11.5.2006 + the apartment, in progress
i looked like an elf on sunday. just being crazy and mixing up what’s left in my closet after the big post-cross-country purge of ‘06. also, making kissy faces at my black cat, girl.
-rust colored hand-knit alpaca cowl: knit by me
-chartreuse linen shift dress with giant chrysanthemum print: marimekko
-green 70s square-neck vintage tee: thrifted in florida.
-black leggings worn like tights: newport news (from when leggings were hard to find several years back)
-black ankle boots, folded down: thrifted last week @ thrift town, SF.
-red-orange plastic bangle: thrift town, SF.
-green plastic bangle: beacon’s closet, williamsburg, brooklyn.
-red-orange enamel earrings: thrifted in florida.
-green lucite cocktail ring: alexis bittar
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the apartment is starting to come together:
will likely replace these ikea chairs with the eames plywood lounge chairs i’ve mentioned before around these parts, most likely in walnut.
when we can afford them, of course. no huge hurry.
for now, i’m happy with the IKEA lounge chairs we have…
the table is a new acquisition. it’s a mid-century piece, which was
hand-tiled by an artist, perhaps a potter?
new jonathan adler pillows! made in custom colors i chose. i heart them.
i am also considering making my own needlepoint pillows, to join these on the couch, in shades of red, orange, and green, of course.
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still need a rug (perhaps a tan or off-white flokati, as mentioned), a small side table, and a nice lamp for said side table in the living room. i’m really loving this lamp from crate and barrel:
or, as i kind of like the idea of adding a little white into the decor, in small doses…
this cute giraffe lamp from jonathan adler is mighty cute:
http://www.jonathanadler.com/shop/product.php?cat=385&productid=16768
November 7 2006 | Posted in home(sweet)home, it's personal., wardrobe_remix
November 7 2006 at 2:19 pm
EsperanzaHello, Tricia! I have been reading your (live)journal for some time now and I think you are amazingly talented. I love the idea of the “wardrobe remix” – I didn’t know what to think when I saw this site earlier today: http://shareyourlook.com/
It’s wardrobe remix, basically.
November 7 2006 at 2:31 pm
triciayes, but it’s also like my style diary, which has been around for quite a while:
http://www.mystylediary.net/Default.aspx
it’s okay…such is life. there is room for many things like this in the world, i suppose.
if i could actually write code and build websites, perhaps i would do something myself…but alas, that is not my path in life. i wish both sites the best.
November 7 2006 at 2:38 pm
rebawhat a gorgeous house!
November 7 2006 at 2:48 pm
SwanDiamondRoseyour apartment looks so lovely! lightfilled and beautiful.
November 7 2006 at 2:51 pm
SwanDiamondRosep.s. that giraffe lamp! awesome!
November 7 2006 at 5:20 pm
PupuleI have that C&B lamp in green and I love it. I went to college at Cal. I went to grad school at Pratt. I know both your worlds and I am sure that you will begin to love the bay area just as I began to love New York.
November 7 2006 at 7:26 pm
sonia lunaLove your apartment! Great colours! Love the mosaic table and the red cabinet under the television [is that office furniture?], also loved your work-station … in the middle of fixing my little room myself … way to much stuff! One day they will find me buried under piles of cloth and old issues of vogue!
November 7 2006 at 8:50 pm
KatharineSo I’ve been snooping around your journal after stumbling across you on LJ (maybe from thriftwhore?). Anyway, I just wanted to say I love your singular sense of style and I love the way your apartment’s coming together– the perfect mix of clean and modern, and funky and vintage-y. And I especially love your mix of color *and* the presence of slouchy kitties
November 8 2006 at 8:30 am
Debbie CookI knew the pillow on the chair looked familiar … look at this:
http://www.fehrtrade.com/gallery/14/i-normally-hate-ikea-but
Your apt’s looking great!
November 12 2006 at 11:52 am
triciasonia luna: sorry it’s taken me a couple days to reply, but that red cabinet under the TV is from IKEA. they still have them, and i think it was quite reasonable as far as cost (just fyi).
hahah…debbie cook: that IKEA pillow looks great as a skirt! thanks for link.
November 28 2006 at 12:43 am
KimberlyThat marimekko dress is to die for! Your apartment is really coming together, lovely as always! I can’t wait to get my own place.
I am a bit obsessed with Jonathan Adler also. I have actually been emailing the sr. designer back and forth trying to secure myself an internship there next semester! Cross your fingers!