Me and My Shadow (box)

I was going to hold off on this, because I was hoping to get a picture when it was sunny outside and/or the room was finally painted, but it's been cloudy forever here (except for Saturday, when we had some brief sunlight AND thunder) and the living room can't be painted until the new windows are in, so there you go.

Ladies and Gentlemen. This is the shadow box.



Isn't this thing freaky? I saw it, and I just had to have it, because it's so, well, over-the-top. It was made by Illinois Molding Company of Chicago, who were known for this sort of thing.

The Colonel thinks it makes the living room look like a "Chicago Polack grandma's" (which, I hasten to add, is not an insult, coming from him. He's Croation, which is basically the same thing - although he'd slap me if he heard me say that - but just trust me on this one.) When you add the Aquarius to the mix, he's probably dangerously close to being right. But I ask you: What Polish Grandmother in Chicago had a Paul McCobb Dining Room Set, a John Lazlo Coffee Table AND a Kimball Aquarius and Illinois Molding Shadowbox in her home? Maybe in Skokie or Glencoe, but certainly not in Chicago.