I have to tell you, this little monkey has been quite the handy tool during all that demolition. The Stanley FatMax Wrecking Bar is smaller and easier to handle than a full-size crowbar - perfect for getting into tight situations - and the banana yellow colour means it's easy to spot, even under a layer of dust and debris. Hit the Home Depot to pick one up, and stick it into your tool box for safe keeping - You won't be sorry!
After a long drive to Cambridge to check out a bedroom for a makeover I'll be doing for CityLine (look for it on the show mid-September) I had to get to business and do the un-glamorous side of my job - Returning things bought for shoots. Honestly, my car is usually jammed with scads of shopping bags waiting dolefully for me to get around to lugging them back to the stores. Ugh.
At the cash of Home Outfiiters, staring off into space, the Rakku Shoe Wheel caught my attention. Now, while we're nowhere near the Imelda level of shoe obsessions we do have tons of sneakers (currently filling 2 drawers of a large filing cabinet and smothering the floor of the coat closet); maybe this is a solution?
I was out and about this afternoon scouting for an upcoming Trendwatch for Canadian House & Home that'll appear in the November issue. As usual, it's a bit like finding a needle in a haystack, but I do enjoy the hunt. While zipping around town I ended up Teatro Verde where this cute-as-a-button watering can caught my eye. The print is Cray, a lovely Arts & Crafts pattern by Williams Morris, and is part of the V&A Museum collection (one of my fave museums to check out whenever I'm in London). Sweet!
Am I allowed to start shopping for a house that's months away from being finished? Of course! I was tooling though Ikea today, shopping for an event I'm working on, when this glossy beauty stopped me in my tracks. It's the Norrsten dining table (a minimalist combo of black glass and aluminum), and it might be just the ticket to switch it with the vintage Saarinen-lookalike table we currently have. Oh, but that means I'll have to start looking for new chairs too...
