home for the ol' tube

Amazing find at a farmer's/flea market. It was stained brown, but thought it might look better with some of the wood peeking through the brown. So we sanded it pretty roughly and then stained. It's so easy! Next time, I plan on coating myself with bug spray and wearing gloves so I don't sand my fingers. But, this was well worth the mosquito bites. I'd do it all over again in a heartbeat.

brooklyn gang, summer 1959

Bruce Davidson can do no wrong. Oh, what I would do to own one of his books, let alone meet him. Check out his stuff here.

the treehouse

So my friend moved into an amazing new house last weekend and we re-painted her room to a) open up the space and b) make it a happy room instead of the gloom-and-doom room it was before. Worked out great! We thought about painting one wall + ceiling yellow, but nixed it since we figured the landlords would be unamused by it. Two yellow + two white walls = perfect. All in a very literal day's work.

I also want to shamelessly point out that we fixed all of the prior painter's mishaps.

Just discovered 216 Union. Their bags and totes are pretty great, but I'm really enjoying that they're branching out into lightweight (read: comfortable) shirts with sweet prints.

(in the unlikely event they read this, if they're looking for someone to clean up/organize their blog. i'll do it in a heartbeat.)

Come again? The Joule in Dallas, TX. I'd be interested in seeing some full/semi-underwater pictures taken at the edge of that pool.

No words. Other behind-the-scenes white house photos here.

This post is dedicated to Lyle. Enjoy Cupcakes could only be made better if it were a traveling mobile. Their about video is great, too. 'Cept I would replace husband with a friend and child with a puppy.

Matt had this one his blog. It's just one of those things that everyone needs to see.

Coffee has issues with me, so I can't really drink it, but I'd still get this just based on how good it would look in a kitchen. (más)

These are curtains-- sick!

Big fan of THESEARETHINGS.

inception inception inception inception inception inception inception. it's so good i don't even know how to talk about it. you have have have have have to see it.

Want. bags from MAKR.

Experimenting with light leak.

(más: flickr.com/doublegrr)

Beautiful. It doesn't even look like she's falling. (más)

I know have some deja vu issues, but I'm completely positive this isn't one of them. I've definitely seen this painting on one of the million blogs I stalk-- I just can't figure out which one and it's been bothering me since I saw the painting in person last night. I remember it was a small image on a website with a white background (helpful)-- I also remember thinking "wow, i wish i could paint like that" after seeing it online (again, helpful). Maybe you'll know? All three of you who check my blog?

Either way, I properly stalked the rest of his portfolio online and it's way cool. Seriously: Nick Ward.

"So pretty it hurts" is right. Winter 2010 by Juliette Hogan.

Somehow I ended up on a blog called "this is stylish" or something along that line and every picture they showed had seriously emaciated models-- bony, no hips, nothing. It's too bad the industry mandates skinny is pretty because healthy is a helluvalot more pretty and should be showcased (cue: Kate Dillon above).