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Far Far Away.

photographyMay 24 20130 Comment

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It’s no secret that I’m in love with all of photographer Gray Malin’s work. Today he posted his latest collection, shot on the salt flats of Bolivia under the mentorship of famous Bolivian photographer Gastón Ugalde. At an elevation of 12,000 feet, the color temperature reaches 7000 kelvins, making colors appear much brighter than the eye can normally see. All of these photos are unedited and un-enhanced. You can read more about Malin’s process and see behind the scenes shots HERE.

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I really love the one of the llamas. Go look at them on his site, because they are huge. HERE.

Flora and Fauna

photographyMay 23 20134 Comments

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Some flora and fauna photos that I took in Jersey last weekend. Some of them I really love. Some of the pictures are just so JERSEY.

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Have a great day!

DIY: Bri’s Tumbling Block Gold Leaf Table.

DIYMay 22 20134 Comments

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Do you guys remember Bri Morris’s awesome blog called Me, You and a Wiener Dog? The blog was hilarious, plus Bri is a genius and meticulous DIYer. Anyway, she shuttered her blog and doesn’t miss it (!!!) but we still keep in touch via instagram. I saw her process shots of this amazing piece and asked her to share it with us on Sketch42!

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Here is what she did to make this bad boy:

The inspiration came from cube patterned ables she had seen on 1st Dibs. The tumbling cube pattern has been popular in design forever…

First, she made a small stencil by using tracing paper on her iPad and then transferred it onto heavy matte paper to make the stencil. She traced the design on a solid wood parsons table she already owned that she had primed and painted white. Using a small brush she painted in the remaining squares grey and tried to give it a bit of a fading look just to give it more character and keep it from looking to perfect.Then, she used an 18kt Krylon leafing pen on the squares and actual gold leaf around the table edging to break up the pattern a bit. She claims the squares are not perfect since she freehanded most of it while painting. Looks perfect to me. She tried using painters tape but because of the wood grain the paint would run causing more work. She has since gone over small mistakes and straightened up some of the lines. Since she is still fixing small mistakes she has yet to seal or protect her work. However she definitely encourages this step to keep from further damaging or ruining the design.

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All in all, she claims she had some terrible headaches from this DIY but the outcome was worth it! The table is now in her sons playroom, which is a work in progress. (SOME PLAYROOM!) Of course, I coudlnt not ask about that amazing Darth Vader print. It’s courtesy of Bri’s sister Coral Couch. She is currently studying photography at The Art Institute in Nashville. The Vader pictures are something that Bri and her sister have been working on, however she’s the photographer. The idea came from Bri’s 8 yr old who is OBSESSED with Darth Vader! He would wear the Vader mask around the house in his pajamas as if normal. In fact he recently placed his Vader mask on her mirrored pedestal…. she didn’t have the heart to move it.

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You can follow Bri on instagram HERE, I hope she shares more projects with us!

Also, I just started two of my own painting projects and they feel more like a DI-WHYYYYYYY did I do this. Keep you posted!

PSA: New Jersey Vintage.

FURNITUREMay 20 20135 Comments

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Things I saw in NJ antique stores that need your attention:

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1. These table and chairs set was only $600. Each CHAIR sells for $1500 online. So someone go buy this. NOW.

Asbury Antique Emporium 646 Cookman Ave Asbury Park, NJ 07712 (732) 774-82

2. Can we talk about this probably Milo Baughman Z chair frame that’s $95 dollars. Yes we can.

Shore Antique Center. 413 Allen Ave Allenhurst, NJ 07711 (732) 531-4466

3. I’m iffy on the rattan rocker. I am. But it was $40. Also Shore Antique Center.

4. And at Home Goods, this wicker bike. You guys need this. Reminiscent of the rattan motorcycle at the ASH pop up shop that I posted about. But only $200.

5. And, last, what I actually bought. That brass octagon pedestal. I’m obviously obsessed with pedestals. I put my Shona sculpture on top. I’m still not sure where it belongs in the apartment. But I like it there for now.

Ok, so why should you listen to me? My eyeballs have much wisdom. I’ve rescued countless of worthy things from antique piles as well as garbage heaps. With the last confirmation of my awesome eyeballs coming last night. Last night, while perusing 1st Dibs, I found THIS.

The exact same mirror I found for $225 in NJ, that a reader went and BOUGHT after I posted it… look there it is in her house, see the first post about it HERE and then HERE, is on 1st dibs for $3500 HERE. So my eyeballs are gold. I’m so kind of pissed I didnt buy this thing.

Why can I never find what I’m looking for, and always what I cant possibly use?

New Traditional.

INTERIOR DESIGNMay 20 20135 Comments

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I was looking at pinterest the other day, when I noticed someone pinned a NYC apartment that wunderkind Nick Olsen designed. I clicked through and saw it was posted on his blog. Yay! Nick was a New Traditional in TradHOME, Traditional Home’s magazine. I knew they just came out with a new one, and I shot off an email congratulating him. What an idiot! The house and article was from LAST YEAR’s issue, and even as I was typing the words, I was thinking… oh they picked him two years in a row? MORON, I am.

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Regardless, I loved the home so much I decided to share it with you. Nick is known for being generally the next big thing in design, his bold use of color, for having his apartment on the cover of Domino, for being Miles Redd’s former protege and for mixing high-lo with amazing grace and being ridiculously good at DIYIng stuff for his own place… think hand painting floors, making amazing abstract art in a cinch, and you know, other things like draping an entire room in fabric.

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This project is actually restrained for Nick. I love the color scheme, mixing of hard and soft materials, the bold use of wicker and seagrass, that travertine fireplace is THE SHIT, and so is that screen behind that bed.

A bright start to an otherwise gray week here in NYC! Enjoy! And PS, I actually have a little shout out in the CURRENT issue of Traditional Home. HERE, and go to page 50!

Far Far Away.

Flora and Fauna

DIY: Bri’s Tumbling Block Gold Leaf Table.

PSA: New Jersey Vintage.

New Traditional.

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