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FUN ARTIST ALERT: RADRIGUEZ


2018
02.11

Tags: art print, decorate a mount, framing, Radriguez
Posted in love'it&covet, paper&ink, update&decorate | Comments Off on FUN ARTIST ALERT: RADRIGUEZ

The toughest thing about starting Christmas shopping in July (we pride ourselves on that) is waiting to give (and to talk about) the shopping discoveries. One of this years was a print from artist Radriguez.

Radriguez bannerWhile lovely, there is an overtness to his general catalogue of work that can (and should) be celebrated in some milieus, but maybe not here. And thus we are not providing a link as, well, we wouldn’t want  more sensitive followers to face something they might not feel comfortable seeing.
If you are an adult, and you are interested, you will find a way to see the work of this charming artist.

But this print (also his main branding image) was too downright adorable to ignore. So when it came – perfectly packaged and full of fun (if not  very graphic) stickers – I was excited to share, but had to wait until it was gifted.

Radriguez

Part of the gift was the framing, and we are fans of simple framing, but there was something about the tones of this print plus a plain black frame that wasn’t enough.

Radriguez print for framing

And with so much wide Washi tape left from our custom drawers project left, it was a perfect way to amp the mount for the this precious print.

Radriguez frame and mount

The graphic stripes and pastel pops work a bit of magic with the tone of the hunky tattooed dude.

And so finally, this handsome dude is hanging out with us at Social Nesting HQ 24-7.

Radriguez print framed

 

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MARY. CHRISTMAS.


2017
12.18

Tags: Christmas, giant present, Mary Tyler Moore, Social Nesting Christmas Door, wrapped door
Posted in love'it&covet, update&decorate | Comments Off on MARY. CHRISTMAS.

Dear friends, we unveil the Social Nesting HQ Christmas door with a delight peppered with sadness…

Social Nesting Christmas door 2017

The whole idea of the wrapped door, in all its glory, came from a very special source of inspiration: The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Somewhere in my childhood, I spotted Mary’s front door wrapped for Christmas…

Mary Tyler Moore's wrapped door

and thought “when I get old enough, I am going to do the same.”

So for many years, Social Nesting HQ has been decorated as such, and always in honour of Mary.

The sadness this year is that Mary is no longer with us. The gift she gave us will forever be cherished and in appreciation, this year, the oversized present that always brightens up our Christmas and makes visitors smile includes a special note…

Christmas door 2017 note

Thanks Mary.

x

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HE KINTSUGI… CAN YOU?


2017
05.03

Tags: DIY, epoxy, gold repair, kintsugi, Kintsugi Kit
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Kintsugi-DIY-in-ten-banner

Turn broken pottery into a whole new aesthetic experience, or better yet, get your partner to do it for you by making them a DIY Kintsugi Kit!
(that’s what I did)

Kintsugi banner

So one half of Social Nesting periodically mentioned kintsugi several times over the course of 2016. Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with a gold lacquer, turning a damaged piece into something new and equally beautiful.

He would show me cool images or videos of carefully repaired pottery veined with liquid gold streaks that did make the once-broken pieces not only unique, but also stunning in a whole new way.

So when Christmas 2016 rolled around, I decided to gift him the chance to do some home Kintsugi-ing by putting together the Barry-San Kintsugi Kit – a wooden box decorated with gold streaks and filled with everything he would need to learn and hone the technique.
I even went so far as to smash a small plate and include it in the kit, so he could get cracking (as it were).

DIY Kintsugi kit

Inside the box was speed-set epoxy, two different gold powders, a mirror (on which to mix the glue and dust), a mini trowel to do it with, and of course, the pre-broken plate.

And before he could get to practicing, this happened…

DIY Kintsugi kit

One of our favourite Rob Ryan plates fell off the wall and broke.

It was was Kintsugi Kit to the rescue! But only once he had some free time and we could open the windows wide to air out the epoxy smell.

And once he started, he couldn’t be stopped. He carefully and majestically repaired both plates with perfect, gold-lustred precision…

DIY Kintsugi plates

…and we were lovingly able to get the  Rob Ryan plate back to the Social Nesting HQ stairwell, where it brings us so much joy.

DIY Kintsugi fixed plate on wall

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GETTING LIT UP


2017
03.14

Tags: bar table, DIY, Homesense, Hook & Stem, IKEA, lamp cord, light-up bar table, Michael's, plant stand
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DIY-in-ten-banner-bar-table v2

 No room for a bar cart and a lamp and a side table? Cheers to a hybrid of all three! We Frankensteined together a collection of parts to solve the a lack of space issue while turning the home bar into a beacon… 

Light-Up Bar Table

It started with the beautiful plant stand (below, far left) from Hook & Stem… We knew we wanted it but secretly we also knew that we needed a plant stand like a moose needs a hatrack. So it was destined for an alternative purpose.

The pink wire basket (far right) was a Homesense find that smacked of the Ferm Living basket tables we longed to own but are way out of the price range.

The IKEA Sekond cord set came next – again, purchased without a final use in mind, but destined for greatness, especially surrounded by a vintage-look wire bulb cage left over from a previous project…

Light-Up Bar Table components

In the centre (above) are a perfect wooden circular platform and an embroidery hoop – both from Michael’s – that were morphed together to create a lid that fit snuggly into the rim of the wire basket. The embroidery hoop was trimmed to size and glued securely with Goop to keep the makeshift lid from sliding around.

We then covered the top with a bright and brilliant floral scrap from our stockpile and secured it with Mod Podge…

Light-Up Bar Table covered top

And then it was literally a series of slotting things together:
The legs of the plant stand, the cord set through the basket, the basket into the plant stand, the lid onto the basket and another wireframe basket that was holding our booze stash on the credenza, now sitting atop the whole thing.

And on or off, this takes up the perfect cozy corner of Social Nesting HQ…

Light-Up Bar Table

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KNOCK, KNOCK CHRISTMAS…


2016
12.16

Tags: Christmas decoration, Christmas door, Crate & Barrel, Giftwrapped door
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Year seven and the door to Christmas is wrapped and ready…

Christmas Door 2016

Luckily forewent wallpaper and found the perfect Sanna Annukka-esque wrapping paper at Crate & Barrel last year.

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