The Rest Of The Story...on our Pillars!

As you may have read my previous, The Pillar Story...if not you can go HERE.

We have SEVEN vintage columns and enjoy every one of them.

That was until our Kansas trip!


My grown son lives in Kansas and we go out yearly for a visit. He knows our taste and surprised us with this...

Yes, four more, truly awesome pillars on stand bases, capitals and with globes!

My son and me at my sister's winery in Oklahoma (Me, 53; Charlie, 30)

You see, my son belongs to the Mason's and because he lives in a tiny town, they had to close the Masonic Hall down. These columns were given to him as a clean up to be able to sell the building. I just can't describe our joy at seeing these and for me, to know in my minds eye how they would look in my home. But don't let the paint color scare you. I was not about to leave them "as is".
 

We were able to take them apart (they screw together with wooden pegs), clean them up a bit from years of dust and frankly a moldy smell...

And pack them in our CRV...along with our other antique purchases.

Upon arriving home, I made it my #1 goal to get these pillars cleaned up and refurbished so they could come into our home. With the taller ones, I didn't like the Masonic symbols on the bases, so I took them off and painted the columns white with some distressing. I also didn't want to use the globes on top, so I removed them to use just as decor elsewhere.  I also am a fan of MacKenzie Childs painting, so I added black and white check on the capitals just to add whimsy. I figured I could always change it to white if I tired of it.

Their final positioning in our home is between the foyer and our study doorway. Hubby says that he will add to the bases to raise up the columns to touch the molding of the doorway at a later date. They certainly give a great presence to the space.

Look, you can see another column in the background!

The shorter two pillars would be perfect for our basement media room. We actually sold the one column that was down there to a friend that wanted one for her home. I really liked the history and detail of the Masonic symbol on this set, so I left it on. Hubby and I also loved the patina of the globes and he wanted them left on for display. I think they look terrific on each side of the fireplace in this room!

These globes have a wonderful patina, so I didn't touch them with paint. I just cleaned them and left well enough alone. They are heavy and seem to be made of wood. One globe has moon, stars and even a shooting star, and the other one has painted land masses on it. I find them very interesting.

If you are very alert to detail, you would have noticed that I switched the globes from the tall columns to the shorter ones. That is because, with the varying height of the basement ceiling, we needed to not only use the shorter columns, but wanted to display these special globes on top. Thank goodness they were interchangeable, even though my son said that each set came from a different Masonic Hall in a different town.

As for the other globes, one of them I left in Kansas to discard because it was too damaged for me to repair. It seemed like it was filled with plaster-of-paris with a paper layer over it.  I did keep the other more awesome globe with what looks like constellations over the globe surface.

Okay, If you were keeping track, we originally had six pillars in the house and one outside. We brought four more home and sold one, so we now have a total of 10 pillars!!! I think we should stop collecting these, don't you?

Before and Afters

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