little folks

Although my sewing projects list is already too long, I can't help window shopping for new fabric. Bridget also just got a sewing machine for Christmas! I see some quilting and pillow-making in her future.

I'm loving Anna Maria Horner's new Little Folks collection - it has a peasant, Eastern European quality...in a good way. As a person of Slavic descent, I'm allowed to say that.



I especially like the Forest Hills scene...

fabric worm

candy

This Viking range is yummy!

marble hex

Marble hexagonal tile has me under its spell lately. The vintage look of hexagonal tiles gets an update from this glamorous material.

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schoolhouse rocks

Schoolhouse lights are a classic style that originated in the 1920's. It's known for clean lines and diffuse light, thanks to the distinctive full shade. I'm a big fan of any overhead lighting with a shade underneath. There is no point to having a beautiful shade around a pendant light, if you just have a bare bulb glaring in your face. I need to look good while standing at a kitchen island.

Schoolhouse Electric Company

This Old House

vintage modern haven

Merry New Year

For those of you who recognized the post title from Coming to America....I salute you. It's New Years Day here in New Bedford and Nick, June, and I went for a walk around town. The place was deserted! And with the 2 inches of snow we got yesterday, it was gorgeous and walkable. We didn't do anything for New Years Eve last night, except get to bed early, because June is going through a rough sleep week. But in my dreams I danced the night away to Rick James in a sequined mini.

Back to New Bedford - the Whaling Capital of the World...or so they used to be. They don't kill whales anymore....or let the textile factories dump their PCB's into the harbor. We're still dealing with that last one. However, as with many old New England towns, the city has some great architecture and homes. Here's a smattering of what we saw today. Oh, and our house goes back on the market this week!!! Fingers crossed, people. We're hoping to move back to Salem, MA by this spring!

The view from June's room yesterday

It wasn't too cold, so we bundled up little Beetnut and strapped her in the Ergo

The library

City Hall

This "rooming house" (code for crack den) burned down last week. All that remains is the granite stoop.


Since the fishermen's bar Cultivator Shoals closed down and was converted into a non-heroin bar, this is the dicey-est dive in town. We went there for my 30th birthday...in Ocean Conservancy t-shirts, no less. Nobody paid us any mind. And at one point in the evening, I uttered the words "I'm too drunk to read."