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-Jesse
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Spotlight: Bird Murals by Tobias Hall
I'm so excited to share this artist with you today! I was recently lucky enough to stumble across the website of the freelance illustrator & designer, Tobias Hall. Oh man - I'm in love with these birds! The colors are fantastic, and the geometric take on these cranes is so unique, and a style I'm really diggin' lately. I love how some of the angles suggest wings & other features of the bird, they almost remind me of Origami...Anyway, I'll let them speak for themselves; see more of his work here.
Tobias is the in-house designer for Zizzi Ristorante in London, and is responsible for this stunning mural. I love the colors especially, and hey - check that table out there! The meadow green cane back chairs with the two shades of green against the wood.... totally speaking my language here. Would you say those are a twist on a chevron pattern? I wonder if he did those too....regardless, look at how well the room comes together:
Head over to Tobias Hall's website to see more of his work. I would love to have some of his artwork in our home! Those patterns are so inspiring...I'm gonna marry these birds.
You can follow Tobias on Twitter by clicking: Tobias Hall
Or on Facebook: Tobias Hall
What do you think?
-Jesse
Up Next: Extremely easy & fast pickling recipe - sesame style....
You can follow Tobias on Twitter by clicking: Tobias Hall
Or on Facebook: Tobias Hall
What do you think?
-Jesse
Up Next: Extremely easy & fast pickling recipe - sesame style....
Monday, April 8, 2013
DIY: Message in a Bottle & Aging Paper
"Sendin out an S.O.S." - hehe, now you're going to have that song in your head all day, like I did. Your welcome! So, this is easy. It shouldn't really even be a tutorial, but what the heck - perhaps you don't know the art of aging paper, in which case, I can tell ya. Write a message, age it, and throw it in a bottle. Simple enough, right? Perfect lil project to get your crafty self all warmed up & ready to take on bigger things. It's easy, fun, satisfying - that's what I love about these mini projects. So - the guest room is beachy-nautical, and I know I said I wouldn't go over the top with the theme, but I couldn't resist this. Theme or not. It's just cute:
Yo-ho, look what we have here. Isn't that cute? Yes - yes that Charles Shaw wine, the infamous "Two Buck Chuck" which has actually gone up to $2.50. Only the finest for me and my messages. Truth be told, I don't know a thing about wine - and anytime someone tells me important information about some, you can see it going in one ear and out the other. My brain just doesn't have a file for that info. Wait I'm wrong - I can tell you whether it's red, or white. Or if it's not wine at all. That's about it. Now ask me what's the best paint & finish for your project & I'll talk your ear off... but I'm off topic.
As to "Annual Message" - well, these messages clearly aren't going out to sea, so who are they for? Us. I wanted to write my future self a letter about what we're up to, so I had a few sips of the wine (don't wanna waste it!) and wrote a two page letter about how things are here. My goal is to read it eventually, in at least a year, and then do it again. Yea, yea, super cheesy - but I love that kind of junk.
Wanna make these? Let's do it!
***UDATE: Guest room? Check.. See the full tour here***
As to "Annual Message" - well, these messages clearly aren't going out to sea, so who are they for? Us. I wanted to write my future self a letter about what we're up to, so I had a few sips of the wine (don't wanna waste it!) and wrote a two page letter about how things are here. My goal is to read it eventually, in at least a year, and then do it again. Yea, yea, super cheesy - but I love that kind of junk.
Wanna make these? Let's do it!
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Friday, April 5, 2013
How To: Built In Shelving
***UDATE: Guest room? Check.. See the full tour here***
In our guest room, the backside of our wall heater juts in about 4" inches to create this "interesting", off-center box that leaves most people wondering why it's there. My goal? Disguise the heck out of it. I showed you a few days ago the driftwood mobile that has helped so much, and today I want to share the details of that loverly shelf back there. Here's my dilemma & solution:
Hooray! I'm done. When I first saw this odd area I immediately thought shelves, but I didn't want to have to deal with installing a ton of shelves & L brackets one by one, so I thought up a built in look.
This was fairly easy to make, and will be pretty straight forward in the directions. Don't be fooled though, give yourself a free day to work on this, so you have time for all those little bumps & snags that love to pop up mid-project. You'll be glad you did!
Read on for the basics of building a custom shelf.
In our guest room, the backside of our wall heater juts in about 4" inches to create this "interesting", off-center box that leaves most people wondering why it's there. My goal? Disguise the heck out of it. I showed you a few days ago the driftwood mobile that has helped so much, and today I want to share the details of that loverly shelf back there. Here's my dilemma & solution:
This was fairly easy to make, and will be pretty straight forward in the directions. Don't be fooled though, give yourself a free day to work on this, so you have time for all those little bumps & snags that love to pop up mid-project. You'll be glad you did!
Read on for the basics of building a custom shelf.
