A new resident will be installed in the hallway this weekend, and it comes from Zeeland, Michigan.
January, 2008 Monthly archive
Just a few things…
→ I feel nice wearing magenta.
→ I’m feeling extra good about where I live lately, because we’ve finally started meeting more like-minded people nearby. It’s amazing how just meeting up with a new friend for coffee can make you feel a million times more positive about just about everything.
→ (Which makes me want to host dinner parties.) (And makes me miss Brooklyn a little bit less.)
→ The weather today is perfect. Sunny, cold, clear.
→ We have a new plumber coming this weekend to assess the bathroom situation (yes, it still looks like that) and see if maybe we can get going on the work that needs to be done. I didn’t mention it here before, but our previous plumber kind of just never showed up again after a certain point, and, well…it would be really nice to have a second bathroom.
→ That kind of work will take money, though, so it looks like we’re not going to be traveling to Sweden for Midsummer as I had been hoping. Another time!
The Stendig calendar is finally hanging.
Evan’s comic book boxes (some of them, at least) are lined up neatly on shelves.
We switched the bedroom with the office/studio. Now we have a smaller bedroom that’s dark in the early mornings and quiet at night, and a workspace that’s spacious and filled with light (photos to come).
I love yellow tulips!
A few days ago I was skimming through the Design House Stockholm website, and I came across these gorgeous “Bono” mugs designed by Catharina Kippel. Instantly overtaken by the perfection of the one with the droplet pattern in particular (I have a bit of an obsession with teardrop shapes), I grabbed the photo, posted it on Flickr, and started to agonize over the likely cost of shipping and VAT to get a set of these delivered to me in New York.
Shortly thereafter, Katie popped in to inform me that Crate & Barrel is selling all four of the Design House Stockholm mugs for a mere $10.95! HOORAY. Needless to say, I’ll be stopping in to C&B tonight to pick up several.
More things that are making me happy today:
I love this kitchen by DAPStockholm (found via designsponge), with its red Arne Jacobsen faucet (part of the Vola line I love) and the Cole & Sons wallpaper (which I really expected to be tiring of by now, but I still love it). It reminds me of another favorite kitchen of mine.
I really do love red in the kitchen! Isn’t it nice how everything starts to tie together after a while?
Also:
+ I’ve really been enjoying Alice’s posts over at Peapods.
+ Camilla posted really beautiful photos of her morning walk yesterday.
+ It’s almost the weekend!
