As a couple who actively collects old toys, orphaned chairs, abandoned tables with three legs, and junk in general it’s sometimes difficult for your house not to get overwhelmed with color. So when I saw these pictures of a home in Amsterdam, I realized it is in fact possible to have mismatching things and still do the whole white-on-white-on-white thing. Taking notes. Very detailed notes.
pics via pimpelwit
In an effort to do some research on Hoosier Cabinets (more on that later) I ran across a few unrelated beauties that got me off track, since I have a serious weakness for vintage metal things (hence the early Metallica currently playing on my iPod).
medical lock down cabinet for the US Navy, 1950′s
stripped metal cabinet with glass doors, early 1900′s
vintage medical cabinet, early 1900′s
all images from 1stdibs
Spotted this little gem while upstate this weekend. Not only was this done in sidewalk chalk, but I think someone relies a little too heavily on spellcheck.
Son-of-a-bicth!
Escif is creating some of the most interesting and awesome street art I’ve seen in years. Based in Valencia, Spain, his work is incredibly fun, playful, and full of mischief. Check out many more beauties on his Flickr page.
Wow, these floors are beautiful! Fontenay Wood has created a line of flooring made from reclaimed wine barrels. Pretty and green, I’m in love.
Things have been pretty chaotic around here recently, made especially so with the endless DIY wedding projects we’ve been working on. I don’t know what crazy frame of mind we were in when we decided to take all of it on, but here we are finding, baking, printing, and constructing everything from our invites, to lighting, to our decorations (w/ the help of dear friends & family, of course!)
Since we’re paying for it ourselves, we are trying to stay on a very tight budget.. So when any possible creative freebies come along, we don’t hesitate. We decided to pass on a professional florist and keep things simple with a mix of Georgia wild flowers and a couple of our personal favorites. Instead of buying 100 + vases, we decided to take what Brooklyn itself was offering.. free glass bottles from the 1900-1950s! Want to find out how? Keep reading..
I don’t know too much about this next house other than it once was an old water tower in Belgium, that was then converted into this modern home.
Recent renovations at the Notting Hill gate tube station have uncovered a group of mid-century posters. The posters were located in a non-public area and date from 1956 – 1959 when the station’s lifts were removed and replaced by escalators. Pretty awesome!
Via Blue Ant Studio, Photos by Mike Ashworth
From 300++, comes this Limited Edition series of plates from various artists. From my understanding each artist is given a plate and collaborates with the art (or lack there of) that’s already on the plate. Love that pink floral one!
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We’re back from our crazy holiday weekend and starting this week off with more diformed furniture. I’m a sucker for furniture made from other old furniture, so Karen Ryan’s work was an instant sell for me. In fact I like it so much, I have to put together 2 posts, b/c I don’t know how to edit properly.
I love this project by Naumann Architektur.. They rebuilt this ruin by giving it a new soul. I bet this is what George Romero would create if he was an architect.
Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk recently collaborated with Italian design company Secondome, creating pieces made of recognizable objects in strange combinations, entitled Cut and Paste. Similar to Duchamp’s Readymades, but with a somewhat sweeter feel to them, these objects ultimately also have some sort of function to them, whether it be a clock, mail holder, or lamp.
Our new baby is up and running! We finally got to test her out a few nights ago (and by test I mean a quick 10 min run-through), and now we’re both really excited to start really using our little lady. We’ll do a more extensive post later on, but until then, a little teaser..
Lady Letterpress
the first thing we ever printed! (though scanned in, it doesn’t look all that exciting)
the design used on boxes for sending work out
A while back I posted about some modern cage lights, but these here are the real deal.. and expensive too! Each cage sold between $1,000-1,200 each on Rewire.
