Guilty Pleasure

Okay folks, I have a secret... I read perezhilton as one of my guilty pleasures. I know, I know- lame right? I get it I really do- but it's like this awful addiction. Similar to reading all of the headlines to the national enquirer while waiting to ring up your groceries, but this at least is in the comfort of my home. Suffice to say- I'm not giving it up anytime soon. However, my guilty pleasure is not the reason I'm writing about perezhilton. I'm writing because today, while scrolling through his site I found this...



This is about an organization in my home town! Westfield, MA folks- and thank god it wasn't about something crazy or scandalous. Well... thats it- just thought I'd share that tid-bit with you all. It is a small strange world we live in folks... small and strange.

A SPECIAL THANKS TO

My cat- for being really supportive and a huge help along the way! :)

Project 2.0 - It's done!

I can't actually believe I went into this not knowing anything about re-upholstering, but I have to say that despite my sore finger tips, this was relatively pain-free!

There were a few surprises (of course) along the way, like reconstructing the webbing for the cushion. This I did using some extra canvas I had lying around, then there was the cording that I made, but that was really easy! The only difficult part was only having two sets of hands, a third or fourth would have been helpful!

Hope this inspires you guys to go out there and tackle your own projects, its definitely worth it in the long run.

Project 2.0 update!

I have spent all day on the floor cutting and sewing bits and pieces, and at the end of the day I have a chair that is in little pieces and cushion sewn!!! I'm so excited that it came out nice, and not ugly at all. Upholstery really isn' t that hard, it's kind of like a big multi-dimensional puzzle that you take apart and put back together.

Here are some process pics. Expect a final after shot soon!

COOL THINGS

On my walking tour I managed to stop by Urban Outfitters to check out their advertised "yard sale" to see if indeed they had any cheap things (since this is a rare occurrence). To my dismay they didn't- but they did have some cool home accessories that I snapped a few pics of. The first being the letters- they have them in metal and paper options in bold colors and I think various fonts... I can't remember exactly. I may have been trying to hide my camera from some "employees" or those people who hang around there and occasionally ring up your purchases. The second find were these cute sets of tupper-ware-esque dishes that buckle together to create a lunch-box type unit. For $20.00 it wasn't worth it- but it was cute enough for me to pause and think about it. Enjoy!

Coveting: Rooftop Gardens

Walking around the city yesterday, I realized how many buildings have sweet rooftop gardens. These two are just some of the hundred that I probably saw- but their location to the public garden and views of the city sort of make them the most ideal and I'm incredibly jealous of them both!

Project 2.0

So this is a new project, one that I hadn't really considered up until the past few weeks. This tub chair is something that Tony and I purchased together about two years ago for $10.00 from these old men who put up a flea market on corner of Jersey Street and Queensbury Street in the Fens, on pretty much any day they feel like it. The bones of the piece are great, and despite it having a huge tear in the middle of the seat, we felt it was a bargain. Now after a few years of upgrades in other pieces of furniture, we were in the market for a new chair, but I decided that maybe I could start training my upholstery muscles on this little piece with the hopes of eventually re-upholstering our SOFA. So on Tuesday I went for a walk down to Winmill Fabrics in Chi-Town and did some shopping and for 15.00 bucks I walked out with some orange threads and a little bit of hope!

Sunny Days in Boston

Although they aren't rare (contrary to what people may believe) we haven't had one in a few days here- but Today was glorious and I spend most of it outside walking around. Luckily I had my handy-dandy camera with me and I took some shots of different things I noticed and love about this city. Look for these photos in the next few entries- I'm really excited about them!

Sometimes I love gourmet magazine

Like today, when Apartmenttherapy led me to their summer cocktail page, where they are slowly releasing drinks from various era's as the summer lingers on. So far the 40's and 50's have been revealed and I'm impressed. I'm not a big drinker, and I probably won't taste or even bother trying to mix these myself, but I'm currently salivating over them all. They just look so thirst quenching and delicious. I guess that's what they are supposed to be huh? Yummers

Here's your link for the 1940's link and the 1950's