Y E S . . . T H E R E ' S M O R E

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dining room table

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N O E S C A P E

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not even the kitchen can escape a little christmas cheer. i just filled a vase i had with pine cones, grabbed some twigs from outside, and threw on some extra snowflake ornaments to tie the snowflake theme together through the house. then threw a few extra bits and pieces on the cake stands i have on the shelf. easy, modern and rustic all at once.

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H O L I D A Y C R A F T C R A Z Y

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aside from the christmas tree (which i already posted about) i've been fully getting into the christmas spirit around here...at least the decorating spirit, not so much the shopping spirit...and even better a bit of crafting spirit...because when else do i do crafty things? over the weekend i made holiday 'bunting' (garland in 'american' i guess) which i found at chezlaarson.com...just cut up last years christmas cards (which i did last year as this was supposed to be a post christmas project) and sew them together...cute!

holiday bunting (garland) made form last years christmas cards and sewn together!

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I T ' S B E G I N N I N G . . .

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...to look alot like christmas awesomeness! since we'll be staying local this year AND since last year we had no christmas stuff up at all  (it killed me) because we were renovating...i'm going christmas crazy this year! the tree's just the start.

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C H A I R ' S D O N E !

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the newly reupholstered chair is finally back from Dreams upholstery. And it looks amazing...look at those details and how the pattern lines up....amzing! i think the fabric ordered from Tonic Living in Canada was definitely the right choice...sophisticated, fun and modern.

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H O T S T U F F

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our architects abruzzo/bodziak were over at our place taking some amazing shots of the kitchen with their new tilt-shift lens. omg...gorgeous photos! be sure to cruise over to their site to see more of our project and all the other beautiful spaces and projects they've been working on!

 
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A L M O S T

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the day before thanksgiving and here's the first trees being delivered to mazzone's hardware store here on court street. can't wait to get a nice big tree this year!

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T O O C U T E T U E S D A Y

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A R O U N D T O W N

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...or maybe this should be called 'around the borough'. this is one of my favorite stores in Williamsburg to poke around in called Moon River Chattel. As described (on apartmenttherapy.com) "an antique and home store that will charm your senses with it's vintage chic. And for those who have whole brownstones to do, they also do architectural salvage, plumbing fixtures and hardware."
It's one of those stores where you want to buy everything in it but don't know where the heck you'd put it...everything's just so cool.

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G A R D E N C L E A N U P

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it's that time of year again...getting the yard tucked in for the winter. this starts with putting the furniture away, which leads to organizing the shed a bit. It was a gorgeous weekend for an autumn outdoor activity....and enjoying some of the beauty along the way.

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C O N G R A T S

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here's a great piece about a wonderful project our architects (and dearest cousins ;-) Abruzzo-Bodziak took on.... featured on Fast Company's awesome design blog.  
"The Greenhouse Project in Brooklyn is a conceptual “pop-up farm” that would be built in Cypress Hills, a low-income neighborhood with extremely high obesity rates and a dearth of access to nutritious food. A forward-thinking group of architects, engineers, and designers hopes to offer a corrective by providing hydroponic food to local residents through an off-grid mobile unit. The group estimates that it could farm 8,000 pounds of produce every 12 weeks.
The Greenhouse Project is just one of several collaborations under the direction of desigNYC." 

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D R O P O F F

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we finally dropped off the chair to be reupholstered at Dreams Upholstery in Queens. looking forward to her coming back a new woman!

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A P P R O V E D

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well the chair we cough on criagslist is here....it's crazy orange but we're getting some great upholstery done. at least the cats approve.

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3 0 Y E A R S

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hard to believe today marks 30 years :-(

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S A M P L E S I N !

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we got our fabric samples from tonicliving and they're looking pretty great! can you guess which one is the front runner?

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T E S T D R I V E

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after the big nyc fabric hunt last weekend i may just wind up buying something online...which seems crazy. i did order some samples so that may be the deciding factor. in the meantime chris had some fun with photoshop to try some of the patterns we like on the chair we bought on craigslist and are picking up this weekend.

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T O O C U T E T U E S D A Y

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perfection!

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H U N T I N G

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now that we've found the coolest chair to cover with cooler fabric, we're on the hunt to find that perfect fabric. which is harder than i thought it would be. ironically, being in the center of the fabric and fashion universe makes it hard to find exactly what we want. there's just too many stores with too much cheesy fabrics...not the graphic, modern prints we're searching for. 
saturday we went to Mood (of project runway fame) and it was clear right from the start why everyone goes here (i'm not talking about tourists). the draw is that things are actually organized! imagine that! going into a fabric store where you can see just about everything right from the aisle because it's displayed out in the open...and not buried under 6 bolts of fabrics that you have to dig through.
it was fun to look around but we didn't really find what we were looking for.
i'm thinking i'll wind up ordering something online, as if i live in topeka kansas!

thank you mood!

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F O U N D

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we've been thinking about getting a cool vintage chair and re-upholstering it for a bit (inspiration thanks to sarah's house on hgtv!). we've found a killer chair which we'll pick up next week. now it's onto a cool, modern fabric to upholster it with. this is gonna be tough.

Milo Baughman Chair (1960's era)

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T H I S I S R E A L

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"Crafting with Cat Hair shows readers how to transform stray clumps of fur into soft adorable handicrafts" no joke.

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T O O C U T E T U E S D A Y

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L I V I N G R O O M M O V E A R O U N D

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can you tell we're itching to do something with this living room? the rest of our house is pretty much done and renovated...and awesome. except our living room. this is the last room to be worked on and the one we spend most of our time in! the plan is to "just" refinish the walls, floors, ceiling all while trying to preserve the look of all of the ornamantal moldings that are so great. maybe in the spring ;-)
so in the meantime we move stuff around. we have a good start here...just need a few things to complete
the look.

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