apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

A handmade wooden candelabra, about three feet high, in a helix shape (about thirty arms extend from the base in a curved spiral-staircase pattern, each arm holding a single votive candle). It was made by a Quebec artisan.

A vintage photograph from the 1920's of two guys, with wind in their faces, skimming the surface of a lake in a rickety old biplane. I bought it on eBay from a collector of old airplane photos, and it makes me smile every time I see it.

My boyfriend's collection of vintage barware always gets comments.

The coolest thing we have is an easel that we mounted the TV to. We bought one new (couldn't find a strong enough one used) & my husband & brother set about making look "loved". It was a great project & so much more fun to look at whilst watching telly =)
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we also like our mug wall of mugs we've collected in our travels HERE

What a cool idea with the easel, karandash! I also love the travel mugs and how you displayed them.

Well, it depends on how you define "cool". It's either my strigilated marble urn (which, based on the style of carving of its replacement top, I always thought was Victorian, but which several people have told me is actually late Roman) or its my dining room chandelier, which I made out of a plastic shrimp cocktail dish from the deli & a bunch of shower rings from the dollar store, or--my own favorite--it's the reaction of the people who see these two items at opposite ends of the value scale sitting less than four feet apart. Magnaverde.

Brilliant, karandash. House tour! House tour!

i collect so many things (many free or thrifted), but the thread that links them is either bright colors or textured grays and neutrals...student artwork, rocks and twigs, textiles.
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The coolest thing in my house isn't even in my house yet. My mom will be bringing my great-grandmothers chandelier to hang in my new home.

karandash-i love your window treatments as well-where did you find the branch curtain rod?

I have a collection of figurines of characters I have performed on stage. They run a gambit from Charlie Brown to Papageno to Old Deuteronomy (you can guess the shows), just to name a few. I would love to display them nicely, but haven't found the right way...yet.

laurengrissom- We found the branches on the ground! At a friend's cabin in Angelus Oaks. We hung the branches from regular Umbra curtain rod holders & used clip loops. The curtains are from the greatest shop in "little India" in Artesia, Cottage Art. Glad you like them. They brighten up our small windows nicely.

I tend to get comments on my witches. I have two large (about 50 cm) witches, one standing on top of a book case and one sitting on the handle of an umbrella hanging from the ceiling.

this corner, in my bedroom:
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Jeez, I'd have to say when xmas is around, we have a HUGE amount of nutcrackers that my husband's mum has been giving him every year since he was a baby... yet we have more than his actual age lol...

Right now, I'd have to say some of our antiques are pretty cool... we have 2 antique guns that are ancient, and a reversed-thumprint pitcher, a set of real gold Quezel shades that aren't on display, and an old 1930s green stained organ that we have in storage:( I really wish we had it right about now.

After that, I'd just say pictures, artwork, and a couple of posters :D

We have a very large clock that gets a lot of love, even though it doesn't quite keep the right time.

Also, we have a very large book collection. Of all the many interesting volumes, guests seem to always make a beeline for one in particular--the book into whose pages we cut a hole to use as a "safe" for a bit of emergency cash.

This will seem exceptionally geeky, but a Japanese Monty Python and the Holy Grail poster. It's very rare (it's the real deal from a movie theater).

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Karandash,
I want your mugs collection..;-P

My shower curtain always gets comments, which really makes me happy because I made it.

This fabric: http://www.amybutlerdesign.com/showImage.php?img=/images/fabrics/01_AB32Fuchsia.jpg

I don't have pictures of them on this computer, but I have antique cast-iron cat-shaped andirons that make all my friends jealous.

I have an antique clock that was a wedding gift to my grandmother in the 30s. I also have lovely art deco bedroom furniture that also belonged to my grandmother.

my peep hole is crazy!

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