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DIY Japanese Shoji Wall for Small Spaces

My Temporary Shoji Wall

So here is the story – I had an extra room that was too small for a couch and table, but too big to be a closet or office. So I decided to put an Ikea futon in it and make it a secondary bed room.

However, the room only had 3 walls, therefore lacking some privacy. I decided to build a Japanese Shoji wall. The wall is connected to a shelf at the top, thus creating a wall that offers privacy but created no structural modifications to the room itself other the attachment of the shelf to the wall.

The solution allows light to still flow through the apartment and gives a little depth and warmth to the space. If the wall gets damaged or dirty you just replace the Shoji Paper like normal Shoji.

Budget was around $180 and took about 20 working hours to complete (creation and install).

My dad was kind enough to help me pull it off and here are the results!
(sorry for my iPhone4 Photo Quality). Personal Note :: I love this style wall!

Square STAND – a Frist Look

Square STAND – A first Look #caffeinated

One of my “work away from work” stops, @cafegrumpy ,is one of the first small businesses to receive the new SQUARE Inc. stand. #tech

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My Modest Denim Collection 

My Modest Denim Collection 

~ Featuring @diesel , @cheapmonday , @allsaints_ , @bullhead #denim #fashion #mens 

Here the par or my collection shown in the photo; list from Top to Bottom

  1. Diesel | Thanaz | 008B5
  2. Cheap Monday | Tight Used Wash | 0100070
  3. Cheap Monday | Tight Dark Clean | 0100142
  4. Bullhead Denim | Drakes | 090233
  5. Diesel | Thanaz | 0073J
  6. Diesel | Thanaz | 008SV
  7. All Saints | Oshima Cigarette | MT081C
  8. Diesel | Matic (xxx) | 008UJ
  9. All Saints | Rinse Cigarette | ME0345
  10. Diesel | Gloovy | 0062U
  11. Diesel | Thanaz | 008TS
  12. Diesel Black Gold | Unknown | Unknown
  13. Diesel | Thanaz | Unknown
  14. Cheap Monday | Tight 45 Stonewash | 0100040
  15. Cheap Monday | Tight Carbon Grey | 0101187
  16. All Saints | Printed Cigarette | MPJ893
  17. Diesel | Shioner | 008D4

Followed by some Details of some of my Favorites!
(they just all happend to be all Diesel for Denim)

  1. Diesel | Thanaz | 0073J = Pocket Detail Embroidery
  2. Diesel | Thanaz | 008B5 = Pocket Detail Sequin
  3. Diesel | Thanaz | 008TS = Back Pocket Details “IND” + Back Pocket Detail “For Successful Living” + Pant leg “Ghost Skull”

If you would like more details on any pair send me the number – or if you want to see them on/in an outfit they will all apear at some point – I can probably find a post in the past…

<3 Denim Love <3

Chelsea Gallery Quick Recap – End of April 2013

Among my activities this weekend I also decided to take a look through the Chelsea galleries. Here is a brief selection of work that I feel are worth a second look; or a first “live look” for you when you go to see them!

Will Kurtz – Another Shit Show @ Mike Weiss Gallery

Elliott Hudley – New Works @ Andrea Rosen Gallery

Charles Fréger – Wilder Mann @ Yossi Milo Gallery

High Line residents ~ Advantages of living in a Goldfish Bowl!

Ever since the High Line’s opening in June 2009 many of it’s longstanding  residents have found that they have constant breaches in privacy… or at least what we like to call the “Goldfish-Bowl-Effect”.

However, in typical NYC fashion some find a way take advantage of their lack of Privacy and the thousands of tourist that pass by their windows, patios, and verandas each day.

Case-and-point this resourceful resident selling some unwanted furniture. Pick a piece of furniture, write down it’s number, and call for a quote. 

More info to come as I get ahold of this savvy High Line neighbor…

The Versace Invite to SOHO

The Versace Invite to SOHO

Today I received a letter from @Versace inviting those in the neighborhood to visit the new Versace Runway shop in SOHO & receive a gift… every now and then you miss a store opening in NYC… or even walk by it the weekend before and still miss it… but given the change at redemption; take it! 

What resulted was one of Donatella’s “favorite things” – Round hard candies with the Medusa head raised on them… and myself finding a new pair of woven loafers!

Sweet to say the leaset!

A little on the store: Opened in October 2012. Its the first boutique store for Versace in NYC and has hand-laid imported mosaic floor is modeled after Roman Basilicas built in 800 A.D.

Don’t Miss the Versace Shopping Bag .PNG! PUT IT EVERYWHERE!

A Wild Sheep Chase – Haruki Murakami

It has been a while since a book was suggested to me, let alone a recommendation that came after explaining the way my life works… but there it was. 

As the book was described to me, it was a “very easy read”. The polt was not half bad, the flow steady and without waste; but I was most interested in Murakami’s description of the mundane. However, I was not interested in the way he describes the mundane, more of the choice of situations and objects he describes. The ending is obscure and feels rushed, but otherwise a good easy read.

Reading notes (no spoilers):

First, If you are like me and find yourself creating alternate universes from the book as you read, you may find yourself reading a page twice and thinking in the same rhythm of the book as you take a break for a glass of water.

Secondly, if you read a book on the train in NYC be prepared for any manner of woman to ask you what you are reading and stare at you intensely because they dont think you can see them in your peripherals. 

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