a few years ago maria of port2port press told me about a wonderful home store in maine called ferdinand home. ever since then i’ve wanted to take a trip up to portland just to check out this much loved shop that carries a beautiful selection of clothing jewelry, papergoods, and vintage homewares. since i haven’t been able to make it up yet, i thought it would be fun to see what ferdinand owner diane toepfer’s home looks like in the meantime. and thankfully diane was kind enough to share photos of her lovely 800 sqft bungalow in south portland that she shares with her husband ron of peapod recordings (peapod’s logo is so sweet). anne compiled this wonderful sneak peek so i hope you’ll enjoy it- as always you can click here for larger (and extra) versions of these photos. enjoy!
[top image: View from the dining room. Artwork by Karen Gelardi, Nick Triggs, Frank Sanfilippo, Jan Toepfer and Spindleworks. New ferdinand "Grump" card on piano]
[image above: Strange driftwood lamp. Plush tiger from Pearl River. Vintage teak table & Dux chairs]
[image above: Morning sun in our kitchen. Fighting tigers folk art rug]
[image above: Ron traded some recording time for this Sohmer upright piano. Butterflies are 108 years old. Diane's prized Darth Vader belt buckle from 1977!]
[image above, left: Vintage lamp, bowls and sideboard. Karen Gelardi sculpture, collage by Robert McKibben. 70s AR turntable. image above, right: I love this happy cutting board and the beautiful view of the trees & snow from our kitchen]
[image above: Collage by Nick Triggs]
[image above: one of our bedroom windows is attached to the sunporch (aka cold storage/fabric warehouse). vintage flocked deer lamp, heywood wakefield bedside table, bennington pottery mug]
