This Sunday I'll be at the Design Hive indoor market (located in Cambridge, MA) which will be the last market I'll do before Bazaar Bizarre - Boston. Please let me know if you're coming and if so please let me know what items I should bring, I'd hate to not bring your favorite print or decal. Blog readers who attend will get a free holiday penguin card with their purchase! (secret word is Spaghetti)
Friday, October 30, 2009
This Sunday
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Vintage finds
I've rounded up many of my flea market finds, and i've been listing them for sale in my vintage Etsy shop.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
New Etsy Purchase
Feast your eyes on my new mod tea pot! It just came in the mail today, I already have it sitting in my collection. Today is an awesome day!
It's being poured! Updated*
I can't believe my husband and I ever thought of doing this ourselves, pouring cement is one tough job! Now that I see the professionals doing this, I'm glad I get to sit back and watch.
The cement will be dry in 2 or 3 hours but it still needs to be left alone for a week. I will definitely need to rope off that area, I can so see my mailman hopping up those things.
The cement guys are still outside doing the finishing touches, I'll take more images when they are done.
*It's done! 
I'm giddy!
Wednesday my husband and I cut wire mesh for the circle forms in preparation for the cement delivery that is getting here in about 10 hours. It felt like it was never going to get done and I'm giddy just thinking about skipping on my circles! I'll keep you updated on the progress.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Craigslist Finds (MA, NH, ME, & RI)
Monday, October 19, 2009
Finally!
It's finally going to happen! The circle forms are done for our walkway and we are going to get someone to pour and finish the circles in about a week. It's going to take about 180 sq ft of cement to fill all the circles! We got quoted $800, I wish it was cheaper but I'm so sick of looking at empty circles that I just don't care anymore. I hope it comes out looking fantastic!
I Told You I Was Freaky!
Available tomorrow!
I Told You I Was Freaky is the second studio album by New Zealand folk parody duo Flight of the Conchords. It will feature 13 songs. The CD will feature 1 sticker and 4 badges (buttons). It will also feature a lyric book with not only the lyrics, but the chords to each song as well.
I'm so sad the show is over.
Bob O'connor photography
Bob O'connor, an amazing photographer, came by my home a few weeks ago and spent about 4 or 5 hours meticulously arranging and photographing my home. His work can be seen in ReadyMade and Dwell magazine, among others.
I just realized I really like orange red and yellow...
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Pumpkins
Here are some of Martha Stewart's pumpkin decorating ideas, hopefully they will get your creating juices flowing! Check out more ideas at her website!
Friday, October 16, 2009
Fireplace mockup
Right: mockup
My home can get quite chilly in the cold winter months, especially in the living room/ dinning room area. We do have this beautiful fireplace that we use often, but every time we burn wood it looks cozy and warm, but all that hot air just gets sucked up the chimney making the room even colder!
We started looking into modern looking pellet stoves and at fireplace inserts for just burning wood. I don't think we have many options finding a modern looking pellet stove for our type of fireplace but I think we can get a simple and sleek insert that blows the hot air back into the room. I'm not sure which is better to get yet, we still need to go to a fireplace store and talk to someone about it. Have any of you updated your fireplace? And was it worth it?
Thursday, October 15, 2009
It’s a mod, mod, mod, mod world
It's finally out! Please enjoy this cute Boston Globe article about me and my home, by Meaghan Agnew, with photographs by Joanne Rathe. Thanks Meaghan and Joanne!
Click here to see more pictures of my home!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Craigslist Finds (MA & NH)
Vintage rolling chair...mint - $40 (Hudson, MA)
Vintage dining set with leaf - $60 (East Hampstead, NH)
Vintage side table-FREE (Charlestown, MA)
Mid century modern Knoll / SAARINEN style table & chairs - $350 (Manchester, NH)
Vintage Kartell Panton Artist Taboret Cart Joe Colombo - $200 (Millis, MA)
Carter #200 Curved Plywood "Scoop" Chair - $325 (Arlington, MA)
Friday, October 9, 2009
Freebie Friday: Design
Bookplates
-Printable bookplates by Helen Dardik
-Printable bookplates by Emily Martin
Desktop wallpaper
-Beautiful iPhone and desktop wallpapers
-Desktop wallpaper from Nate Williams
-Downloadable Marimekko desktop wallpaper
-Desktop wallpaper by Lena Corwin
-Desktop wallpaper and icons by various artists
Stationery and art
-Free printable gift tags from doe-c-doe (Scanned packages of vintage trims with the labels altered)
-Downloadable thank you card by Susan Connor of SusyJack
-Illustrations you can download, print, and frame! (various artists)
Fonts
-45 free handwritten fonts
-Beautiful free fonts at fontsquirrel.com
-House Industries font sampler
I found many of these freebies over at
howaboutorange.blogspot.com
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
A Mad Dash To Decorate 'Mad Men'
For Mad Men set decorator Amy Wells, life is one big scavenger hunt.
