Posted in new old house, Vintage on Mar 15th, 2008
We finally found the perfect nightstands… …thanks to eBay and a little vintage Heywood-Wakefield. This is a well-known shape of theirs, and don’t tell anyone – but they are actually end tables. They prove very, very useful in the bedroom. Next we need a headboard. Headboard coming soon. For now, check out the “stepped” tables [...]
Posted in new old house, Vintage on Mar 11th, 2008
First, we have Greg to thank for the classy post title – it was actually the subject line of an email he sent me a few weeks ago: Sadly it was not a randy compliment for his hot, ageless wife; it was a link to something on eBay, a very important thing that we needed [...]
Posted in new old house, Vintage on Jan 30th, 2008
Greg found this terrific vintage desk for Josie on eBay. And though we both loved its super cool Eames-era blond wood looks, this is the age of Josie hating anything that we might like. So he did what any sensitive modern dad would do. He emailed that eBay find to his daughter and asked her [...]
Posted in new old house on Jan 18th, 2008
One new rug, courtesy of eBay. Two new rugs, courtesy of eBay and the Pottery Barn dealer on eBay. Okay, fine…two new rugs courtesy of eBay and the eBay Pottery Barn guy and Greg’s sharp eye, quick “send” finger and excellent bargain-hunting and “neutral but not neutral” judgment. Okay? He’s getting credit. Just so everyone [...]
Posted in new old house, Vintage on Nov 9th, 2007
Our house project has many hands stirring the pot: ours, Dan the builder’s, the floor guys, the cabinet guys, the plumbers and the new neighbors and even – no, especially – the good people at La Prima Tazza, who fuel the whole caffeinated thing. But there is a hand unseen, a silent partner, and this [...]
