T Stands for Gropius House - The Second Floor

Last Tuesday, I took you to visit the first floor of the Gropius House. This week, we shall tour the second floor.

The Master Bedroom sleeping area

Divided from the dressing area by a glass wall. This is Ise's (Mrs. Gropius) dressing table.

She was a clothing and jewelry designer. Here, some earring she made from hardware washers.

Master Bath

One of Ise's creations. Not my color, but I love the timeless silhouette of the dress 

The guest room.

As I mentioned last week, the Gropius' entertained many guests such as Alexander Calder, Joan Miro, Henry Moore and Frank Lloyd Wright. Many of these guests brought artwork as a host/hostess gift. Art was all over the walls, but the only pieces I recognized were two in the guest room done by Joan Miro.

The move from Germany must have been a big upset for Gropius' 12 year old daughter, Ati. He wanted to make her a part of the design decisions when planning the house. So he asked her what kind of space did she want for her bedroom. Here is her sleeping alcove.

She wanted a sand floor, a glass ceiling so she could sleep under the stars, and her own entrance.

So, off her room, he created an outside deck with a pergola so she could sleep under the stars. The pink wall was so that sunlight wouldn't be too bright as it would have been if the wall was white.

Ati didn't get a sand floor, but the floor covering was sand colored. A concession. Opposite her desk was a daybed where she hung out with her friends. Too many people on the tour to get a picture.

Off the deck, Ati had her own metal, spiral staircase entrance. Rather scary in good weather, I wouldn't like to climb it during New England Winters.

From the deck, Ati could look down into a sun room and her mother's Japanese garden. During the Winter, Summer furniture was stored in the cellar and a ping pong table was moved into the sun room. Gropius played ping pong all Winter.

When the house was first built, there were not many trees on the property. The Gropius' would have been able to see Mt. Wachusett, the highest point in Massachusetts.

This is a photo of Ati lounging on her deck.

Ati would have to share her bathroom with any guests that were visiting.  The radiators in the bathrooms doubled as towel warmers during cold weather.

Ati's sky room over the living room. 

Ati's private entrance. Gropius must have been a wonderful father to make his daughter's dream room come to life.

But like all dads, he wanted to keep a watchful eye on his daughter. Her spiral staircase entrance is just outside his office.

After visiting the Gropius House we debated going to the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, but I was getting really hungry so we decided to go find some place for lunch. Teague used to work in the area so we headed for tiny Lincoln Center as an app had told her a pizza restaurant was there. The pizza restaurant turned out to be in a gas station.

"Um, no." said the Little Princess.

So we started back towards home and came to Conrad's in Sudbury, Massachusetts. We both have traveled by this location many times. I knew it as a Mexican restaurant. Teague said it had been lots of different restaurants. 

I ordered an Arnold Palmer. Teague either had a Sprite or water. I forget.

The restaurant had a bar area that was doing a brisk business and a dining area. It was a little late for lunch so not many people in the restaurant.

We each decided to start with a cup of New England clam chowder (chowdah). A perfect choice on a hot and humid day. 😉

Teague had a turkey club sandwich. I had fish and chips served with Cole slaw.

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