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
I haven't been feeling inspired lately. Perhaps it the overwhelming task of maintaining a strong & interactive social media campaign which I am not #winning lately either. So after a few hours of tooling around north Williamsburg with my friend who is in dire need of pulling her apartment together, the creativity started to slither its way ... 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
I recently had a spade of awesome press in Houzz & NewYork.com and sandwich in between was a photo shoot for a new print magazine (remember the time when you didn't need to specify print versus digital?!). Looking at my home through the lens of another made me aware of all the small details that I take for granted. These little pockets of ... 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
Lately I've been motivated to start building lamps, light fixtures & chandeliers. Every random street cast off I spy gets careful consideration if it can be crafted into a light source. Of course I have yet to actually buy a lamp kit and create something brilliant, but I am tripping over the abundance of inspiration whether it is a wall ... read more
Recently I have been installing a slew of jewelry display walls for my female clientèle. Although not all pieces are works of art, but by hanging them on the wall, you can: see what you ALREADY own streamline your dressing routine protect from potential damage - tangles & knots mix & match creatively show off what you ... read more
As a professional organizer, I am quite decisive about what should be kept or discarded. I know right from wrong, left from right and black versus white. But why is that I cannot discern the fine line between collecting and hoarding?! This elusive distinction is what keeps me in check - most the time. Although the inexplicable (well, it is ... 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
