"A New York apartment is transformed from plain-Jane new build to candy-colored pop culture-laced wonderland." The current issue of Flea Market Cottage is brilliant and we are not just saying that because they dedicated 12 pages of this past issue to Jeanie's apartment! Within these pages, you will be able to spot some of our favorite ... read more
It has been an obscenely long time since I posted. To say I've been busy with client work is an understatement, but I wasn't too busy to have the rare opportunity to observe this woman deliberate over the merits of my recently discarded tv stand. (It had been striped it of all its crafty charm prior to leaving it in the building's trash ... read more
I used to date a guy who never knew what day of the week it was or what date of the month or quite possibly what month we were presently living in. As someone who has built a career because I have an uncontrollable compulsion for detailed organization, I thought his inability to be aware of time was ludicrous. Until today when I showed up at ... read more
Perhaps pinterest should be to blame - I am consumed with the desire to trade in my reliable, albeit boring billy for a new quirkier bookcase. Being totally obsessed with need, everything I saw at the Brooklyn Flea had potential no matter how farfetched. If the price was right, the vintage soda pop in-store display would have been riding the ... read more
My friends are a crafty lot. Whereas by day their creativity might be conservatively contained in a cubicle, at home it comes out in spades. I love seeing how collections are displayed, color palettes integrated and storage issues solved. This particular friend moved from a dark 1 bedroom apartment in Brooklyn to bright highrise studio in lower ... read more
Years ago one of my bffs thought we should open a store together - we have similar sensibilities, style and both are entrepreneurial. Owning a store is not playing store however, my real fear is that I wouldn't be able to create an interesting & dynamic space. The kind that not only entices you to buy, but never leave. This fear is a tad ... read more
Source: fab.com via apartmentjeanie on Pinterest For a person who doesn't eat poultry and has never been to a KFC, I'm crazy about that Colonel. This advertising figure encompasses 4 of my obsessions: vintage food promotion, nostalgic americana, bobbleheads & of course, the Colonel Sanders. finger lickin good, xxoo. ... read more
