Victorian House Renovation in Bloomingdale, DC
I have blogged about my favorite store in the district multiple times, here, here and then unfortunately here. not sure how we could have ever replaced them, they even have deliver service! well exciting news, Ruff and Read is opening shop again:
Not as convenient as being in logan circle/ u st area, though the shop is still on the busy 14th st corridor, up in Brightwood. The address is: 4722 14th Street NW.… Read the rest
the brass knob warehouse is closing….forever. i really liked the owner very much, and i absolutely loved visiting the store. how sad. please go buy something from them and thank them for their hard work.
Two weeks ago I randomly won tickets to the first-ever Washington DC Antiques Roadshow. Obviously, I was very excited, even though I was quite certain that I had zero antiques to have assessed. On Saturday, Sergey and I ran around the house trying to find anything that was possibly worthy of an appraisal.This is what we came up with:
And off we went to the Convention Center, where we waited, and waited, and then once we got to the top of the line, we were assigned tickets for specific categories, such as silver and decorative arts, and then we waited some more in the appraisal lines.… Read the rest
As I mentioned, part of my excitement for the Baltimore trip this past weekend was definitely the salvage stores.
I have already talked about Loading Dock on this blog. We got lucky again with hardware, picking up a whole bunch of drawer pulls , whose new home is tbd. And found an outdoor light for just $1!
I think Loading Dock is my winner for low prices award.… Read the rest
Anyone who has been in D.C. for at least a few years must have noticed the change in national profile of the city – from MTV to Bravo, everyone is jumping on the bandwagon. Well, home design world is also in on the love-fest. AT released an updated shop directory a few weeks ago, and now design sponge too!
Also, 31 July will be the design blogger tag sale – guess where??… Read the rest
In celebration of nation’s birth day, AT blogged “The Best of Washington D.C.” for design world.
They missed the mark a bit by not including my ultimate favorite, Ruff and Ready, and another go-to source, The Brass Knob/Warehouse (and placing Miss Pixie’s -another really good one!- in Adams Morgan instead of 14th st), but its still pretty nifty. They also have a rather long list of stores around D.C.… Read the rest
stacks of ceiling tile!!
Yesterday, we stumbled on The Brass knob Backdoor Warehouse. its just a few blocks from our house and it is amazing. incredible. jaw dropping. i don’t think i have anything to add to the pictures really.
we also were extremely lucky to secure a floor rail for our pocket doors – the pair that lead out to the foyer are missing part of their railing (probably butchered it during the carpet installation or some such).… Read the rest
I was reading lonnymag April issue, and came across a page that featured this compost pail:
as I looked at it closely though, I realized it was from Williams Sonoma, and not from World Market (where I got mine) at less than half the price!!!
i love deals! now go get yourself one.
UPDATE (8 May): The next day we were at our local Ace Hardware, and guess what i saw – that’s right my compost bucket.… Read the rest
inside the salvage store
kitchen cabinets anyone?
door knobs
to the roof!
House Project Weekend!
Sometime last week we came up with a brilliant idea of dedicating a whole weekend to house projects so that we can get situated and finally make a dent in our to do list. Well the weekend is almost over – we have done lots. But it turns out that the brilliant idea of getting a bunch of projects done just doesn’t work all that well when you have a million and one tasks.… Read the rest
foyer dresser
lamps
second lamp waiting for a shine
letter opener, russian decorative plate
Treasure Hunt
Our house is not comfortable. It doesn’t have hooks, it doesn’t have shelves, and it doesn’t have that much closet space. (In fact there is not a single closet downstairs – but that’s a whole different post). There’s clutter and stuff everywhere, because we have nowhere to put it.
So this past weekend, I had to have something to go into foyer to catch mail and keys and provide at least some storage.… Read the rest
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