Sleepy City

Have I mentioned recently how much I love this city?

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Before and After - Telephone Bench

I got this telephone bench a few months ago and absolutely fell in love with it.

But the upholstery was outdated and worn out, with a little hole on the seat.

I've been meaning to upholster it again since I bought it, but had been waiting around for just the right fabric. Well, I decided yesterday that I'll probably never find the perfect fabric, and decided to just use some leftover Amy Butler fabric I had from creating pillows in my living room.

I just did a quick hack upholstery job, without removing the old fabric, but I think it'll hold up fine until I find that perfect fabric!

(For a second, I was considering leaving it like this. I'm glad I didn't.)

I'm happy with the results, it looks cute and summery.

Before and After - Blinds

This is a bit boring, but it's something I've been meaning to do for a long time!

When I moved into this apartment, it came with these bamboo-ish blinds in the bedroom. They aren't good for much, in fact, I think the sun shines through them more than is blocked out, but since I don't have anything to replace them with, they're staying up for now.

My problem with them is that A. there was an unnecessary curtain rod in front of them, B. the cord was perpetually tangled and had a twist tie wrapped up in it and was so long it dangled on the floor, and C. they were about 9 inches too long for the window. So I decided to hack my blinds and customize them to the window.

Scissors and a glue gun later, and my blinds now fit perfectly and have a neat, small cord! And no more unnecessary brass curtain rod! I'm proud.

l.o.v.e.

Pure and simple.

Forgive me, Michael's picture was our first picture, the test shot. He "shook it like a Polaroid picture". Which resulted in his face being shaken. As for my picture, the camera doesn't have a flash and it was in my living room at night, so the lighting wasn't good so it's dark.

Linen Grocery Tote

I recently finished another crocheting project. I made the linen grocery tote with a pattern from Purl Bee I had mentioned earlier. It was nice to do a knitting/crocheting project that only took a week or so opposed to a few months!

Anyways, I'm really happy with how it turned out.

I'm thinking these may be good to make for gifts. Yes.

I used the project's recommended linen, Louet's Euroflax linen, in Mustard. It's tough and incredibly strong, while still being gorgeous and soft when you wash it.

It's also really stretchy and fills out a lot so you can fit lots in it!

Lazy Dancer

I've never really listened to Metric. They're one of those bands that I know is good, but I've never bothered to get into them.

Until the past two days. Their new album Fantasies is all I've been listening to at work. The song above is my favorite song from the album, called Collect Call. It's wonderful.

I also forgot to post a picture. My nephew Benjamin is almost two and a half, and comes over to my apartment every few weeks to go swimming in my building's pool. The last time he was over he did something for the very first time!

So what was this amazing feat?

He drew on my wall. Yes, for the very first time, Ben scribbled on a wall. I think it's cute though, and I don't want to remove it. So sweet.