Down the Bog

Following on from my previous post about Abby walking and making the house child proof it got me thinking about what I’d like to do with our home decor when the kiddies are a little older and we can start having nice things again.

Nicola will tell you that I’ve a passion for clocks and that I don’t need an excuse to buy one but the ultimate clock to own would be a grandfather clock. It’s not really fair to describe such a beautiful thing as simply as a clock because it’s so much more than that. In my eyes a grandfather clock is a very fine piece of furniture that I imagine almost becomes a part of the family and creates a presence of it’s own.

As I say I’m not sure whether we’re quite ready to get one now because of our young children but before they grow up too much it would be really nice to have one in our home (I imagine in our hallway) and I have a picture in my mind of it looking over our children’s activities in a-not-quite-approving way and in return them looking up at it with a kind of awe filled respect. My imagination is running away with me!

When looking for such an item grandfather clocks are not the the kind of thing that might be typically found in a local furniture store and certainly not a range of them so a very good place to start is 1-800-4clocks.com. It’s a website dedicated to clocks with a large and wonderful selection to browse through.

I really, really like this Howard Miller Harper Grandfather Clock although there are so many to choose from. I like this one in particular for it’s dark windsor cherry finish which favours my liking for a traditional look. It’s also such a visual treat with it’s crystal cut glass and brass finished weights with pendulum in an illuminated case. A real treat to my eyes. If it seems like I’m waxing too lyrically here it’s just that I do see these things as items of real beauty!

How about listening to it’s chime? If you follow the link for this clock you can hear it’s westminster chime by clicking on the chime buttons near the description. The westminster chime is a big part of the personality of the clock.

I’m pretty certain that this is the grandfather clock that I want but there is a big selection and sometimes whatever it is that we are buying it’s not always easy to make up our minds and choose. Even now as I write this I’m not completely sure. So maybe we just need a little help? Take a look at this interesting blog entry that might just be useful. It talks of how prospective buyers can take a survey to build up a personality profile that can help identify just what kind of clock will be right for the kind of personality that we have.

So that’s got me thinking and I find that idea an enticing one. I’m not sure I’ve ever done such a thing before but the way I see it is a grandfather clock is an important purchase and will be a valued addition to the family. A personality profile would ensure that we’d all get along!

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