This incredible lamp was a graduation gift by my amazing friend, Wendy Costa! Its huge and fantastic in person, and has a wonderfully kitschy fairy princess ballerina girl with horns!! (look cl...
Just pulled into home! Im not officially moved yet- this is just the first of many moving trips, but its still very exciting!!! Cant wait to make it mine :)
When I came out to my mother years ago, among the drama and craziness was her worries over the fact that she wouldnt get grandkids. While Im still not so much a kid person (at least having my o...
Heres some pictures of the kitchen from winter break. The before! Ive done nothing to the space in these photos. The vintage 1940s linoleum floor was unfortunately too far gone to be saved. And actua...
Now that Im graduating from the University of MD next week (woo!!), I must admit Ive been taking full advantage of the whole "I just finished 4 years of college- I deserve a little somethin somet...
I didnt think I could top myself with the recent sink, but these iron chairs are incredible!! I feel like Im on a roll now that school is ending! Now I havent actually bought them yet,...
I dont have time for a long post, but I figured Id give everyone a heads up that Im gonna be sellin a bunch of stuff before I move this summer! Ive already posted and sold a bunch of stuff on craigsl...
I can barely speak! This is easily one of my favorite finds... I just brought her home, and Im now the proud owner of a gorgeous original mint green farmhouse sink! I didnt want to post anything unti...
Just thought Id share where my studio project was going.... for the 3rd part of the project, we were given someone elses "artifact" (I did the radio thing in the last post), and we had to des...
For the second part of our project on transformations, we were told we had to make some sort of artifact that related to our video. It had to be small enough to fit in the palm of our hand, but other...
Well, one of the more fun projects this semester in studio was a film project where we had to document some form of transformation...It could be anything really, totally up to our interpretation... t...
And now for the home stretch... the last semester of Architorture! Alas, Ill be released from Architraz! (ok, enough with the architecture puns...)But seriously, I cant believe it! This is beyond hug...
Im done with fall semester!!!!!!!!!!....Well, I should be! But instead, I still have 20 pages of papers to write by tuesday. I havent quite escaped from Architraz yet... Funnn.... All I can say is th...
Hey guys!Im going to be graduating in May, and am really excited because Ive just finalized my first house after college! So of course I have to share my pics and excitement! Im actually going to be ...
In the spirit of Halloween, I figured Id share one of my favorite houses with you guys- the Webster Wagner Mansion in Palatine Bridge, NY. Whether or not this place is really haunted, it sure looks t...
So, this past summer I was walking around the antique flea market in Bouckville, NY (VERY yummy), and came across this forlorn little lampshade. It wasnt really for sale by itself, it just came with ...
Hey everyone! Sorry Ive been gone for forever! This past year has just been...well... packed isnt a strong enough word! In addition to surviving being an architecture student, Ive just had a ton of o...
First off, lemme just say,Im FREEE!!! Well, for the most part at least. Studio is over! And winter break has basically started. I have one final exam still in a week, but I have plenty of time to jus...
(P.S. If 2 of these posts show up in your blog feed, pick the top-most one. Some slight blogger issues..)As crazy as architecture has been, that sure doesnt mean Ive taken a break on finding and resc...
Alrighty! After writing everyones names down the appropriate number of times and tossin ya all in the blender, I shook it up (figured itd be a bit hard to read if I blended ya!), picked a name, and o...
Its been way too long since I had one of these! Theyre so much fun!Ok, so here we have a couple items, all for your vintage smoothie-makin pleasure! First up is 1960s Hamilton Beach blender!Im not su...
Sometimes I dont know how I do it. But I think Ella Mae Morse has the right idea.Except Im not waiting for a man, Im waiting for a project deadline. Oh well, who needs a man when you have architectur...
I feel like Im trying to sneak back in with a regular post and hope no one notices Ive been gone for so long... Yes, yes, I know I havent been a good blogger recently, but I just started my junior ye...
Bad blog! Bad blog! Or bad blogger might be more like it.... Has it really been a month since I posted last?? Yikes I was thinkin more like a week or two! Wow time flies... I figured Id have more tim...
If you own vintage stuff, or heck, ever get stuff thats just a pain to get clean, you have to get Mr. Clean magic erasers! Im not sure if product shout-outs is anti-blog etiquette, but this has to be...
Yayy! Its basically done! I may change or add stuff over time, but the foundation of the living room is now in place!And yes, yes I know I was supposed to post this yesterday evening, but well, I jus...
Ok... it is now 5:13 in the afternoon...wait..I mean morning. This is how tired I am. Ive been meaning to get the "after" photos of the sofa and chair up. And well, what started as wanting to...
Well first off, I scored a sofa set!! It came out of the house of the original owners, where I also got lots of other goodies, but for now well focus on the sofa. Id been looking for a good 50s sofa ...
Its gonna be a busy Sunday, and Im excited! I dont know whats been goin on lately, but Im still rollin along on my vintage roll!! Ive gotten some incredible finds lately (some I still need to show yo...
PLEASE go here and vote!!! (no really... pretty please??)CLICK me!The National Trust for Historic Preservation is in this online voting thingy to get a ton of money (I think 200k). Theyve been doing ...
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