Thank You For Giving

With 60 degree temperatures outside and yellow leaves still clinging to branches, it's hard to believe that most of us will be sitting down at the table with our family and friends tomorrow for that much anticipated meal of all meals.  For Bubble & Squeak, 2011 has been an incredible year, but one that would not have been as rewarding if it weren't for you, our readers.  This Thanksgiving we want to take a moment to thank you all for your support during our first year in the blogosphere. Thank you for all of the wonderful comments we've received in person and online.  We blog because we love to, but your comments keep us going every day.  Thank you to all of our guest bloggers for sharing your dreams with our readers and for letting us into your homes. You've taught us that cabins come in many shapes, sizes, and locales, but the thing that makes a cabin a cabin, are the family and friends within.  And lastly, we want to extend a very special thank you to our own family and friends. Your faithful love and encouragement over the years keeps us motivated and we're truly thankful for all of your support.  

We know that you're in for a very busy weekend, but we hope that you can find a moment to thank the ones in your life who have loved and supported you along your journey.

Happy Thanksgiving from Bubble & Squeak!  

1. "Wild Turkey Female" from "The Birds of America" folio collection by John James Audubon

1.  Barbour
2.  Redwing Wabasha Hand Sewn Boots

1. Autumn in Scotland

2. Drawing Room at Sandringham House, Norfolk, UK

1. Jacques Garcia

2. Antique Louis XVI Style Leather Dining Chairs Available at Blend Interiors

1. The World of Interiors

2. Still Life with Turkey Pie by G. Vervoorn

1. Festival Linen Napkin by Sferra Fine Linens

2. Pewter Pheasant Sauce Bowl by Vagabond House

1. English Country Interiors: Inside Cotswold Homes
2. "The Wild Turkey" from "The Birds of America" folio collection by John James Audubon 

1. Bedroom at Skylands by Martha Stewart

2. Andrew Reflector Wall Sconce Designed by Mark Maresca for The Urban Electric Company

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Remote Control

Rooted in traditional Swiss chalet architecture with influences from the British and American Arts and Crafts Movements, the iconic American cabin we know today is an eclectic mix of styles. Perfected by the great Robber Barons of the Gilded Age, the development of several camps located in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York at the turn of the twentieth century spawned a uniquely American style of architecture now referred to as Great Camp Architecture. Designed to harmonize with their natural surroundings, these remote camps utilized indigenous materials such as birch bark, granite boulders, and rustic timbers giving them their unique primitive characteristics. While it might not be everyone’s cup of tea, there is something innately romantic and alluring about this style that has kept designers and architects inspired for over a century. One thing is for certain, however, when it comes to cabin design it doesn’t get any more cabin-y than this…  

1.  A contemporary Adirondack house, Peter Pennoyer Architects

2.  Canoe Pack, Duluth Pack

3.  Great Camp Sagamore, Adirondacks, c. 1897 

4.  Cavendish Jacket, Barbour

1.  Marjorie Merriweather Post's Camp Topridge, Adirondacks, c. 1923

2.  Hammered copper Roycroft pendant, c. 1910

3.  La Lune Collection

4.  Apache Olla basket, c. 1890

5.  Camp Eagle Island, Adirondacks, c. 1899

1.  Gooseberry Falls State Park, Minnesota

2.  Root: 1, our house wine

3.  Pewter tray with leaf handles, Vagabond House

4.  Joseph Heinrich hammered copper tankard with applied silver handle , c. 1910

1.  Ralph Lauren's Double R Ranch, Ridgway, Colorado

2.  Stickley Brothers hammered coppered vase, c. 1905

3.  Acadia National Park Blanket, Pendelton

4.  Front:  John Robshaw Textiles;  Back:  Sachin + Babi for Ankasa

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A Call To Action...

Contrary to its name, the Living Room is a rarely lived in room...and we're blaming the baby-boomer generation for this sin.  How many of us grew up in households where we were forbidden to enter into the living room, for fear of our mother's wrathful storm? During the 18th and 19th centuries, the living room (or drawing room as it was sometimes referred to) was THE social gathering space in the home where ladies spent hours embroidering and gentlemen spent hours watching the ladies embroider.  Skip ahead 100 years and our parents, albeit unknowingly, have artificially changed our communal instincts and forced us to take refuge in the kitchens, and dare we say, basements of our youth.  We, for two, will not stand by this unnatural migration.  At our cabin, we want our daily regimen to revolve around a grande "old school" living room where we lounge about sipping tea in style or entertain guests in a glamorous setting surrounded by our favorite finds without fear of mucking anything up.  So, now's the time generation X, Y, Next or whatever they're calling us these day, to stand up and take back the living quarters that were so forcibly stolen from us. It's okay...step into your living room, remove those plastic cushion covers, flop down on the sofa and take it all in...it's the civilized thing to do.  
(P.S. We still love you Mom.)

1.  Spring at the cabin

2.  The perfect cup of tea

3.  A Minneapolis penthouse by Andrew Flesher

1. J.K Hotel, Florence, Italy

2.  RL Restaurant, Chicago

3.  Vintage round bench upholstered in blue velvet, Jayson Home & Garden

1.  J.K Hotel, Florence, Italy

2.  Kotsuis and Hohhuq – Nakoaktok, Photograph by Edward Curtis, c. 1907

3.  Leather club chairs, French, c. 1930's

1.  Silver plated shoe cufflinks, Paul Smith

2.  Astor Courts, Rhinebeck, New York  (check out that fireplace!!!)

1.  Easton Square, London drawing room by Michael S. Smith

2.  Oriental Salon at Axel Vervoordt's Castle, Belgium  

3.  "Cinnabar" glazed garden stool, Pagoda Red

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