Paint Job

I’m still alive, really. Just in the middle of about a million projects all the time. But I’m working on getting my schedule more organized which will *hopefully* include carving out time to come back to this space more. For now, some hastily taken before and after shots of what will be the new bedside tables in my in-progress totally overhauled bedroom

before

after

I got a great deal on these (this is one of a set of two) at my local second-hand furniture shop last weekend – I loved the shape, but the paint job was a little too, um, whimsical for me. Spray paint to the rescue. All the drawers got a new coat of gloss white (I’m partial to Rust-oleum Painter’s Touch – it has the easiest ever to use nozzle and dries quickly and evenly) and the hardware got several coats of gloss black enamel. I love how they turned out, and I’ll now have an excess of storage in the bedroom, which is pretty much a dream come true.

Pictures of the entire room hopefully coming in the next few weeks – I need to get a handyman/plumber over to remove the non-working but very large radiator before I can finalize furniture placement.

flash cards

This post from Say Yes to Hoboken reminded me that I hadn’t posted pictures of my redone dining room, specifically this arrangement on top of my sideboard:

I bought the flashcards on etsy a few years ago (from a now defunct shop,) and just framed them a few months ago. Pictures of the rest of the room coming one of these days . . .

time killer

www.badpaintingsofbarackobama.com

my only complaint is that they’re displayed randomly – I want to look at every single one

(via . . . somewhere)

ouch

Last night while walking to my car my shoe caught on a part of uneven sidewalk and I did my first ever full and complete faceplant.. Fun.:

(my bottom lip is usually bigger than my top one, not the other way around.) The swelling you see here is actually much dramatically better than it was this morning, but I’m thanking my lucky stars that for the first time in a long time I have no plans this weekend because come on, no one likes to see a girl with a fat lip.

luster

love the simplicity of this light fixture from West Elm:

luster glass pendant, $89 each

robot!

One of the newer pieces of art to hang in my house – this giant robot print by the very lovely Eric Rewitzer of 3 Fish Studios. Doesn’t it go perfectly in my front hall? I love it more than a little bit.

pennants

love these new curtains from IKEA:

has anyone seen them in person yet? VITAMINER VIMPEL, $19.99 for a pair.

wooden spoons

it’s pretty easy to tell which one gets the most use

sick

I’ve spent the last few days laid up with some sort of stomach bug. Ugh.

whenever I’m sick, I tend to subsist on Campbell’s Chicken and Stars soup. It’s the perfect sick food: bland, fluid replenishing, you don’t have to chew, and it satisfies my inner five year old.

greatest glory

Love this gocco print by Lisa Congdon:

“our greatest glory is not in never falling

but in rising up everytime we fall”

Available for $8 in her etsy store.