Holly Becker over at Decor8 posted about her love for typewriters. I can only nod in agreement. Aside from a notebook, I think they're the next best writerly thing.
"I'm not exactly sure what causes these sudden cravings, like I was big into globes last week (my eBay globe arrived and I love it), and now I'm back into typewriters, a recurring love of mine as I have visions of them in vintage pale pink or turquoise from the 50s, perhaps with that retro Smith-Corona font on the front. Actually, I can trace this typewriter desire. It's this photo that did me in. I saw it over 3 years ago (I think '05 maybe) in Country Living magazine and never forgot it. It was from an article about a New York farmhouse owned by Peter and India Baird that I fell in love with..."
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That looks like an Olivetti.
Posted by: Lelah | August 26, 2007 at 07:07 PM