concrete jungle

New York City - 4th of September - 11252 steps

JFK
Yellow cab
Citizen M, room 1811
Times Square
Ice cream
Empire State Building
5th Avenue
Flat Iron
Broadway
Subway
Panoramic rooftop bar Citizen M

Day ONE at a glance.

airy appearance

Ever since I saw the half blue Ercol love seat at Anthropologie, I'm in love with that wooden design bench!
They are quite pricey new and a vintage bench is hard to find, or priceless.
This remake of the wooden sixties bench is such a wonderful and affordable alternative.
I love it!

white wooden sixties bench

Scandinavian Saturday afternoon in the sunshine (garden doors open...)

White wooden bench: remake Scandinavian sixties bench by Fashion for Home
Harlequin blanket: handmade by me, you can make your own with this harlequin pattern.
Yellow vase: Villa Augustus market
Awesome cook book: New York, les recettes culte by Marc Grossman
Small yellow book: Paris vs New York book
Tulips: pink lingerie fringed tulips
Mug: monogram mug from Anthropologie
Carrot cake: homemade with recipe from the New York cook book (page 190)

wood & wool metropole stools

wood & wool metropole stools, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

Okay it is an exception, but too fun not to mention.

Two weeks ago on Monday I've send three handmade stools, one to Paris, one to Los Angeles and one to New York.

Wood & wool stool goes cosmopolitan!

new york neon

new york neon, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

pink
bright pink
neon color covers
i love them
these two stools are living in New York now!

tagged!

tagged!, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

New [wood & wool stool] cards,
business cards to be precise,
similar to the postcards.

They sure look cute, hanging on a stool leg.

Today the first stools 'tagged new style' are off to New York City and Downunder Queensland.

Sometimes I wish I could bring them myself...

wood & wool wedding stool

wood & wool wedding stool, originally uploaded by wood & wool stool.

Lately I have had various romantic orders from customers. Alan ordered a valentine stool and namesake Ingrid ordered a complete collection with ♥ garland.

The most original custom made order came from New York; Liz asked me if I could make a stool with a very personal touch as a wedding gift. She told me that her friend Jen discovered my work through Poppytolk.

Liz suggested the romantic idea, to carve the wedding date of Jen & Dan in one of the stool legs and asked me if that was possible.

A few weeks before Christmas, Kaylovesvintage offered me a Dremel Stylus multitool, that she didn't use herself and that I might use for my wooden business... How kind of her to think of me and so I sent her a little handmade x-mas tree. At that time I didn't have the slightest idea this thing was a good swap.

So I carved the wedding date in the little orange crossbar of the stool and the tool from Kay was very helpful. First I practised some carving on a piece of wood and soon I found out it was fun! (and no I am not mistaken in the date, for it is a belated wedding gift). This kind of tool is a little 'dangerous' because I can't stop figuring out what I can carve next...

This morning Liz told me the wedding stool is delivered in New York and Jen & Dan love their present!