Also got this vintage orange Pyrex dish and these old plates to use as saucers for my houseplants.
experiments in making home
28 April 2011
Thrift store finds
I found these guys at a new thrift store I wandered into today...I love the bulbous black and white one in the front!
Also got this vintage orange Pyrex dish and these old plates to use as saucers for my houseplants.
Also got this vintage orange Pyrex dish and these old plates to use as saucers for my houseplants.
22 April 2011
Grace Park Garden
I finally got myself a little plot in a community garden, and am feeling a lot better about having to live in an apartment for the first time, with no outdoor space of my own.
Here's my little plot when I got it:
Looks bad, but nothing compared to the crazy weeds I had to clear from our yard in Pittsburgh! After a couple hours of work though...
Three kinds of heirloom tomatoes, purple tomatillos, cilantro, nasturtiums, yellow crookneck squash, lemon cucumbers, pickling cucumbers, and some kind of Italian heirloom eggplant...
Hopefully my plot will look like the garden director's at some point:
Beautiful!
17 April 2011
First steps
My space! BEFORE:
AND...AFTER!
AND...AFTER!
Living room
Living room
My little entryway
Kitchen
More to come!
Making home
When I left California at age 17, I never imagined it would take me eight long years to make my way back.
During that time, I've lived in 12 different places in 7 different cities, 6 different states, and 2 countries: Williamstown, MA; New York, NY; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Orange County, CA; Baltimore, MD; Jefferson County, WV; and, finally, Pittsburgh, PA. In the course of all these wanderings from place to place, every move precipitated by factors beyond my control (school, work), I was continually obsessed with the idea of home and where I might finally find it or make it. I feel incredibly lucky to have had so much practice and so many diverse examples, all of which have contributed indelibly to my idea of what makes a home.
So, for the first time in my life, I've made my way to a new city entirely by my own choice. A few months ago, I gave away most of my belongings, packed up what I could in my trusty Toyota, and headed West, to the place I've always called home in the back of my mind: Southern California! I've been more than a little homesick for the friends I left scattered in various cities, who in the abbreviated scale of the East, always felt within arm's reach as long as I could scare up a tank of gas. But I'm starting to get settled here, and I find myself relishing the task of crafting a home from scratch, entirely on my own for the very first time.
This is a place for me to record some thoughts and experiences along the way about the things which feel important to me in making home: sustainability, beauty, FOOD, friends, family, gardening, art. And this time, there's no ticking clock: I'm here to stay!
During that time, I've lived in 12 different places in 7 different cities, 6 different states, and 2 countries: Williamstown, MA; New York, NY; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Orange County, CA; Baltimore, MD; Jefferson County, WV; and, finally, Pittsburgh, PA. In the course of all these wanderings from place to place, every move precipitated by factors beyond my control (school, work), I was continually obsessed with the idea of home and where I might finally find it or make it. I feel incredibly lucky to have had so much practice and so many diverse examples, all of which have contributed indelibly to my idea of what makes a home.
So, for the first time in my life, I've made my way to a new city entirely by my own choice. A few months ago, I gave away most of my belongings, packed up what I could in my trusty Toyota, and headed West, to the place I've always called home in the back of my mind: Southern California! I've been more than a little homesick for the friends I left scattered in various cities, who in the abbreviated scale of the East, always felt within arm's reach as long as I could scare up a tank of gas. But I'm starting to get settled here, and I find myself relishing the task of crafting a home from scratch, entirely on my own for the very first time.
This is a place for me to record some thoughts and experiences along the way about the things which feel important to me in making home: sustainability, beauty, FOOD, friends, family, gardening, art. And this time, there's no ticking clock: I'm here to stay!
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