All Hands on Deck - Decorating with Antiques
One of the cool things about this house is the nautical antiques that came with it. Pa was an oysterman. He captained an old Oyster Sloop built in the 1880s. It was a workboat and he was an Old Yankee from way back and nothing went to waste. When she was no longer seaworthy, she was scrapped and much of the rigging made it back here. Some of it is getting a new life in the entryway. I could have easily gone overboard and filled the room with it, but I didn't want to do that. I wanted to pick the most interesting pieces and show them off. I wish I took a "before" picture of this porthole. The original glass was in it. The glass was remarkably thick but also cracked. I took it to someone who had experience restoring old windows/glass. He painstakingly removed the gasket that held the glass in. He soaked it and unscrewed it a little at a time to avoid having to cut it. Once the old glass was out, he replaced it with a mirror, screwed it back together, and caulked it
