In the process of planning our Laboratory’s renovation, we called on a number of friends for advice: designers, artists, and people who just had plain good sense of one kind or another. When I told artist friend Lisa Morphew of the prices some of the contractors we’d spoken to were quoting us she said: “Honey, what…
Read More…24 hours after ‘all hell broke loose’
On Thursday evening, we published pictures of ‘the improvised life’s laboratory – our new space – after all hell had broken loose and we were struggling to get some perspective on a day where everything had gone awry. We did manage to, with the help also of some hilarious and generous Comments from readers. One…
Read Morechic, minimalist gorilla tape cabinet door pulls
When we embarked on our renovation and move, we failed to realize the endless tiny details that make life liveable, and which we take for granted…like door pulls. We recently blogged the red twine pull a friend rigged in place of a bathroom door knob. Then another friend came up with a surprisingly chic version…
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