home decor – Ruth E. Hendricks Photography

Penthouse and Condo Views from Empire on Liberty Pittsburgh Magazine’s Ultimate House

Here’s the Post-Gazette article by Patricia Sheridan that my friend sent the other morning. Last week V and I toured the Pittsburgh Magazine’s Ultimate House penthouse and two of the condos in the fully restored and renovated old furniture showroom and warehouse Empire on Liberty.

All proceeds were given to Children’s Hospital Free Care Fund.

Just today, I realized I bought a carpet in 1989 at the former Roth Carpet Showroom which is now the available first floor retail space.

http://www.post-gazette.com/life/Buying-Here/2018/04/27/Buying-Here-Bloomfield-Empire-on-Liberty-condos-penthouse-office-retail/stories/201804290015

An article from Pittsburgh Magazine about the Ultimate House renovation

http://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/Best-of-the-Burgh-Blogs/Nest/November-2017/First-Look-Ultimate-House-Returns-to-the-City-with-Empire-on-Liberty/

May 3, 2018 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: architecture, Bloomfield, Bloomfield Bridge, Children's Hospital, city, city living, condo, condominiums, decoration, design, Empire On Liberty, Ethan Allen, Free Care Fund, home decor, IKEA, interior design, Liberty Avenue, neighborhood, penthouse, photography, Pittsburgh Magazine, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Photography, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, postaday, real estate, realator, renovation, Ultimate House, urban living, view, Weiss House 5 Comments

Wordless Wednesday

March 6, 2018 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: amethyst glass, blue glass, cobalt, decor, home, home decor, interior design, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, stained glass, vase, wordless wednesday 9 Comments

March 26, 2017 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Pittsburgh PhotographyTags: architecture, art, city scene, home decor, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday, Yard Art 6 Comments

Dangly Earrings on a Teacup

My daughter and I were toying with some Spring cleaning today. Well, it felt almost like Spring and the sun was out.

Cleaning with an almost 8 month old is the trick!

I dusted her vanity in the bedroom and saw this teacup holding her dangly earrings. The teacup and saucer were a gift from her friend Jenny’s shower.

I washed and dried it and replaced the earrings and thought I’m taking a photo and blogging it. The cakestand in the background holds fragrances and she had a ceramic egg carton with hairpins and buttons. A bit of a kitchen theme?

Dangly earrings in a teacup.

February 22, 2016 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: cakestand, earrings, fashion, home decor, jewelry, photography, postaday, Spring cleaning, teacup 14 Comments

Seasons on a Kitchen Wall

Or the wooden side of an open cupboard is more accurate.

I bought these when we lived in Germany

Decorative plates. Villeroy and Boch Naïf pattern

The order of the seasons is what I notice, how I put them up- perhaps in order of preference?

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Next I’ll be in the basement digging around for Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons album I think is down there. Jen H has inspired us to post our seasons.

Winter

Fall

Spring

Summer

trying to show the detail without the glare.

February 20, 2016February 20, 2016 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: art, decorative plates, design, home, home decor, kitchen, Naif, Porcelain, postaday, Villeroy and Boch, weekly photo challenge: seasons 14 Comments

Two months in the photo- almost 39 now

You may remember the “Dear Photograph ” post two Februarys ago.
My son Mark took this photo in my
living room where the red (faded to
Rose) couch sits.
My dad is holding him when the couch was in my parents’ living room in Philadelphia in 1976.

They are both so happy on this old photo.

Here is the series of “Dear Photographs” I experimented with a couple of years ago.

January 8, 2015January 8, 2015 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: 1976, childhood, Dear Photograph, family, home, home decor, memories, photography, postaday, son 7 Comments

Thrift Shop Photography Tuesday

Caketopper in the St. Luke’s Thrift Shop on Hudson Street in Greenwich Village NYC

December 16, 2014 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: bride and groom, cake topper, fashion, Greenwich Village, home decor, New York City, photography, postaday, teacup and saucer, thrift shop, wedding 8 Comments

No Particular Holiday

Yard art. Lawn art. Home decor.

Some people really enjoy their collections. Sometimes the neighbors don’t.

I’ll return closer to Christmas and see if there are any additions to the ornaments.

November 20, 2014 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: collections, decoration, design, home decor, lawn art, photography, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday, Yard Art 17 Comments

Simple Halloween Decor

There are wild and elaborate decorations around town and outside of town,but here are a few simple ones.

There are ersatz graveyards in people’s front yards, witches flying in trees,skeletons and cobwebs on mailboxes and Halloween light strung on front porches.

People are going all out. A real Halloween Decoration Extravaganza.

These are a few simple decorations in Pittsburgh and from my sister Mary in Brooklyn NY.

Here’s a giant spider on the South Side of Pittsburgh

Schenley Park Pumpkin

Regurgitated pumpkin within pumpkin across from Schenley Golf Course.

Mary sent these from Brooklyn on her phone earlier today

Mummy in Brooklyn by Mary Hendricks

Mumette in Brooklyn by Mary

October 30, 2014 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Halloween Decorations, holiday decoration, holiday decorations, home decor, mummy, photography, postaday, pumpkin, spider, style 15 Comments

Style

New York City street shot from when I visited my sister last June.

I was photographing people engaged with their technology- they weren’t paying any attention to me or my camera I think this woman was trying to get into the shade a bit to see her phone screen, reduce the glare.

Thoughts on style…………decorating, home, fashion, hair, writing-

What’s in style these days?

Have you ever been out of style?

Did you ever cramp anyone’s style?

Do you know anyone whose style is stuck in another decade? or maybe their style is making a comeback?

Who decides what’s in style or out of style?

What is your style?

October 23, 2013 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: clothing, fashion, hair, home, home decor, in style, New York City, out of style, postaday, sidewalk, signage, street photography, style 10 Comments

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