 A few personal notes before I move onto this week’s blog: Congratulations to the Van Everys and a big welcome to Georgia Poppy Van Every, who finally decided to come out of hiding on Thursday, February 26. Can’t wait to meet her! And also a world’s full of good wishes to my friend Marcie, who recently . . . → Read More: Have No Car, Will Travel  I’ve made no secret of our love for found furniture and recycled goods — half of our apartment furniture has been literally picked up off the street. (See the dresser from the bedroom blog.) Sometimes, RocketMan finds a bit of trash that’s every bit as useful as furniture, even if he doesn’t know how useful it’ll . . . → Read More: Oh, How Thy Trash Doth Light the Night  Last summer, another Devil-Ette, The Spitfire, picked up a swell collection of pamphlets from the Alameda Flea Market. We shared a bus home from practice, and we spent one lovely ride home reading through selections from The Amy Vanderbilt Success Program For Women. Back in the 60s, it was apparently a book-of-the-month-like club in which women . . . → Read More: The Amy Vanderbilt Success Program for Heiresses  Occasionally I’d like to share some of the mini-features of our apartment—the little touches that make our apartment a home. Not all of our little bonus items are useful for anything other than visual fun, but quite a few of them actually have a use beyond French-word-for-little-art-things. The Amazing Toilet Paper Swivel Arm This appeared one day . . . → Read More: Toilet paper and toasters, oh my!  It’s been ten days-ish since I blogged, and for good reason—we’ve been working hard on a major bedroom project. And when I say “we,” I mean RocketMan’s been heading down the hill to The Container Store on a near-daily basis, hauling drawers and shims and brackets back up the hill, installing, and I’ve been coming home . . . → Read More: Up, up and off the floor: A Bedroom Makeover |
 
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