Archive for November, 2010

At Your Leisure

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

Jon (of Happy Mundane and other fame) sent over a fresh copy of J3 Productions second issue of At Your Leisure. I’ve never seen a zine so well produced (and with a special dream catching gift – hello!). Zines at my high school were ramshackle stapled together ventures of poor photography and worse writing.

There are two great house tours included in the second issue. Firstly, Tracy Wilkinson’s Mount Washington pad shot by the super talented/fanciest/busiest lady I know, Laure Joliet. I’m destroying Laure’s great photos with my horrible scans.

The trend that caught my eye was wood in the bathroom. I want wood. I want it in my bathroom.

Is wood impractical? I don’t care. I want it.

Cheryl and Josh Brubaker’s mid century place in Orange, CA is equally cool. Love love love a hanging egg chair and walls of glass.

Check out this and much more, including sexy models, ephemera and geometry in At Your Leisure’s second issue: Vision. Get your own limited edition print version HERE.

Butterfly

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

I picked up a pair of butterfly chair frames off of Craigslist to help round out the growing collection of sexy Hardoy bad boys living at the house.

These two make six total (not counting the two vintage folding ones I bought a while back, but those are for camping). The Boy was a little confused as to why I want more exterior chairs. I just can’t get enough! I’m a butterfly addict.

Too bad they came with the most ill-fitting slings ever…which also happen to be F-to the-UGLY. All the non-matching slings are destroying my aesthetic sensibilities.

Oh well, all the covers will eventually be replaced with some sort of exterior mesh babies like these Indoor/outdoor Vinyl Weave covers from Circa 50, I’m thinking the black slings will look ultra swanky. At $50 – $60 a pop I’m going to need to save up some cash (or sell some vintage stuff floating around) to support my butterfly habit.

Sorry for the less than exciting unstyled fire pit photos. I’m trying to hide a top secret ultra cool project that we have been working on outside. Hopefully it will be revealed soon. Ohhhh, the tension, the anxiety, do you feel it? It’s killing me.

Butterfly Chair Photos. ACTIVATE.

Yeah, middle age white guys like them. So should you.