Things, stuff and crafts

Chairs and table

2008-11-04T05:08:00.000-08:00

I tried to play around with the colors to get a true picture of the green but its hard, its slightly darker than it looks in this picture, but very shiny.

I had second thoughts when I first got the chairs, thinking that I should have gotten something less bright, more modern, but in the end I think these add more character than just another eames chair. I can't wait to get the whole thing into a place with lovely wood floors!

wish list

2008-11-04T02:14:00.000-08:00

currently on my wish list (at least one of these will be gotten with money from hanukah/birthday/bonus)

Arco lamp

This is not a little lamp, almost 8 feet tall at the tallest part, the marble base is something like 100 lbs. Soooo shiinnnnnyyyyyyy, and so perfect for the living room.

Where I could be sitting on this

Eames lounge chair wood in walnut.

Does this wishlist make me the ultimate yuppie? Eh, whatever, don't care.

Babies in the 80s

2008-11-03T06:11:00.000-08:00

So maybe I should have made them in bright green to fit with the whole 80s thing, but I went for mint green instead. The pattern which is here, I got from ravelry, and of course I had to make it in my favorite debbie bliss green and cream yarn.

Dining table

2008-10-21T06:23:00.000-07:00

Getting furniture in France is an exercise in waiting. And waiting. And waiting.
But after all that waiting I hope to be able to go next week and pick up the new chairs to go with the no-so-new-anymore-since-ive-been-waiting-for-the-chairs table.

The table (no it hasnt been chairless for the past few months, it has old wooden ikea chairs around it)

The chairs will be Tolix ones like this, but in green. It was really hard to pick the green from all the little swatches that didn't exactly match the new color names, but I have all my fingers crossed that it will be a pretty green somewhere between Kelly and not all the way to Hunter (I love green so I will pretty much be happy as long as its not neon green)

Yellow throws

2008-09-27T05:48:00.000-07:00

Fell in love with this saffron colored quilt from dwellstudio. and then it sold out the day before i ordered it. everywhere.

after searching the internet high and low for like 2 weeks i gave up and ordered this (also saffron colored, whats up with the saffron name? sounds fancy?) throw from area (its like the grey throw but in the yellow color). it has the advantage of being linen and washable. im picking it up from a friends place when im in NY later this week!

Two of my favorite things

2008-09-27T05:43:00.000-07:00

Well, they aren't really things, but thats what they will be called for the sake of this blog. My two cats, two cats I waited 25ish years for (my mom's line on cats when I was a kid - you can get them when you are grown up. I have for the purpose of cats, declared myself grown up, but only in that sense).

First post

2008-09-27T05:40:00.001-07:00

It's been about 6 months since I closed my personal blog (coinciding with the start of my first real job). I miss blogging but am not ready to start blogging about personal things again, but I do feel like sharing my love of pretty things, stuff, and crafts. Hence the new blog. So, lets see how it goes...