In March, while I was in Pennsylvania for a bridal shower, I helped my parents in their final sweep of my grandmother’s house; the property had sold, the valuable contents had be claimed or auctioned, and the closing was approaching. To my surprise, quite a few remnants struck my fancy: Exhibit A, a collection of […]
Category Archives: House + Home
After all of the excitement and emotion of last week, Jack and I both caught his standard springtime cold. We’re slowly getting back to business as usual. We’ve also had home improvements on the brain lately. On Friday, while we were locked down indoors during the beautiful sunny weather, we took a few moments away from the […]
We’ve been noticing hexagons cropping up all over the place – web design, logos, fashion, wallpaper, furniture, jewelry, fixtures – and we’re not entirely opposed. There’s something exciting about the hex shape, but its symmetry is comforting. (No? Is that just me?) Anywho, here are some of our favorite uses of the hexagon at the moment. […]
It’s a typical Sunday scene: our first order of business on any morning that doesn’t involve a day job is coffee, followed shortly thereafter by my spreading out work to be done in the dining room, and Jack retreating to the office. Last week, Erin’s post got me contemplating mugs. We tend to favor all-white-everything […]
We’ve been in our current apartment for almost three years. When we first moved in, we dug through my old art homework and hung a series of rough sketches as a placeholder on the dining room wall, fully intending to replace them with “real” art when we found the right piece. And, here they are, […]
Last week, I found some new spoons. A full dozen of these were on sale, and clearly needed to make their way into our standard rotation. The very first thought I had was a mini caprese salad – and that’s just what we had a chance to do this weekend.
Spring has taken its sweet time, but finally things are starting to enter full bloom – outdoors and in. Over the holidays, we ordered a grab bag of air plants from Tortoise Loves Donkey. We dragged our feet, and they were too late to give as gifts, so now our apartment is filled with the […]
Goodwill. Flea markets. Yard sales. Dollar-A-Pound. Clothing swaps. Jack has never been a big fan of the time and tedium involved in sifting through others’ discards in search of treasure; I grew up on it. Jack, however, is far and away the better bargainer between us. And so, a dynamic duo is born.
We’ve long been obsessed with purple around here, and I embraced the Color of 2010 (turquoise) fully – but there’s a new color on the scene, popping up in interior design, fashion, beauty and even cars – and I have to admit, I’m rapidly becoming a fan. Fuchsia gets its name from a flower of the […]
The living room of our rental was afflicted with a space lamp. Really, I assume the light fixture (which we’ve had it out for from the get-go) was from the early 90’s, and not the future, but it was difficult to tell the difference. Aside from being oddly shaped, it cast a terrible, harsh light from […]