The Emmy-winning AMC show is set at an advertising agency in 1960s Manhattan. Each episode takes seven days to shoot, and from the moment she gets the script at the week's first meeting, Wells is off and running, looking for period pieces that will lend authenticity to the scenes.
"During that meeting, my blood pressure goes up really high, and I'm writing really fast and going, oh my god oh my god," she tells Melissa Block. "And sometimes I'm texting other people to start looking for things right away."
Right now, Wells is scouring the thrift shops and garage sales of Los Angeles for Halloween decorations from the early 1960s. And she's just finished work on a vintage airplane interior that involved renting seats from a prop company and re-upholstering them in period-correct fabric.
Wells says show creator Matthew Weiner is not just particular — he's also obsessive and fanatic about getting every detail of the era just right. "But he describes himself and what he wants so clearly and with so much joy that you just embrace it," she adds. "Like last week, he asked for gum under the desks. He said, 'I don't want this place to look, you know, clean. I want it to be real — real.' He wants to show decay."
Wells says that decay is actually a feature of Mad Men's third season, which kicks off this weekend.
"We'll see if the audience notices it," she says, "but the carpets are dirtier — we weren't allowed to have them cleaned. The desks are more worn out. Everything has actually gotten the wear and tear of the last three seasons, and Matt loves it."
It's not just the look that has to be absolutely right. It's also the sound. From the heavy metallic click of an old lighter to the buzz of an oven timer in someone's kitchen, Wells has to make sure the props sound as good as they look. The oven timer was a particular problem: Wells says that when the one on set didn't work, she had to hunt down an identical oven with a functioning timer so that the correct buzz would sound in that episode's soundtrack.
Wells, oddly enough, is one of the few people on the Mad Men staff old enough to remember the era the show depicts. But she doesn't just rely on her memories when she's decorating a kitchen or a swanky office; she's got a vast library of vintage catalogs and decorating books.
"One of the best references — we just used it this morning for the size of a baby blanket — is the Sears catalogs and the Montgomery Ward catalog," she says. "They're so specific, and they have all these items. And then I have every decorating book from the late '40s through the mid-'60s. So Better Homes & Gardens — you know, all those decorating books that came out every year — I have all of those."
And if you've got any vintage junk stashed in the basement — Grandma's old Danish Modern side table, or a big chrome toaster — Wells wants to know about it. "I've used all the stuff that the prop houses already have," she says. "I'm always looking for new stuff."
Via NPR Thanks scott
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Samorost
If you've never played this game, please play it! My husband and I were addicted to Samorost back in 2003 and it still feels so fresh and new 6 years later. The creator has a new game coming out October 16th called Machinarium, it looks sooo cute! Check out some clips below.
Nahcotta Gallery: Flora & Fauna
I took a trip today to the Nahcotta gallery and to do some shop hopping with my friend Sarah in Portsmouth, Nh. I hadn't been there in probably 7 years and was so happy to see so many new shops and more artsy-types walking around sitting in coffee houses or sketching on the streets.
I loved the gallery and all art and home decor. I also saw my first original Matt Stephen's piece!
Friday, October 2, 2009
Freebie Friday
Enjoy!
Beauty
Aveda's free three-piece sample pack (US)
Garnier® Fructis® Triple Nutrition (US)
Aveeno shampoo sample (US)
Food
Free honey nut cheerios sample (US)
Free Homemade for the Holidays recipe brochure(US)
Meds
Emergen-C® sample(US)
Paper
Free Subscription to Rouge magazine(US)
Click here for last weeks samples
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Fall House Tour (Lincoln, MA)
FoMA Fall House Tour Lincoln's Friends of Modern Architecture (FoMA) invites you to tour the updated 1937 Cyrus Murphy House in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Free to FoMA members. Non-members $20 per person. Reservations required as space is limited. Reserve at: fomalincoln@gmail.com and provide your e-mail and phone number. You will be given the address and time for your tour. 10/4: 2pm - 5pm
via Apartment Therapy
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