Hi again! LindaC, I don't know where the clock was previously. I just know that my son saw it hanging on a wall, not for sale, of a shop that was going out of business and while he was paying for his purchase at the register, looked up and the leaves of the pendulum is what caught his eye. That's when he offered to buy it. Had it been me that was offering to purchase the clock I would have asked the owner of the shop if he had any history of the clock. Doesn't matter, the sentiment that son thought of me when he saw the leaves is priceless, will be always. Because of that, I wanted to make sure I kept as good care of this clock as possible so that it could be passed down. The face is paper. Really brittle. When I opened the glass front last weekend to try and get closer to the 'A' I could see along the edges of the paper where it's lifting from the 10 to the 12 and from the 3 to the 5. Other areas of the paper face almost looks like a sticker on a product that has an air bubble under it. "something in that inset below that shows the pendulem" -- not sure what area you are speaking of? Yes, it works wonderfully! I wind it every 8 days, both keyholes and it keeps right on ticking. Thank you so much! DuluthInBloomz4, Thank you. Thank you. At least now I have some direction. I would do a search for 'A Trademark' and kept coming up with tons of pages that explain what a trade mark is. I must have scrolled through a zillion photos over the last week hoping to come across my clock. Thanks to you, now I have the name of the actual company/maker. DaesaFlGatorFan, Schoolhouse clock ----Never thought of schoolhouse! All this time I was searching, besides trying to find information on the 'A' Trademark, I'd type in 'Old Wall Clock'. No wonder I always got a bazilion pages to search. Had I known, I would have narrowed the search down to 'Schoolhouse Clock'. How interesting for you to have had clock lovers in your family! This past week while finishing up Holiday shopping I've found myself looking more and more at old clocks while going through little shops in the village. Their pendulums, the clock's shape and most interesting to me is their sound. I hope this one clock of mine hasn't started a whole new addiction for me. Although I could think of worse things I could collect. lol Unless something happens that I don't know about, this clock won't be moving. It went up the day I received it and hasn't moved all these years. In fact, when I painted my bricks on the fireplace, I painted around the clock for fear of disturbing it. lololol But your packing information is excellent information for me to know and I've just finished printing it out. My Dad, 82, still has the clock that was hung in his parents' kitchen when he was a little boy. That clock is one of my fondest memories of my Grandmother's loving kitchen and the breakfasts she would cook for me, just me, anything I wanted. She spoiled me rotten! lol It's the ugliest thing you ever saw with layers and layers of paint but that darn thing is still ticking away and keeps great time! I have no idea of it's actual age nor do I know anything about it/maker but the ticking and the sound of the bell was very comforting to me as a little girl. Thank you so very much! Triciae, Yes, lots of damage. I never realized how much. But it's been hung in the same place for years and I never really 'inspected' the clock before it was hung. Just last Saturday, when I got up there really close to try to find information on the clock, is when I noticed all the nicks in the wood/trim and the lifting paper face. To me, all the little defects adds to it's charm, to it's history, to it's story, so I hadn't thought anything about any of the damage other than the paper face. I don't want the face to get any worse, lift off more than it has. Thank goodness I knew enough not to squeeze hot glue down there to reattach the face! LOL Thank you for telling of your FIL's clock. The link you gave and your email --- Thank youuuu!

Just wanted to say, I've decided to go for it...and I'm redecorating the bedroom in my version of' fairy tale' style. It's been a lot of fun and allowed me to try something a bit more unexpected. After finding a beautiful dark purple quilt and shams (which looks great with a few cranberry red accents we already have) I decided to mix in some leaf prints and green/gold accents. I really need to tone down the 'purple' to get my husband on board. When I get done, I'll take some pictures, but so far the whole scheme seems to work. It's unexpected, but I decided I needed a leaf print for the drapes and maybe the headboard...after seeing some of the great sets on 'Once Upon A Time'. This is our current house (so no fireplace, yet) but I'm really excited about doing something a bit different, than what I see in the magazines :)

Lake girl, my hugs and deepest sympathies to you. I lost my mom in 2010, but after the worst of the grief, I found her again by spending time doing the things we enjoyed together and bringing her along with me in my heart. As Mitch Albom says, when someone you love dies, you don't end your relationship with them, it's just that the relationship changes. Re decorating mojo, I think even most plants need a resting period before they can bloom again, so it is with decorating. And when you come back to it, it's with a fresh and welcoming eye. I've kind of stopped my projects too, diverting myself with the wedding veil and now a dress for myself to wear. So the creative process continues, but just in a different direction. But after 7 years of house design and 3 years of building and another year of landscaping, I think it's time. I will get back into it though via lists. I need to wander around the house and start making lists of thing, big and small, that need to get done yet. I still haven't made the drapes for the DR, and there's that small strip of wood under the door in the FR that never got painted that annoys the heck out of me, and I want to try and faux finish the grate on the stone wall by the wood stove....

We have a holiday party every year and in the past, it has been earlier in Dec., but this year it's not until the 12th, which is good because our house is a disaster outside, in the midst of a re-siding project! Usually I do like to put up the outside lights and garland the first weekend of Dec., but that will have to wait until probably the 12th... siding job is supposed to be done by then! Today I had to do something so I bought a wreath and a mantel garland from a nursery. This weekend we'll unpack our new fake tree and decorate it. I would love to have a real one but DS2 is allergic. Every year I seem to eliminate a few decorations because I just get tired of them, but I never get tired of my Santa collection. I have about 20 or so different Santas -- some are figurines, some are made out of wood, one is stuffed, etc. Every year I do something different with them. One year I stuffed them all on the mantel. This year they're all going on the shelves in my kitchen. I find that I appreciate them more when they're all together rather than scattered around the house. Lavender, this will make you feel better. I have a collection of plastic Rudolph toys that I display as if they're fancy decorations. I figure Christmas is my excuse to be as tacky as I want to be!