$5 Knoll chair

so how excited am i to discover that my five dollar thrift store chair is actually a $350 knoll chair!?!?!?!? the picture posted isnt mine. same exact seat style, but mine has wooden legs (which actually look a little nicer) and a different upholstery.

its hot again today. i cant really get much done around the house....can you believe i am still not settled? ugh. hopefully tomorrow will be cooler.

i started my new job this past week, so ive been pretty beat....hence the lack of updates. hopefully, things will start to get a little more regular soon.

Its hot. A little too hot to accomplish much today, as far as the house goes. Things are definitely coming together though. Its nice to finally get things settled. I really need to focus and get stuff done today though, because i have a sneaky suspicion that I'll be distracted for the next few days...... DANA'S COMING FOR A VISIT!!! I'm super excited! Dana is one of my bestest friends and its been several years since I've seen her, due to the fact that her life is much more exciting than mine and she lives in a new place every year or so.

Ill probably be updating my flickr at some point today.

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The work of Neil Bender. Super inspiring. There are only a handful of paintings on this site....but he's definately worth a google images search.

Today has been completely exhausting. Ive been working my butt off in the apartment, and its finally coming around... i would say, i am over half way done with my unpacking and decorating. I really didn't think that it would take me so long to get things settled, but then again, I've never had to unpack for two!
I spent a good part of the day finishing up the kitchen and go through stuff. I didn't take into consider how much storage we were losing by moving into an apartment from a four bedroom house. I wouldn't really refer to Justin and I as "pack-rats" but stuff has definitely accumulated over the past couple of years. I have a lot of trouble getting rid of clothes, but I managed to sort out two garbage bags of clothes to get rid of. One bag that is just trash and another to give away. Hopefully, Justin will be as proactive in his process of uncluttering.
I changed the template for my blog and will update the links section soon.
I won't be starting my new job for another week, which I'm really excited about. It's a huge relief that I'll have plenty of time to unpack and get settled before I get back to the daily grind.
Things are going so well right now. I'm feeling really positive and excited about being back.

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today is a completely exciting day....
First.... THE HEAT FINALLY BROKE!!! What a freaking relief! After five completely miserable days of, essentially, being annexed into one little room, i can finally venture out and experience my new home!
I started a flickr account to document my ongoing process of decorating my apartment.
flickrrrrr
hopefully that link works.... its been a little while since ive done any code. (ive become so rusty at blogging!)
So anyway, I should probably be working in my apartment today, but i cant help wanting to venture out and do a little thrifting. im SO addicted.
In other completely exciting news.... JUSTIN and I both got jobs yesterday. Everything is coming together so nicely. Ill be making $3/hour more than i was making at my old job!
So, needless to say, we both had a lot of celebrating to do.... and we did! we had our first night out on the town last night. we had such a great time. it was SO great hanging out with my other Justin. im so happy to be back....however, we were definately feeling the drinks/dehydration this morning....ugh. (nothing a little red bull and gatorade wont fix!)
alright. im going to motivate. check my flickr later for pics from my walk to the store this morning.

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IM BACK!
Geez, a lot of stuff has happened since Ive been gone. For one, I moved back to Richmond on Monday.... OH JOY! Im really glad to back to civilization. Justin is commuting for now, and I am temporarily unemployed, but Ive got a few things in the works.
The heat here has been absolutely disgusting. So much so, that I got up today at 7:30am in order to try and get some work done around the house. Justin dug out my camera last night, so Im going to take so before and after shots of my new place. Its really freaking cute.
In other news.... ive decided that I am completely abandoning the fine art community. No, that doesnt mean I wont be making art, but I will be focusing more on interior design and making paintings and objects that are more design related.
I just feel like design is real and tangible. Its purposeful and has a clear objective. Im sick of the over-intellectualized bs of the fine art world....

I could barely sleep last night because my mind was racing with tons of ideas for new goodies to make.

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