1 Beautiful, beautiful carved-and-victorian-and-terribly-rickety (a hilarious word that I love)
chair. The sensible man at my favorite thrift store made sure to remind me "This chair is broken. Do you know that? That's why I'm selling it to you for $1". I responded that "that's okay, I know. It's only for decoration". I know he was thinking: this girl is an idiot for lugging home broken, rickety old chairs "for decoration".
and
1 Hilarious and wonderful white ceramic "goose-head" who is going to just be named "Mr. Goose". I don't have the whimsy in me right now to give him a proper name. But he does wear my favorite scarf well, doesn't he? The whole display looks very Goreyesque to me.
and
3 Wonderful, sturdy wooden dining chairs. These I was so grateful for! I was a little miffed and suprised at how expensive nondescript wooden dining chairs are when bought new... even from Target, it seemed like I was looking at about $100 a chair! I painted them a gorgeous cherry red today, but when I tried to photograph them out-of-doors where the painting was taking place, I found that I had what we in the painting business call "spraypaint hand-palsy" and I couldn't get a non-shaky image. You'll see them soon, though.
and
12 lovely wool sweaters which are all felted (some came "pre-felted" for me! Thanks, people who wash and dry their wool sweaters!) and ready to be stitched up into an Alicia-style stocking garland, when the time comes.
Happy Weekend, sweet peas.
Comments (13)
That goose head is awesome! What a great scarf hanger! :)
Cerella · November 11, 2006 at 09:56 PM
god, i love it all. the wall color is fantastic!! xxoo, (and can't wait to see more)
lisa
lisa · November 11, 2006 at 10:48 PM
your space is really shaping up fast, I love it (coveting that goose head too).
blair · November 11, 2006 at 11:42 PM
mr goose is a great find!
janelle · November 11, 2006 at 11:46 PM
Oh I'm lovin Mr.Goosey
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yagmur · November 12, 2006 at 04:50 AM
Your pictures are fabulous!
Melissa R. Garrett · November 12, 2006 at 08:07 AM
The goose head is fantastic. What a different, pretty piece. And the scarf is the perfect complement to it.
Ambika · November 12, 2006 at 01:32 PM
We had the exact same goose (maybe with blue eyes) as a towel hook in the kitchen of my parent's house. My mom probably sitll had it somewhere, so funny.
Mama Urchin · November 12, 2006 at 06:49 PM
You have the aparment I want! Lovely colors and it looks spacious too? My apartment is vintage 80's prefab and all my lovely vintage items rest against plain old apartment almond walls. Sigh. Since I am going to be here for a while I should just suck it up and paint something!! Oh and thrift chairs(the sturdy kind that you can use) are just the biggest blessing because yes- there are no cheap chairs. Even the ugly ones are expensive.
Jenn · November 13, 2006 at 09:40 AM
What an imaginative and inspiring composistion!! :) I love the goose's head used as a rack for a scarf...
Casey · November 13, 2006 at 01:14 PM
I love how that dark wood chair pops against the beautiful blue walls and that white trim. I Can't wait to see more sneak peaks.
Gina · November 13, 2006 at 04:21 PM
Mr Goose - how I love him! And he is so well attired.
cheers, gracia
gracia · November 18, 2006 at 07:05 AM