Archive for the 'apartment life' Category
Lust, penury.
2 Comments Published by Sid June 24th, 2008 in isht i can't afford, apartment life, beauty, art.My little box is almost completely furnished. In order of importance, I lack only a kitchen island or baker’s rack for additional preparation space, a bed frame, and some sort of housing for adult refreshments.
I’ve been considering alternatives to a store-bought headboard or frame for the bed: salvaged mantel, folding screen, extravagantly framed giclee […]
At the heart of home.
0 Comments Published by Sid March 23rd, 2008 in apartment life, OPP (other people's posts), shopping, books, bargains, cooking.I started this post weeks ago, actually, and never got around to finishing it. I do that a lot these days. I may finally be over this whole blog thing, it seems. But I wanted to finish it, so I have, more or less. *shrugs*
My mornings these days are simple. I wake, roll directly from […]
More Etsy love.
1 Comment Published by Sid February 29th, 2008 in isht i can't afford, apartment life, art.If I had a spare grand, here’s how I’d spend it:
1. On this figure by loopyboopy. Chuck would be very happy atop a stack of books in my “library.”
2. More Moschell watercolors! This was named Birdie something last time I saw it online, but unframed, it’s less than half what one of his characters usually […]
Sooner or later, bits of life fall into place.
2 Comments Published by Sid February 28th, 2008 in apartment life.I’d expected my apartment search here to be akin to that in New York: shady landlords, dodgy rental agents, barely affordable rents for practically unlivable closets in undesirable neighborhoods. I started casing the online listings in December, planning for a March 1 move. I tightened the purse strings (sort of), anticipating an application process that […]
I am–and will be, for quite a while, I reckon–shelter obsessed. All of my Internet carousing is now dedicated to tarting up my nest.
My favorite site today? Etsy.com. Full of handcrafted art, apparel and home goodness. (Especially this stunner, which I would LOVE to have in my dressing room, which is what I’m calling my […]
