Grims on Capitol Hill

We've been thinking about doing something classy yet industrial with our bathroom, something somewhat "steampunk" without going too crazy.  We recently discovered a newer bar on 11th, "Grims" which is quite possibly my new favorite place ever.  If you live in the Seattle area and are into DIY, you NEED to check this place out: Hanging bare-bulb lighting, re-claimed wrought iron stools, and a bar made from old wooden letter boxes.  They also serve up some really great drinks (try the "Last Word"). It struck a cord with our bathroom plans, so I'm sure we'll be back to....uh...gain further "inspiration".

 

                                                                 

Free Stuff is Great

In the middle of going through what we had moved from downstairs, I managed to find us 3 Ikea bookshelf units on the Craigslist free page.  I can't possibly even count how many times I've lucked out like this.  The shelving units aren't super at all (David suggested that the wife of the nice man who delivered them to us had ordered him to get rid of his crap furniture: "You've had those since college!!") but they work well enough.

We are considering how we can jazz them up...wallpaper? Paint?  We seem to be sort of edging towards a Victorian meets Modern look; elegant old wallpaper could be pretty cool.  At the moment our decor is a little more college student meets antique furniture. Huzah!

Move In: Round 1

We had been sharing a little studio on the first floor when this place opened up.  One glance inside and we were sold.  

We got pretty lucky, with an exposed brick wall that stretches through the living room through double-doors to our office/studio space, classic trim and molding, great sunlight all day through some big old windows.  

We also received an ugly, free, used-to-be-white couch from the last tenants...which we will let stay for a while.The nice thing about "round one" was that we only had to move our stuff upstairs.  "Round two" involves getting all of my art-making supplies and books out of storage.  Storage, in this case, meaning a (somewhat expensive) bedroom I rent that I haven't visited since November.