check this out....jim ward morris

Be sure to check out this vintage industrial letter holder in the office section of the site. If you look closely you will notice some very cool artwork used as a prop. The work is by Jim Ward Morris, a local Bellingham artist who combines midcentury imagery with brilliant colors to create his pieces.

I am lucky enough to have some of Jim's work hanging in my shop. In person, the work has an incredibly sleek and modern appearance, thanks to the innovative way Jim has devised to hang the pieces on the wall. The clean white border takes the place of a traditional frame and the entire piece appears to float on the wall.

Check out some more of Jim's work [and order prints up to 4ft x 8ft!] on his website.

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check out the new items just added to the shop!

repurposing | vintage trays

Last week I was interviewed by Lifestyles reporter Zoe Fraley from our local paper for a story she was doing on living in small spaces, specifically dorm rooms and college apartments.

When asked what my tricks were for designing or living in small spaces [both of which I have experience in!], I quickly answered, "Make sure everything has its place and eliminate clutter!". As I stood in my shop looking around while talking to Zoe on the phone my eyes came to rest on the fiberglass trays I have for sale sitting atop a green vintage desk. On one of the trays I had set up a little vignette of vintage office supplies and some fun desktop accessories by suzy*jack. I realized how much I use trays around the house [and around the shop] for organizing, or as Zoe puts it in the article, "coralling" various items. Somehow a bunch of mismatched objects that would otherwise appear out of place or messy if just set out on a credenza or coffee table become instantly unified and organized when they are sitting on a tray.

The fiberglass trays [or any tray for that matter] are a great way to section off or delineate part of a surface for a specific function. If your living space doesn’t have room for a separate office area and your kitchen table needs to do double duty as a place to eat and a place to work, use a tray to keep all of your office items neat and tidy and confined to one area. The tray makes everything super portable, so when you have friends over for dinner and need more space at the table, just pick up the tray and stash it somewhere else for the night. Check out the aqua fiberglass trays for sale in the shop.