Erstwhile Okie on St. Mark's Place. "That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past."
· 1 min read
1 years ago
When I first moved into my little studio on E. 9th Street in November of 2021, I kept things pretty spartan for quite awhile. Slowly started populating the space with Facebook Marketplace deals, and things like this that I encountered on the sidewalk on evening walks through the neighborhood.
This little table fit my space perfectly and became my desk. Then, when I bought my younger son a fancy PC for his birthday, I sawed out the crossbeam and moved it back to fit the tower.
I even moved the thing to my new apartment and put it in my son's bedroom closet. But after Christmas, he got other furniture for the closet and there was really no place for it, so today, it went back to the street from whence it came.
I hope it gets another chapter.
· 1 min read
4 years ago
Keep meaning to buy cheap etchings off Etsy to dress up my walls but never get around to it and realized I could as easily print my own. So I picked some stuff I liked; Keats' death portrait, a sketch of Graham Greene, a portrait Averill did of me in Maine in 2019, Parisina Malatesta confronted with her lover's head, Dante among the suicides and squanderers and harpies.
Stained some of them in coffee to look cool.
· 1 min read
4 years ago
Used leftover wood from the last project to make a little shelf. Need to fill in the screw holes and paint it all white, but I think it will look nice with some books and pictures I'll bring down from upstate, which is where I'm headed now. Office closed tomorrow and next day so figured I might as well make my way up.
· 1 min read
4 years ago
Been wanting to get a coffee table and rug for ages now, but unable to justify the cost to myself. Late last night, after walking to the corner to post a letter to my son at summer camp, I kept on to take a lap or two around the block. Saw the rug rolled up with a pad on the sidewalk and gave it half a thought but barely even slowed down. But then, just a bit further on, I saw the coffee table. The small size was just what I had in mind for the space, so I figured I had no choice and carried it home, and decided at the same time I ought to take the rug too, after a very careful survey for gross stains or bedbugs. Very pleased with it all.
Sometimes thrift store acquisitions need a little TLC.