I have two recent additions to my smoking room/office/nook (Snook’s Nook?) that I’m pretty excited about and wanted share.
The first is this antique oak rocking chair with a leather upholstered seat. I saw a similar one in the lobby of a hotel we stayed at recently, and fell in love with the look and feel of it. When we got back to town, I saw an almost identical one for sale near me so I went and scooped it up. The seller said it was his grandfather’s, and that he had died around 1969 and that the rocking chair was purchased maybe 30 years prior to that. It’s obviously been well loved and well used, with a couple of repairs that seem to have taken place at a later date. It even has a good creak, like a rocking chair should. I still need to get around to cleaning it (a little bit dusty), but I’ve had a few smokes in it and I’m really enjoying it so far. A great find.
The second is this beautiful Navajo Gallup Throw rug. I’ve been looking for something like this for years now, always on the lookout when browsing around antique stores and secondhand markets. Though I’ve seen a few here and there, none of them really spoke to me. On a whim, I was looking around on eBay last week and saw this one. It immediately caught my eye. Not only was it the perfect size to fit on top of my tobacco cabinet, but I loved the design and color scheme. I thought on it for a couple of days and decided to order it. It arrived today, and after admiring it for a bit, I placed it in its now-rightful spot on my cabinet. The seller didn’t have much information on it, but based on the wear patterns, I think it might be authentic (these were popular around the beginning of the 20th century, when they were made by Navajo weavers and sold near train lines in the American Southwest). I can’t wait to admire it every time I fill a pipe.
The first is this antique oak rocking chair with a leather upholstered seat. I saw a similar one in the lobby of a hotel we stayed at recently, and fell in love with the look and feel of it. When we got back to town, I saw an almost identical one for sale near me so I went and scooped it up. The seller said it was his grandfather’s, and that he had died around 1969 and that the rocking chair was purchased maybe 30 years prior to that. It’s obviously been well loved and well used, with a couple of repairs that seem to have taken place at a later date. It even has a good creak, like a rocking chair should. I still need to get around to cleaning it (a little bit dusty), but I’ve had a few smokes in it and I’m really enjoying it so far. A great find.
The second is this beautiful Navajo Gallup Throw rug. I’ve been looking for something like this for years now, always on the lookout when browsing around antique stores and secondhand markets. Though I’ve seen a few here and there, none of them really spoke to me. On a whim, I was looking around on eBay last week and saw this one. It immediately caught my eye. Not only was it the perfect size to fit on top of my tobacco cabinet, but I loved the design and color scheme. I thought on it for a couple of days and decided to order it. It arrived today, and after admiring it for a bit, I placed it in its now-rightful spot on my cabinet. The seller didn’t have much information on it, but based on the wear patterns, I think it might be authentic (these were popular around the beginning of the 20th century, when they were made by Navajo weavers and sold near train lines in the American Southwest). I can’t wait to admire it every time I fill a pipe.
