- DIY: great idea for a vintage shutter!
(via style / Rachel Red Lips)
Brighton Swim Club 1863
All it says at the source: 1940s “Louise”
Which is unfortunate. I’d love to know more.
wow. wow.
Cross-dressing in the dorms, University of Chicago, 1921, Chicago.
So adorbs!
(Source: calumet412)
There is a crazy awesome recycling project in Montgomery, AL, called “Rescued Relics” with bargain prices on all kinds of old house stuff — fixtures, furniture, etc. Very excited to visit next time I find myself down there.
(via romantical rendezvous rescued relics | the handmade home)
(via before & after: toolbox wall organizer | Design*Sponge)
Cool jewelry storage idea: use a vintage toolbox mounted on the wall.
I have a lot of tools and some of them are thrifted. I enjoy doing handyman work, and using old tools makes it even better. There’s something wonderful about the feel of them; they’re broken in, they have the patina of age and use, and I love the thought that someone before me used them, too.
Often, people mark their tools to make sure they stay where they belong. You can see an incised “W” on the hinge.
There’s something else here, too, and that is the workmanship of this piece. You have to admire the ingenuity of design: a two foot measure that folds cleverly into six inches. It’s beautifully made, with two kinds of inlaid brass hinges and tiny pins holding it all together.
To me, there is beauty in clean and precise workmanship, no matter what the object is.
