering would most likely be slim! lol!!!!...See Morelook what I found...what were the odds :)
Comments (27)hi caroline! i just saw your note on my blog. i didn't respond earlier because ours chairs are very different and when i first saw this posting, i was still nervous with my chair guts all over the floor. :) your chairs are beautiful, and i know nothing! i've done one upholstery job in my life, so please take that into account! the right way to do it would be to add that jute webbing stuff and sadly I know nothing about that type of upholstery work! since you said it's comfy with a blanket rolled up, here's what i'm thinking... our springs do look very similar, but my chair has sides that cover up all the craziness inside. on top of my springs i have a thick layer of dacron batting stapled to the lower part of the frame around the outside. then on top of that it's just thin drapery lining fabric - (it was closest to the fabric cutting counter and i was in a huge hurry!) i stitched that drapery lining fabric (solid white) to the patterned fabric that gets stapled to the footboard on the front. then i pulled the drapery lining under the arms and stapled to the sides of the frame. that all gets covered up by the fabric on the arms. and i have a box cushion on top of all that. so the construction of my upholstery doesn't work for you exactly, but you could probably adapt it if you're willing to try putting staples in those beautiful frames... my chair was a $20 goodwill special! IF you really wanted to do it somewhat permanently... here's a diagram to help explain what i'm about to say: i would try a thick layer of dacron batting cut a little wider than the frame of the chair to wrap around the top of the seat frame. i'd staple on each side JUST below the top of the frames along all 4 sides. (blue marks where i'd staple this layer) then i'd put another layer of that thick batting cut to the inside size of the frame and i'd just lay it on top of the first layer and not staple it anywhere. that'll give you a little extra padding just on the "seat" area. then i'd lay some muslin cut to just larger than the frame and staple all around just below where you stapled the batting. (yellow marks where i'd staple this layer) trim off all the excess fabric. then i'd lay your fabric of choice, staple it at the very bottom of the frame all the way around. (red marks where i'd staple) cover the staples with double welt or buy a coordinating trim or nailhead, but nail head trim has challenges of its own too! haha making the double welt SUCKS because i'm no good with a sewing machine, but it really does finish the project nicely. here's a pic of the stage of my chair where i had just the batting on top of the springs... here's after adding the white drapery lining fabric over the batting... an alternative is to ignore the springs that are there, and have a piece of wood cut to fit the top of the wood frame, then just add some batting and fabric, staple to the bottom of that board and set your board on your frame. you could screw in from the bottom if you wanted it attached permanently. i'm not sure if this helps or confuses you more, but i wish you lots of luck. the chair frames are so pretty!...See More
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