L O V E I T / W A N T I T

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saw this on designboom.com. the "cycle sign" a bicycle reflector made from reused road signs and bicycle tubes. pretty brilliant!

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I N B L O O M

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late june edition.

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

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here's willis with his absolute favorite toy (it's a bird with cowboy boots on)...he's had this for like 3 years now. it was the first one his 'grandparents' (my mother in-law) bought him.

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L U N C H T I M E M I N I T R I P S

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tribeca - schoolhouse electric
Schoolhouse Electric was a short walk from the office down to Tribeca. It's a store i'd been meaning to go in for a few years but was a little too out of the way before now (vestry and hudson st (see what i mean?).
From their website "Between 1900 and 1950 schoolhouse-style shades and light fixtures were widely used in private residences and institutional settings, including schools, galleries and libraries. But by the 1960s only a handful of designs remained in production. Our collection represents some of the best examples of true American lighting design and is the inspiration behind Schoolhouse Electric Co."
Really cool store with, of course, amazing light fixtures (i want so many of them) but also a really cool general design theme of all kinds of schoolhouse stuff like vintage globes, desks, science tables, & chalkboards. very inspirational.

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A R O U N D T O W N

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the new building that rose (too high) on smith and 2nd street has some pretty cool planters...and plants.

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

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M O R E P A R K

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 spent some nice time in Brooklyn Bridge Park again this weekend and thought i'd share more photos. we rode our bikes through here a few weeks ago, but i ventured deeper in and laid around getting some sun on the grassy hump overlooking the water. gorgeous!

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I N B L O O M

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early june edition. lookin' good int he neighborhood!

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

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H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y

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 ...to my dear husband, the love of my life. 

(a belated post with a pic of him & his birthday bike!)

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L U N C H T I M E M I N I T R I P S

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soho - global table

this edition of lunchtime mini trips features a cute store right by the office called Global Table on Sullivan street. as you can see, the front windows is crazy awesome and i just had to go in. from their site "the store stocks a carefully edited selection of dishes and accessories from around the world with an emphasis on simple lines and vivid finishes". fab. i'll show you what i bought in an upcoming post :-)

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A R O U N D T O W N

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over the gorgeous long weekend i took a random bike ride towards the newly completed section of brooklyn bridge park. holy cow! it's absolutely amazing! i really love some of the creative and unconventional choices they've made with shapes, stone, plants. even leaving some of the old pilings in the water as an art piece (i think they're old). anywho, get over there if you can...truly inspiring!

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

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L U N C H T I M E M I N I T R I P S

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west village - HUB station bicycle store

i usually try and get out of the office a bit during lunch. after days of rain and gross weather, it's finally gorgeous out! this week's lunchtime minitrip was a short walk from the office on varick up to
charles street and the HUB station bicycle store. it's like bicycle heaven...actually, city bicycle heaven to be specific since there's lots of great used old bikes and more european style bikes which are perfect for riding here in the city (as opposed to lame 10 speeds and mountain bikes). they have those new-ish linus bikes which are fab, super simple, and perfect for nyc (except for the fact that you cant leave good bikes outside here).

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B A T H R O O M A R T

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art is everywhere....and the coolest is in our bathroom. this excellent numbered print from
House Industries now graces our stark white bathroom. lookin' good!

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

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I N B L O O M

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mid may/purple edition

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H A W K C A M

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ok..i'm officially obsessed with the nyu hawk cam. only one egg out of 3 hatched in the nest, which happens to be perched on the nyu president's windowsill. nice digs.

Watch live streaming video from nytnestcam at livestream.com

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B R I G H T I D E A S P A R T 1

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our architects were chock full of great ideas for interesting lighting...which i love...lighting is an important thing that alot of people overlook. so i'm featuring a few bright ideas they've come up with that i enjoy on a daily basis.

with undercabinet lighting there's always the problem of seeing the ugly fixture. the LED fixtures we had installed aren't THE ugliest things...but i still don't want to see them...just their glorious energy efficient light! 
usually people just put a wood filler piece that matches the cabs in front of the fixture (you usually see this on ikea cabs...but probably on lots of others as well).
that's all fine and good, but then you have this block hanging there below your doors.
i've never seen this anywhere else, but our architects (abruzzo-bodziak) and scherr's cabinets made the cabinet doors longer to hide that as well! cool!

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B R I G H T I D E A S P A R T 2

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another great (and inexpensive ;-) lighting idea is this cool 'cove light' in our bathroom. basically the ceiling drywall stops short of the adjacent wall....then there's a long florescent fixture in the void which is kind of hidden by a little lip. so it just washes the wall in bright light and you never see the fixture. brilliant!

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

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willis is loving the new wide windowsills...and the open windows!

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K I T C H E N O L D & N E W

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well it took about 3 months but this kitchen was well worth the wait (and sweat, and tears). we started in early december, continued on through a few blizzards, some delayed deliveries, plus the holidays, but the last piece (ductless AC!) of this crazy puzzle has made this one amazing kitchen!

the renovation of this kitchen also involved a back hallway and bathroom which is right next to it. it made sense to do both the kitchen and bathroom at the same time since alot of their plumbing was tied into each other (hence the perpetutally clogged drains).

Sources:
caesarstone organic white countertops from Galactic tile brooklyn
oversized subway tile from Cancos nyc
rta custom cabinets from Scherr's :: painted sherwin williams 'repose' gray (uppers) and 'dovetail' gray (lowers)
all faucets are Danze Parma Collection (brushed nickel) from faucet direct.com
extra deep kraus kitchen sink from overstock.com
cork floor tiles from durodesign cork
open shelves made by KF cabinetry brooklyn
bosche stove/microwave, dishwasher
kitchenaid bottom freezer single door fridge
tolix counter stools
titan1 pendant lights from DWR

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