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Decorate with Driftwood
***UDATE: Guest room? Check.. See the full tour here***
So as most of you know, we've been tying together the details of the new-ish guest room (as seen here) - trying to keep it beach inspired & nautical without pulling in an entire harbor's worth of boats & life preservers. We've done the Cyan Night-stand and the Jute Wrapped Chandy... and I thought the perfect touch to hide this weird corner would be this awesome driftwood mobile:
Pardon that grey paint there, we got impatient and wanted to see the color. The whole room is getting the grey treatment any. minute. now. Isn't this mobil great?! I've always loved the look of stacked driftwood, here's a flashback actually - I did a yard installation at our last house that involved rebar & stacking driftwood, get a load of it here - forgive the terrible picture sizes, arrangement & editing - it's from when I was a baby blogger!
Long live the close up shots, they never get old. Now, I've always dreamed of making one of these for years but I did NOT make this beauty. Two reasons: 1) I don't live 2 seconds from the beach anymore and 2) out of curiosity I was browsing this etsy shop and man oh man.. I just went for it. So glad I did, Brent custom made this one for me to the length I needed, and it was here so fast. Way to please my impatient side, Brent!
Seriously though, hop over to Sunset Driftwood on Etsy to see the crazy creative things this guy is doing with sticks that wash ashore. Love it!
Thanks for reading, until next time - Fair Winds! And other nautical expressions...
-Jesse
As promised, up next is the tutorial on how to build that shelf in the nook there.. clicky clicky.
So as most of you know, we've been tying together the details of the new-ish guest room (as seen here) - trying to keep it beach inspired & nautical without pulling in an entire harbor's worth of boats & life preservers. We've done the Cyan Night-stand and the Jute Wrapped Chandy... and I thought the perfect touch to hide this weird corner would be this awesome driftwood mobile:
Ta-dah! I love it. See the issue was, well- it was only my weird issue, really - that strange corner there and the double light-switches. We couldn't just get rid of it because on the opposite side is our wall heater, so - disguising it became the new goal. I built that shelf to the right (Come back Friday for a tutorial!) to try and cozy it up a bit, and this driftwood finishes the job.
Seriously though, hop over to Sunset Driftwood on Etsy to see the crazy creative things this guy is doing with sticks that wash ashore. Love it!
Thanks for reading, until next time - Fair Winds! And other nautical expressions...
-Jesse
As promised, up next is the tutorial on how to build that shelf in the nook there.. clicky clicky.
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Monday, April 1, 2013
More String Art Tablets: Wrap it up
I'm the type of person that tends to start a lot of projects at once, and then get sidetracked and start more, to the point where I have to really be strict and stick to a list just to finish everything up. I get excited, and motivated, can you blame me? Everything seems like "oh this will only take a second" and it actually takes a few days, or more...
Ok after reading what I just wrote, it's decided - that's my goal this week, wrap up all these random projects. I have a folder of literally 200 pictures of these random projects, waiting to be cropped, edited & assembled into posts. That being said - some of you may have seen a recent tablet order I finished up, if not - take a looksee:
This was a mega-order. Four tablets. 23 letters. A LOT of string......
This was for a customer's 4 boys....
The colors are so fun - came out cute! It's so funny, I love trying out new projects or ideas that I have, and when I think it's 1) something others might enjoy and 2) something I wouldn't mind making more of, then I pop it the shop. You never really know what will be a success and what will sit there, but these string art tablets have taken off. I've been so flattered & excited to make them for people's homes, and I haven't lost steam on them at all, each one is still exciting. Plus - sometimes I need a break from perpetual home improvements to just work on a satisfying project. Know what I mean? Here's one from a few months ago that never got posted (see!? time flies....)
Love that blue stain! Hard to tell in the photos, but it totally shows the wood grain. And actually, the person who ordered this one chose 4 different shades of white for the letters, but on the blue your eye just groups them all into one color. Learned a little tip there....
If you're interested in ordering a tablet or want to discuss a new project with me, I'm always accepting orders - keep in mind I need about 2 weeks (usually less) to do a custom job start to finish. Check out examples in my etsy shop: here.
Alright, what are your goals this week? Do you make endless lists like me, only to stray away from them? I've got clipboards & to-do lists for days... days that I don't have - heh....
Do something you love today, hope you are having some spring weather in your area! Warm rain over here, it's so nice...
-Jesse
Up Next: Let us decorate with wood that washes ashore... driftwood mobiles baby!
Ok after reading what I just wrote, it's decided - that's my goal this week, wrap up all these random projects. I have a folder of literally 200 pictures of these random projects, waiting to be cropped, edited & assembled into posts. That being said - some of you may have seen a recent tablet order I finished up, if not - take a looksee:
If you're interested in ordering a tablet or want to discuss a new project with me, I'm always accepting orders - keep in mind I need about 2 weeks (usually less) to do a custom job start to finish. Check out examples in my etsy shop: here.
Alright, what are your goals this week? Do you make endless lists like me, only to stray away from them? I've got clipboards & to-do lists for days... days that I don't have - heh....
Do something you love today, hope you are having some spring weather in your area! Warm rain over here, it's so nice...
-Jesse
Up Next: Let us decorate with wood that washes ashore... driftwood mobiles baby!
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