bedroom peek 2

My bedroom is finally approaching being done (I switched directions kind of drastically half way through, which didn’t help) This is the small(ish) dresser that I’m using as a bedside table – I picked it up on Craigslist for $25, partially because it looked like this: Some hardcore cleaning, re-staining, and waxing/polishing later (no sanding, [...]

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 [...]

Sorry to say . . .

I really don’t like the Togo sofas. I know that everyone seems to be in love with them right now, but they look like some sort of amorphous Alien prop/lifeform to me. Also, they look like the older sibling of this, um, lounger, from PBteen: Right? I mean, this is something you maybe stick in [...]

green

the bar cart got a new look today (see previous incarnations here and here): also, check out that stack of fabric – that’s only part of the stash I picked up from Purl Patchwork when I was in New York. (Yes, I flew in with an empty suitcase.) And no, it’s not all for me, [...]

new chair

a hastily taken photo of the new chair I bought yesterday off of Craigslist. I had our vintage fake-Eames lounge here before, but the whole living room was getting a little too MCM for me. The orange chair on the right is my favorite piece of furniture in the house, and I like the way [...]

rehabbed dining chairs

check them out, along with a step by step guide, over at AT:SF

in all its glory

Ta da! as a reminder, the old sofa (which is going to my little sister’s apartment tonight): It was much bigger (although the size difference is almost entirely in the arms.) The new one makes the entire room seem bigger, always a nice thing. Although I’m thinking it may need a side table on at [...]

l-o-v-e

Got a new couch today . . . possibly my best craigslist find ever. I’m kind of totally in love. More later.

Magtable

I love this Magtable from Umbra. As someone whose coffee table is often taken over by piles of magazines, the thought of incorporating them into the furniture is somewhat appealing. $158 at Umbra.

A note on couches

One of my favorite things to do is fantasize about buying a new couch. This purchase is a long ways off – I’m back in school now, remember? – but a girl can still dream. Our current couch was a craiglist find several years ago, and while it’s not at all ugly it’s not exactly [...]