Friday, February 8, 2013

Transom Window

I haven't formally introduced you to one of my favorite home decor pieces....my antique Polynesian carved wood transom window. (Or so the antique dealer said, I noticed they tend to tell tales! ha!)
 
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I bought it last summer when Nicole and I went on our last antique treasure hunt.   At the time we were in the apartment, so I kept it packed up safe under the bed until we moved and had a place to hang it.
 
Transom windows are the small windows above doors which can be seen on older homes.   Most that you would notice here in America are glass, but these are open air transom windows, so the breeze can flow through, while the door stay closed/locked.
 
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Colin gave me a hard time for...quite some time...about the amount I spent on it....(I had no intention of making any real purchases that day)...but I go weak in the knees for turquoise chippy paint and there was just no way I could go home without it!  It belonged with me!
 
Swoon! A fireplace AND an antique transom window! I am one lucky girl! : )
 
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