OPEN HOUSE: The Nelson’s 1890’s home
Today is a Open House tour of the Nelson’s 1890’s home, the home I take Wyatt to for guitar lessons every week. I have studied these rooms for weeks {while my five year old attempts to learn his three chords}, and I just had to share it with you. Unfortunately my pics don’t do it justice, but nonetheless the Nelson’s Vintage-inspired home is noteworthy.
When you first enter the Nelson’s home they have propped open a steamer trunk to use as an entry table. The vignette includes a camera collection that was acquired from a relative, a recycling station, and a book propped open as a piece of art work. A great way to re-use, re-cycle and re-purpose!!
The Nelson’s primary business is massage therapy, Touchwork of Weston, which is based out of their home. They do a lot of work with the b&b’s here in Weston, and also with conventions, and athletes during events like the Border Raiders Bike Ride. {NOTE: They would love to find a trail riding group to work with for our horse people out there ~ just email Kirk HERE: massage@kjtouch.com}. Because they have a home~based business their living room {BELOW} doubles as a waiting room for clients.
I adore the vintage quilts and Mexican serapes that hang on a ballet bar on the main wall of the living room. They set a lovely backdrop and a colorful palette. In the 2nd view {BELOW} you see the old suitcases that double as an end table, and are also used as storage to phone books, files, and keepsakes. Brilliant.
Also take note of the Vintage Saddle Lamp in the picture {ABOVE} ~ it is one of a pair that came from River Market Antique Mall
{a must see if you’re in KC!!}. Kirk calls them his ’saddle-lights’ ~
you know, ’sattelites’, Ha Ha!!
The ‘tv stand’ is another re~purposed antique… it is actually
the dining table that belonged to Julie’s grandmother.
It wouldn’t fit in the Nelson’s house as a dining table, Julie didn’t want to part with the table for obvious sentimental reasons, and they needed a tv stand. Are you getting inspired yet?? Just wait…
In addition to massage therapy, Julie paints interiors. I’ve seen her faux walls and they are out of this world {click HERE for contact info}. Julie also teaches guitar, and together the Nelsons donate a huge amount of their time to the Weston Community Theatre. They have shown our small town kiddos the power of theater, the stage and music… a priceless gift!!
For a peek at JULIE’S CREATIVITY, notice the floor in the Kitchen Pics {ABOVE & BELOW}.
The entire floor in the kitchen, hallway, and into a small bathroom, is DECOPAGUED!! Mostly with images from a 1950 Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog. Julie’s project, which started as a color study, became functional art that unfolds into a timeline of 1950’s consumerism.
{Notice the images laid out above like a rug, the women in coats are fringe.}
I always wanted to live in a town like Weston because I imagined it being a gathering of unique personalities, all working together as a community, for the sake of a simple * joyful life. In fact it is all that and more, and the Nelsons are a huge part of what makes our community so special. Thanks y’all!! xoxo, fancy
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