I see Lack as a common working man, crafting home decor to earn a living and managing his pub on the side. Patio excepted, his home leans heavily towards functional; the pub and its administration with few concessions to showy display. Furnishings are mostly plain everyday affairs situated to provide a lived-in, cozy atmosphere. Lack enjoys visiting elite abodes and drooling over fancy furniture and elaborate decorative creations as much as anyone, but such is not for him.
Lackwit's first floor houses the pub. It is finished except for minor detailing and possible additions to the gaming area. The second-floor music room lacks harp and a raised platform for non-keyboard instruments but is open for business. Bedroom and office (second floor) are likewise ready for public scrutiny. Lack's original patio was stripped by Hamfat (who owned most items kept there) for use in his own home. From then until 04/06/08 that room was nothing but a dumping grounds for excess furniture. It has been rebuilt, as seen below.
Without further ado...
"Hullo all. Welcome to the Boarshead!"
"Brell's finest served here. Belly up to the bar and drink your fill."
"The best vittles in South Qeynos."
Overhead view showing food-bar and boar heads (procured by Hamfat during his many ventures into the Splitpaw arena).
"Relax over a friendly game of chess between binges."
With added gaming table in background.
"Place your carry-out orders and home decor requisitions here!"
Hamfat inspects sales display cases following mid May 2008 renovation.
"Our floor manager and dietary consultant will cater to your every need."
Remodeled carry-out sales area with boar heads seen from the stairwell.
"Pub & Music Hall second floor administration office."
The admin office with rosewood bookcase and other changes from early- to mid-May 2008.
The Music Hall, Lackerace tickles the ivories.
Music hall as seen from audience rear.
As mentioned, Lack's patio was rebuilt early April 2008. It was a frustrating process, with lots of false starts and too many compromises. It has assumed what is apt to be its basic shape for some time to come. It still needs work, especially near Brell's shrine.
Lack's patio seen from tent-top, an early April 2008 capture...
I'm no fan of having palm trees grow out of wood planking. My intent was to place them atop the platform, pots and all. However, the SOE furniture gods saw fit to create stages such that an item's bottom rests evenly with the platform's raised lip rather than its planking. This creates an unsightly gap between items and planks, especially when viewed by shorter races. Placing the palms as I did is, for me, a lesser of evils. Another compromise: using the platform's stone wall as the rear pool wall. In this case, exposing the pool's original wall didn't allow enough space between pool and tent to safely reach Brell's shrine.
Patio, a view of Brell's shrine from the pine grove reflecting Apr-May 2008 item addtions and slight positioning modifications...
Patio, from platform to tent with the Apr-May 08 changes...
A bit of history. Hamfat had a fellow guild member make the large fountain while re-doing his patio. Only, he had no idea of its sheer size. It is big! (I think he confused it with a similar but smaller non-crafted fountain.) Being pretty far along with his project, he knew at once that the fountain would not fit without a total re-design. This he would not do. At that point he visited Lackwit, whose patio he had gutted, and dumped it there.
Moving forward. I was bound and determined that Lackwit utilize the pool. I also wanted Lack's patio to differ somewhat from Ham's. The idea of combining fountain with platforms came to me early on. I wanted Lack to use palms since Hamfat had gone with pines. What followed was a lesson in frustration. Try as we might, Lack could not hit upon a combo of fountain, platform(s) and palms that was workable, looked interesting, and left enough space for other key items. We musta spent hours a day for several days sweating over it. Nothing worked. I was about to admit defeat and scuttle the whole thing when it dawned on me that we had been following a possibly false assumption. During all our experimentation, we envisioned that the fountain must be positioned so that its head abutted the rear wall (opposite the entrance). "Hmm...", thought I, "...what would happen should we place the fountain head against a side wall, so that the pool is horizontally perpendicular to the door?" I had Lack try this, first positioning a platform along the rear wall, with one palm tree in place for spacing. Voila! Soon as I saw it I knew we had hit pay-dirt. From then on everything fell in to place rather quickly.
I don't claim this patio to be any sort of interior-decorating masterpiece. Indeed of the two I prefer Ham's. But, I'm rather pleased with results obtained thus far, considering that the fountain is rather overpowering for a room of that size.
Lack's small bedroom...
Your host unwinds before the fireplace following a full day of carpentry and interior decorating...
Bedroom detail showcasing bookcase, lounge-chair, small table, floor-lamp and accessories added mid-May 2008.
That be all for now. Thanks for your patience!
-Roybob
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