[ BALANCING NEW WITH VINTAGE ]

By now, I think just about everyone knows that I love clocks. My father-in-law is certainly aware of this little fact, and has actually given me two clocks in the last month! The first one is a Navy shift clock which I’ll post more about when we get it hung on the wall. For Christmas, he found this vintage brass starburst clock for me. Though he won’t reveal his source, I’m guessing it’s an Ebay find—he’s sort of the Ebay ninja of the family.

We tested the clock in several spots, but there seems to be a delicate balance in our house between vintage pieces and newer modern items. Though some people like having a home that is all from the same era, we prefer to tie the old with the new, and hanging the clock in the living room seemed to tip the scale too far in favor of vintage. Instead, we found a nice little spot in our bedroom, which is currently decorated with mostly current modern furnishings (we have a Malm bed, CB2 Whirly hanging balls, and Amy Butler fabric on the chair to name a few).

I’m thinking of buying a new movement mechanism in order to convert this to a battery powered clock, but I’ve never done that before. I’m hoping it’s not too complicated.