House of Mary Catherine
Sock monkeys. Stairway with a handrail constructed of crutches. Globes lining the staircase. A workshop to drool over. Charming cats. A well hung wood carving guarding the front door. Knicknacks, collectibles, fabulous photographs, and fabled artwork everywhere you look, all with a story behind it.
Welcome to the House of Mary Catherine.
MC and I used to work down the hall from each other at the Chip. In short, we’ve seen the pits of hell together. Her artwork is incredible, and her ability to copy edit a happy hour menu at twenty paces is legendary.
The infamous “palace” has been featured on Oregon Artbeat and in the Portland Tribune, as well as an article scheduled for this winter in Budget Living Magazine. MC needed some help with her computer, and I jumped at the invitation for lunch and a tour in exchange for some tutoring.
The house exceeded all of my expectations for kitchiness and camp, and my photos don’t even begin to do it justice.
That’s a great place, very cool pictures indeed.
Hmm, I wonder why your site is not showing as updated in blogroll….*grumble* stupid blogroll…
I always love to see others who appreciate MC’s amazing aesthetic sense. And, though I have had the pleasure of visiting many time, I have never fully registered everything that is there, so it was fun to see things in the blog photo gallery that I’d never seen before! Thanks!
Great photos! I, too, have seen MC’s incredible house and collections. But, to be able to focus on individual tableaux is really nice. Thank you!
The phrase “every picture tells a story” is, in this case, quite inadequate. Every picture (here, and thank you, Jennifer, for capturing them) holds numerous stories — all best told by Mary Catherine herself.
As for me, I see some tantalizing new objets, like the terrier funeral banner …
I love Budget Living Magazine. I’ll have to check out the article when it comes out!