Let There Be Light

Industrial Chandelier 

$249 from West Elm

Today I bring you the results of my exhaustive online search for a new dining room pendant light/chandelier. The one that came with the house looks OK, but needs to be replaced as the constant high-pitched buzz ringing out just inches above our heads is quickly driving my husband insane. We've decided to have a yard sale this weekend to 1) get rid of junk like old sprinklers and bird feeders that the former tenants left behind, 2) say goodbye to things that we have moved multiple times (sorry, Micky!) that just don't belong in our lives anymore, and 3) make a couple of bucks that we can put towards buying a new light and paying an electrician to install it. It will be my very first yard sale as an adult, and I am very much looking forward to bargaining with all of the early birds. I have real TAGS that I intend to tie to everything emblazoned with reasonable sale prices and I've been thinking a lot about our display strategy --- tables with objects arranged at arm's reach work way better than tarps stretched across a soggy lawn piled with things that no one wants to bend down and dig through. Yes. I've given this system many thoughts. Hopefully it won't rain and we'll pass all of our old things to new homes and make millions doing so. 

Oh! And I think the above Industrial Chandelier from West Elm might be the winner. Which one do you guys like the most?

Mobile Chandelier 

$249 from West Elm

Large Industrial Milk Glass Pendant 

$124.99 (on sale!) from West Elm

Vega 5 Chandelier 

$329 from Schoolhouse Electric & Supply Co.

Victory Pendant Lamp

$179 from CB2

Satellite 3

$259 from Schoolhouse Electric & Supply Co. 

Hampton Bay 1-Light Brushed Nickel Warehouse Pendant

$29.88 from Home Depot

Mobile Small Pendant 

$149 from West Elm

- Cathleen 

On the Move!

We're moving today! So I don't have much to report besides that. 

I really wish the Etsy seller Anamarko was still making and selling these awesome custom hand-painted miniature wooden houses. It would have been the perfect house-warming present for me to give Micky (and myself?) today. 

Now I guess he'll just have to settle for backaches and strained muscles. The gifts that keep on giving!

See you next week, friends! 

- Cathleen 

Artwork of the Week: Sink and Mirror

Sink and Mirror by Antonio López Garcia

oil on wood, 38.5 x 33 in, 1967

It's official. We are moving into our new home at the end of the month! So I have to apologize but I've pretty much only got house stuff on the brain right now. Last night I went down a Pinterest rabbit hole searching for a solution to the Great Frosted Sliding Shower Door debate. Micky thinks it's fine---and really, it is. We probably won't update it for a while since there are far more pressing matters like roofs and HVACs to fix. But I keep thinking about all of the gross gunk that inevitably gets trapped in the door track. And that gives me the skeeves. 

This oil painting by Spanish artist Antonio López Garcia turns the grime and the mundanity of his private space into a poignant self-portrait. I like the hexagonal white floor tile too. 

- Cathleen

[Image via arttattler.com by way of Museum of Fine Arts Boston]

Come and Knock on Our Door

So we're officially under contract for a house (EEEEE!) and even though things might fall through at the last minute---you never know what the inspector might uncover, so keep those fingers crossed!---I cannot stop myself from fantasizing about all of the decorating that's in store. This is the moment my Domino collection has been waiting for!

First stop will be the front door! Right now it's a very stately black to match the shutters, but I'm thinking a pop of bright color will be just the thing to welcome us home. I've been collecting inspiration on my Home Pinterest board for awhile now, so I thought I'd share some ideas with you guys today since it's pretty much all I can think about. 

- Cathleen

[Image sources 1: free-home-decorating-ideas.com ; 2: flickr.com ; 3: shemakesahome.com ; 

4: houseofturquoise.com ; 5: hitherandthither.net]

Olafur Eliasson's House

Everyone and their brother is posting about this, but I couldn't resist.

The Library Council of MoMA has commissioned and released this laser cut negative image book of Olafur Eliasson's house in Copenhagen.

The results are spectacular! The book is 454 pages long with each page individually cut and it is a limited edition of 225.

No word on the price—let me know if you find it.

Just to refresh, Eliasson is a Danish-Icelandic artist who focuses on installation art. You can find his personal website here.

Enjoy!

-Grace