chair repair

When we bought the tanker desk they threw the chair in for 5 bucks.  The arms were covered with duct tape but the rest of the chair looked really good.  I wasn't sure if it was worth repairing because for 5 bucks I figured the chair was probably broken.  Nope.  It is in great shape and I had the leather vest from a thrift store find.  With help from my sweet husband I was able to recover the armrests and set up a sewing room in my old studio.  Guess I need to learn to sew a little better.

Little Riki can run like the wind when you call him.  Here RIKIIIIII!  My SLR Nikon D50 camera is fast and I got off one shot and he was here.  Love those action shots.  Look at his tail!  He had to have a major summer haircut because he got in the pool one time and it ruined his hair.  Mats everywhere.  He is really well behaved when I cut him so he turns out a lot better than Buster.  I do like his hair long so hope it will grow back.  I was just sick that I had to cut his long ears but look how cute he is without them.  

I am going back to World Market for some blue curtains.  I've decided not to dye the silk, just move it to the next room.  I love it so much but the gold color just doesn't match the green tanker.  They have some cotton broomstick curtains that will be cute with my mismatched raskog and green desk.  I really think it will pull it all together.  He is painting the master bath so I am going to buy some new towels too.  Big fun!  

Tanker gelli station

In between working on the Ganesha I finally got my tanker gelli station all set up.  It has been so hard not to abandon the stamp collage for gelli printing.  You addicts out there will understand that.  

We went to the fair Friday night and my husband found this cool stuff at a antique store we entered for the air conditioning.  It was too hot in there for me to see but he has a great eye!  The Ingento paper cutter was only 8 bucks!  It is a great 12" size so it will live on top of the desk!  It is really sharp but has no guard so will have to be very careful when using it.  I don't have any cigar boxes this size and got both for $3.00.  What a steal!  I also found a great cloth basket but had to put it in the other room because the lady had stitched the darn thing full of cat hair.  We are both allergic to it.  

Steel pipe shelves

Here are some shots of my new studio with the tanker desk.  The pipe shelves turned out so cool.  He is going to add a drop down above the tansu once I figure out what I am going to put there.  It is so custom that I can't even believe how well it works.  I had the pleasure of working on the Ganesha in here the last couple of nights.  Still haven't finished filling my desk.  Don't want to waste that precious real estate so it will be the last thing.

I went to Amazon and found some maple drawers that would look really nice with the pipe desk because I hate plastic.  Except this plastic works really well for me.  They are the desk top variety so the drawers are not as deep as the crappy shit they sell us for storage in the craft department.  I'm going to think about it because sometimes if something is working you really shouldn't think about changing it.

Nothing matched like I wanted it to.  The desk doesn't match the raskog and that doesn't match my green drawers in the other room.  Oh well, my husband said if I want to paint it in the future if they all end up in the same room then I will think about it.  I will get new curtains for in here.  I will move all the silk to the next room.

Steel Tanker desk

My buddy Dave delivered my desk last week then my sweet husband cleaned it up and painted the kitchen.  He is also building pipe shelves for me.  I love it so far even though he wasn't so sweet today.  It'll be done tomorrow and I can put my fruit crates in and get back to the Ganesha.  I've only filled one drawer but thinking "tanker gelli station"...