Flickr Find: Amazing Thrifted Couch

You found this at a thrift store???

As far as I’m concerned this Chris Malmberg guy is some sort of thrift ninja.

From the BackGarage Flickr photo pool.

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Flickr Find: Entry Hall

Entry Hall, originally uploaded by Red Jet Whistle.

This photo got me thinking about landing spaces. You know: a space for your stuff when you walk in the house, where you drop off everything you’ve been carrying with you and start the activity of just… being at home.

I’ve lived in places that didn’t have space for a landing area — only a small amount of room in front of the front door — really the living space opened up right into the hallway. But now that I have a functional foyer, I feel like that minute to decompress makes a difference. And I can always find my keys.

What about you? Hallway? Vestibule? Or are you, like so many others, cursed with a front door that opens up into your couch?

Street Style: Vintage Housewares as
Garden Accessories

A little earlier this year I stumbled across this ingenious use of vintage plates in a small town in Indiana.  With the plethora of dining ware available at estate sales, rummage sales and thrift stores, why pay a lot of money for new bricks and terra cotta when accessorizing your garden?

I also liked this bottle tree, a perfect monument to all the wine someone drinks in a year.  At least it’s being put to good use.

Inspiraton Folder: Hanging Bedside Lamps

I’ve been toying with the idea of hanging vintage swag lamps in the bedroom to give the space a feel that’s a little less Danish Modern, a little more “Eastern harum.”  So I thought I might present to you a recent collage I made of bedside lamps that don’t require bedside tables.  Some are vintage, some are a little more modern.  What do you think?  (Click on the photo to arrive at the original Flickr photo.)