if you were to have a treasure map of downtown memphis, there would be a big red “X” on the corner of south front at talbot street, on south front antiques.  inside this 100+ year-old building are treats and treasures that my lovely client (and friend) karen nielsen scatamacchia’s family have brought together…all manner of salvaged architectural elements, doorknobs, hardware, columns, sinks, iron, antique postcards and stamps, even a beautiful old painted panel from a carousel.  combing through there recently, i found this fabulous old frame in the perfect state of decay:

i’ve covered a scrap of bulletin-board cork with burlap to put in it, and will pin only my very very favorite clippings to it.  the little cloverleaf details are so cute!  and i think those fleur-de-lis may have been the clay base for some gilding around the frame.  thank you, karen and eric, i just love it.