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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Since I’ve been thinking a lot about art lately–collecting, appreciating, valuing–I want you (all three of you) to tell me about your relationship with visual art. Do you collect original works? What sort do you admire? Photography, folk art, local artists, masters? Have you studied? Do you view collecting as an objective in your life, […]
The fact that there are people out there buying art worth tens of thousands of dollars for their kids private collections, or that the nine-year-old girl and I have very similar tastes. :-/
h/t Jezebel
