Last February’s Vintage Bazaar was a wild, mad crush of design and people, so…. let’s do it again. For this show, I’m working with some familiar and some new materials to give found items a fun and functional new life. Pair of ribbon ottomans. This sturdy institutional pair I picked up in the dumpster, refinished and upholstered [...]
July 26, 2010
Hanging out near the lake on Sunday, I found four of these. They’re 4 feet high orange felt panels. Sound insulators from a studio? As is, would the world embrace them as concept art? The panels are too flimsy for a screen, but ready made to become unpaintings. This one, from a thrifted mid century modern apartment [...]
July 23, 2010
Kudos to Nadeau for bringing this small-space friendly piece to market. It’s less than a ruler in width and 53″ long, so there are lots of possibilities where it can fit in–in the hall, a bedroom sized dining room or on the back side of a couch. Then, when you have a free Saturday [...]
July 20, 2010
Posted on a telephone pole going into the alley near me. The email address is bfffinder@gmail.com if you want to give it a try, too.
July 18, 2010
The Edgewater Beach Hotel, that big pink building on the skyline near the bend at Hollywood, was once a glamorous, swinging destination. A guest list of stars from movies to world politics vacationed, dined and danced on the marble floor that extended out to the beach. Gandhi, Babe Ruth, Marilyn Monroe, Nat King Cole… The [...]
July 15, 2010
It. Is. Hot. Too hot to refinish furniture, but just right for making ice cream. Flavor of the week is Basil Chocolate, a reprise from last year around this time. But first, a few images and links to share. Colorful buildings, a community-driven mural project in Brazil slum. Sharon’s kitchen window. Letter bench from the Chair blog. I did [...]
July 13, 2010
A glimpse of creativity from four imaginative girls. Each Christmas the four friends would trade something handmade – a clay sculpture, a journal of pressed flowers or a painted tee. These are watercolors from a calendar of twelve illustrations and strung together with yarn, of course. It’s one of my favorite possessions–pure imagination. Mushrooms on the 4th [...]
July 11, 2010
Not that anybody I know needs a console table, but this apartment-size table looks like the kind of piece you use for awhile, then pass on to the next person who might have space in their hallway or behind the couch. On a new route heading toward the Loop, I came upon the table hanging [...]
July 11, 2010
In case you missed them, two recent stories about recycling clothing. Keep up the good work, Chicago! Your thrift shop racks seem to be overflowing. I wonder how other cities’ efforts compare to New York’s in this first report. New Yorkers Won’t Travel More Than Ten Minutes to Donate Clothes This September, New York City plans to [...]
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July 28, 2010
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