If I Were a Tile...

If I were a tile that wanted to look like a river in a child's playschool discovery room... what would I look like? Would I be sleek and modern (and maybe slippery?!?) like the glass mosaic at the left? Or would I be complex and cool like the glass circles and stone mix at the center? Or simple and practical yet still pretty amazing like the tile at the right?

The plan is to have a 'river' running through a "discovery room" at a preschool I am designing and I cannot wait to see how it all turns out... but we have to design, plan, budget, re-design, and build these things before they can come to life and right now we are somewhere between budget and re-design and partially done building.

This has been one of my favorite projects so far and I cannot wait to post photos of the finished spaces! Do you like any of these tiles in particular?

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker

Here is what I was given...

and here is what I am going to try to create... yeah, I am not sure yet either.

After a conversation with a metal shop fabricator, a cabinet maker, and a stained glass designer... I think we are on our way! This thing will be the coolest pendant light ever! I will post a pic when it's done. :)

Recliner Search...

My husband really wants a new recliner... if there was ever a word that designers and architects from all over dislike hearing, it is "recliner." Yes, there are great looking ones out there these days. I like several of the below minimalist style reclining chairs,

 

but my husband, on the other hand, would prefer something like this:

and that is a no-go for me... I would not be OK with my house looking like an episode of Frasier. This is my husband we are talking about here, not my elderly father moving in (like the show).

I know that there is a compromise out there, but we haven't found it yet. I will be sure to update you when we do! For now I think I have him convinced to wait until we move into our new home. That has bought me at least a year!

Coke, Diet Coke, and Mountain Dew Coke... It's All Coke!

Every once in a while something will happen that makes me miss the Midwest... and that happened recently to me when I was referencing a set of drawings from my Ohio based clients...

"POP MACHINE!"

I have not heard that terms in YEARS... and I didn't know that I missed it until I saw it in this set of drawings. I am going to make a more concerted effort to start saying "pop" again. You can take the girl out of the Midwest but you can't take the Midwest out of the girl!

Sweet Tea and Pop... best of both worlds. :)

Gentlemen Only

I know, I know, I know... I am in a male dominated field... but for realz??? Not even a "Ladies and Gentlemen"? Let's be real, I am not really a lady either. ;)

Getting Stuck

Updating you on my last post, my first acupuncture appointment was a success! and like everyone has already said, the needles did not hurt. One in particular, near my wrist, was a little uncomfortable for a while (they left them in for 20-30 minutes) but nothing ever "hurt." She used about 10-15 needles? I lost track.

Everything was great about my first experience and I have other future appointments made... we shall see if anything comes from this! The most promising thing is that I told the practitioner all about one problem I was having and after her physical examination of me (before the needles) she asked me about something else that has been a problem in the past but I told her nothing about! That leads me to believe that there is some truth to all of this.

I have been skeptical in the past, but with a few positive opinions from people I trust, there is some evidence of acupuncture working, I just hope it can work for me. The practitioner said she can get my body circulating correctly again so I will be sure to let you know how it all works out!

Sticking To It...

I have my first acupuncture appointment tonight and I am really nervous!!! I hope to be smiling like the woman below but I am so deathly afraid of needles - as long as I don't look I should be OK... and my mom assures me that they are much thinner than normal needles and don't hurt...

We shall see!