Wednesday, February 29, 2012

L A S T   Y E A R

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this time last year our plumber and electrician were puttin' on the finishing touches. our plumber was putting in finishing fixtures and faucets in both the bathroom and kitchen...and our electrician was installing these gorgeous pedants. They really are a statement!


Titan1 pendant from Design Within Reach
hello hot stuff








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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

P L E A S E   V O T E !


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designsmitten has been nominated for an Apartment Therapy Homie Award! A true honor as many of my favorite blogs from around the world are up as well. Voting closes march 2 So please go over and vote now!  It's quite easy...just scroll to the bottom of the list and resister (you only need an email). I'm at about 11 votes so look for designsmitten right around there on the list. thanks!







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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

I T ' S   D O N E !


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well it only took chris all of a few days (not including waiting for the legs to be delivered) to make this gorgeous coffee table... came out amazing huh?





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T O O   C U T E   T U E S D A Y


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christmas 2012's hot new toy is the "catnip banana"! this banana is getting more play than the previous favorite toy "yellow bird with cowboy boots".



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H A P P Y   B I R T H D A Y


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wishing Dad L a happy b-day...and many more!!



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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

I N   P R O G R E S S   2


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coffee table hairpin legs



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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

T O O   C U T E   T U E S D A Y


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Monday, February 13, 2012

I N   P R O G R E S S


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after looking extensively for a simple coffee table, chris decided to make one himself out of plywood and stainless steel hairpin legs (on order). the plywood will go nicely with some of the other pieces in our living room that use a similar/same material. stay tuned.


a nice angled, rounded edge is key.

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L I V I N G   R O O M   F L O R


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take a look at the new Flor carpet tiles laid out in the living room!


the winning pattern (partially hidden under sofa)

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

S M A L L   C H A N G E S


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back in november we finally got to painting the bedroom again...it's been about 5 years (what!?) since we finished the downstairs renovation so it was overdue. plus our contractor put his foot through the ceiling when we were redoing the kitchen which is directly above...thankfully he didnt completely fall through and get hurt! add to that 2 cats who like to sit in the windows and dont always stick the landing when jumping up there resulting in lots of paw prints on the walls underneath. we followed what we did in the kitchen and had marble windowsills installed...it really makes so much more sense than wood or plaster sills (dirty cat feet aside) and it just looks cleaner and more 'finished'.
then we just repainted the ceiling and painted the walls a slightly grayer gray than previous (from ben moore 'paper white' to a grayer 'dove wing').  fresh!




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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

A T   T H E   F L E A


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every weekend here in brooklyn we have the wonderful 'brooklyn flea' to look forward to.
in the winter months it's held in the gorgeous landmark interior of the old williamsburg savings bank on flatbush ave. we're always drawn to any kind of old typography items and this week we bought a handful of metal letters for our big jar of woodblock letters on our office desk. I had to have the R as a tribute to my former last name.



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C A T   A P P R O V E D


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we got our flor carpet tiles delivered yesterday...of course it took arnold all of 2 minutes to start testing and investigating the comfort level.



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