I have a wood-burning fireplace, so I could burn it regardless. We just have a program in my city where we can recycle shredded paper, so I’d like to see as much of it recycled as possible (while still protecting myself from identity theft).
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How’s your dad getting on?
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Okay so far, though recovery is slow. He’s finally on a clear liquid diet as of yesterday, and they’re weaning him off the epidural.
How’s your dad doing?
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I hope he’s comfortable at least.
That’s @cheem1, of whom we should also ask “how’s your dad?”
My dad would have been 101 this year!
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Ah, sorry. Wanted to make a quick reply before I forgot and didn’t use enough brain cells.
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I hope your dad (and you) are doing better! (Sorry I didn’t respond sooner, I had to run out and vote and get stuff done today.)
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WOW. Today was a day!
I moved about 6 weeks ago and left a good portion of my furniture behind - because mostly I didn’t particularly like it and because of cost considerations.
I’ve had nowhere to sit except a folding chair I bought at Target.
it got to the point where I decided it was time to just miss a credit card payment and get me a couch.
But I do not have so much money.
Certainly not enough money for my dream couch.
over $3000 on Design Within Reach for the knockoff version.
I scroll through the offerings on Facebook Marketplace and Craiglist getting more and more depressed. I can’t afford much and I really need a place to sit. Some cute things but still it’s all relatively low quality.
Until - what the actual fuck?
Is that? The ACTUAL vintage sofa?
Yes, in fact, it is and it is so badass I cannot even tell you.
The story is that the guy selling it used to deal in the REAL hardcore antiques - the 17c stuff that goes for many many Ks. So the midcentury stuff he collected for himself was just kind of a throwaway thing. He had this at his mom’s place and needs to downsize as she is moving. He is sending me over the info on the model from when he authenticated it with the dealer.
We’ve actually become friends and it’s fun to talk to another design junkie.
But even if it’s not a real couch, I got it for a great price even for a knockoff.
I actually love the blue print even more.
But WAIT it gets BETTER!
I have to get my tire looked at, and it takes me next door to a store I’d checked out once before, a liquidator that gets scratch dent stuff and all kinds of odds and ends. I knew they got a few Target pieces. So, I check through those and I end up with this chair for $30 - brand new in the box, not opened.
and the color is an exact perfect match partway through the blue of the seat and the blue of the bolster part of the daybed (which, yes, is removeable).
So now I have an actual Adrian Pearsall couch AND a counter stool AND now all the other furniture that I didn’t think really went with my new apartment is all vibing and happy together.
It was a really good day. 
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Next you’ll have to get cushions!
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I do need some throw pillows. Probably from my friend Virginia’s fabric collection:
Probably this one
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That goes well, and the kitty will like the birds!
I’m not tall, so I tend to need sofa pillows . . .
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I’m trying to decide how into the mid-century mod vibe to get. I, personally, am more interested in straight up modern design than the mid-century. With this piece here, it’s pretty easy and tempting to go for a more period look, but I think that would be a mistake, and not really want I want. Today I should be at a point where I start to figure out art above it.
I have a lot of blue pieces in the apartment, and it’s just naturally come together that the color story is about 3 shades of blue - a robin’s egg blue, a sort of royal blue I guess you call it, and then a navy accent + pink + gold + cream. So I want to bring in a pink chair to face the couch - something comfy and more neutral in design, and perhaps a robin’s egg blue more mid century look. Add a few gold accents and a low bench in front of the couch and I think I’m in business.
And exploring lighting options because lighting is my jam.
Love this one on Pier 1 but it’s not in gold so not sure
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Let me talk to you about the wonders of spray paint…
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+1 for @Wisconsin_Platt’s idea. The former owner of my condo left behind a key rack I loved the design of, but it was in brass. I don’t like yellow metal much, plus all the doorknobs were in the building’s standard brushed nickel finish. I got some paint, and it was a 10 minute job + 24 hours to dry. After a year some of the hooks have the paint worn off, but it’s not that noticeable when the keys are hung from it. You wouldn’t have that issue on a lighting fixture anyhow.
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Interesting Idea. gonna ponder on it. I rather like the silver and have considered glamming up my bedroom with all silver (which works better with the apartment fixtures and the other rooms mostly gold, but not sure. I think I’ll post up a pinterest board of my stuff and crowdsource some ideas for finishing this out. I like decorating but I definitely am not a pro.
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Stencils. Graffiti in figure and ground.
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Examples?
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It doesn’t look like a pattern is needed (no detail in the design will be visible anyway), just a contrasting color or two of spray paint and a big card. Just think of big shapes (triangles and squares and whatnot) and figure out if you want to make any use of the underlying brass color. You could even dry-brush to bring it back as highlights.
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This is going to sound like a weird thing to celebrate… but finally, after two surgeries, my father had his first bowel movement. Which means, I hope, that he’s really starting to recover, if very very slowly. And he managed to walk to the bathroom and back (with the nurses’ help of course) which is good because after the fascia repair he hasn’t been able to move around much at all. He’s also on a regular diet, though he isn’t eating much since they’ve been feeding him via TPN (IV nutrients) and liquid lipids.
Progress, yay!
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It is an important step forward. Good luck to him!
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