We’ve mentioned here that we like to display sweet cards from friends and family in a glass vase – a happy reminder of the people we don’t see every day. While we still store them in plain view (the vase has since moved to the media wall), we admit that some have again made their […]
Tag Archives: Art
The Art Rundown
After landing on the perfect placement for our frames, measuring mats (and glass and backing) and gathering art, our studio gallery wall is complete! I think we both grossly underestimated how long it would take, but the outcome is better than we’d originally hoped for. Now, I know you might think the Frog tape is […]
Booth Art
It’s sort of strange, really. I sat down to be all hey, up goes another frame!, and then I realized we’ve never actually written about our frames in the first place. I think. And then I remembered we sort of mentioned it back in the day for our very first house tour. Which, by the […]
Be Nice
We ordered this signed art print from Anthony Burrill way before the bikes came down in the studio. After spotting it in Kirsten’s home tour, I eagerly emailed her for the where? how much? omg!, and snapped one up for myself. Originally, I thought it may stay in it’s shipping tube for a while, you […]
Lucky Winners: Row Boat Press
Last week’s giveaway from Row Boat Press confirmed two things: we love food, and we love our booze. Yes, this is obvious, but our kitchen-themed freebie also argued that while we all end up around the cookies, drinks, and bacon-wrapped anythings, this could also be due to you, you hot hostess. You also say that […]
Why, Thank You
As much as Scott loves any excuse to use his power tools (to clarify, we’ll call it a love / hate relationship, since it usually means I’ve dreamed up a new project and his weekends suddenly become more labor intensive than he’d like), we agree that easy upgrades are every bit as satisfying and enjoyable […]
Sunday Funday
Everybody loves tradition, right? Early September marks the time when Kim and I hop on our trusty bikes and pedal down to Wicker Park for the summer edition of the Renegade Craft Fair (last seen right here). You may even remember way back in December when we actually participated as vendors in the madness that […]
How We Frame (and a Cute Pig, Too)
We love us some good advice. Getting it, giving it, spreading the word. You know, so as not to constantly reinvent the wheel. And there are two things we get asked more than anything: 1) Dudes, where’s the fur? (answered right here), and 2) How do you frame? Hey, I didn’t say they would be […]
Windy DIY
To get from Chicago to Cincinnati (a multi-year occurrence to visit friends and family back home), you’ll have to pass the most drop dead gorgeous wind farm ever. Not that I’ve seen a lot of wind farms, but sheesh – this particular field of mill after mill (a quick Google search told me it was […]
Painted: Lots! And a Big Thank You
This is not our regular cute-pet-parade Painted feature (well, the cute pets hold true), but I sort of just want to stand from the roof of our yellow brick building and shout a big, honkin’ thaaank yoouu! to all of our ahh-mazing supporters of the Pet Shop. These past few months have been a wild […]