Sas' Magical Mystery Tour

February 2, 2011

objets d’art à la humpday

This morning my rss feed was so packed with goodness, I had to share. You’re so very welcome dear reader.

(nb: as you stretch, yawn and make coffee, here is the perfect contender for your first song of the day: Letters to the Metro from Mogwai, via: Laureola).

A house in Brooklyn that took my breath away, via: From Me To You

A pencil for the purist, via: This Isn’t Happiness

Whimsical prints from Julianna Swaney, via: Unruly Things

The perfect messenger bag made in South Carolina by Shaun C Garcia, via: 2 or 3 Things I Know

Its been so long since I’ve seen the sun, this image from Jordan Blanchard made me well up, via: Laureola

Nomenclature: art,design | 4 Bantering Wittily

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6:42pm February 2, 2011
Kerstin said:

That Brooklyn house is stunning. It reminds me of when we nearly purchased a 1920′s art & crafts style fixer-upper in Western Massachusetts. It would have required a LOT of work and money to bring it back to its glory and we realized that we are just not those kind of people that do this. It’s so disruptive to your life while the work is being done and unless you have enough money to pay someone else to do it quickly it can turn into a neverending DIY nightmare – no fun when you are also working full-time. Still, I am glad there are people who are not afraid of the process and who breathe life back into these gorgeous older properties that we can then drool over.

sas Replied:
Completely agree about the no fun if you are also working!

I spent 14 weeks doing up a 1920s cottage in wellington. I loved the process but only because i ensured my role was to pick out paint, carpet, and furniture.

I didn’t want to learn how to ‘do’ the work – just enjoy the results.

I’d love to do it again.
3:16am February 3, 2011
Libby said:

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the pencils!
9:44pm February 5, 2011
leonie said:

this list is totally full of happy. LOVE the pencil.

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