Ariadne and the raindeers

I have had the goal to be regular in updating the blog, but this autumn I just didn't manage to make that happen despite my attempts to have also a "diary" of what happens regularly in the house.
Anyway, after a quite uneventful autumn, where we have picked up just less than half a ton of apples, there has been Christmas and its histerism for then trying to come back to routines and our intense logistic daily puzzle with a lot of new years propositions, at least for me.

Not much really has happened on the house front except my occasional purchase of things on auctions or Tradera, the seasonal decorations and their removal, more plates, things to repair, etc. the only highlight is that we have big progresses on the curtains for the "red room" (the tv/piano room), but one set of curtains are still missing, rings for them and the curtain rod needs to be shortened. So there is still some to do before the final steps.

Among the items I have managed to get home there are few items that are a bit special.
First, a small figurin, a statue from Gustavsberg, copy of J H von Danecker, with a lovely "Canova" style. The figurin represents Ariadne on a panther.
I think Canova has a clean, incredible sculpturing style and something that resembles that is pure beauty. That that little status has my name on it (being Ariadne the greek original version of Arianna) was a no brainer.

Ariadne on the panther

I often try to look for random jugend on Tradera and sometimes I take the courage to bid on things if I can figure out a place for them.

One of the items I managed to secure is a small arras with nice, vivid colors and a lot of raindeers.

I don't know why I liked it, but I like this kind of items as it makes the house "warmer" and the sound level more acceptable.

The raindeers arras

By chance, both things ended up being closed to each other in a corner that is starting to get a bit of decent shape, but needs still some adjustment. After we have put the glass cupboard there we need to lift the big golden framed painting which seems suffocated there.

This corner of the dining room