chair - continued

The chair I rescued from its tragic end on a landfill back in April finally made the journey to our place now. I had to drag it onto the path and after that take it on a bus ride. I have already disassembled it, ripped off the broken feet and brought the chrome back to life with Brasso.

When I took it apart I discovered that it was made by Plycraft in September of 1964. Still have to find out more about the manufacturer. The plywood of the armrest/backrest is cracked and somebody already tried to fix it a while back. I have been trying to glue it back together. Hope it will work as planned. Already started thinking about what kind of fabric I would use to upholster the seat.

More updates to follow soon...

driveway flower

Remember our fugly concrete backyard and driveway. There are weeds sprouting in all the cracks in the driveway now and this cute little flower as well, which caught my eyes when I got back from work today.

big city lights

Last night after a very filling dinner we took a walk along the Hudson. I just love the view from our side of the river onto Manhattan, especially at night.

the high line

On Sunday we walked around the high line to show it to the in-laws. They loved it. We like it too. Every time we walk the high line there is something different to see. Great people watching as well. Section 2 will be open to the public starting today. Yay!

basement clean-up

Instead of painting the front door memorial day weekend we started to clean-up and organize the basement. It was basically just a dumping ground for paint cans and all kinds of stuff that we didn't want upstairs. A major plus working in the basement that weekend was that is was cool down there while the rest of the house got pretty hot.

We already picked up some shelves and bins a while back at Ikea in an earlier attempt to start organizing all our stuff downstairs.

It is still not a 100% done but it looks already much better. Now we are able to find all of our paint cans, rollers, brushes etc.

We still need to disassemble the old washer and dryer to be able to move them out of the basement. They are too big to fit up the stairs. How they got them down the stairs is an unsolved mystery. There's no space for the Billy shelf that is lying on top of the washer/dryer upstairs. Want to post an ad on craigslist to find someone who will pick it up for free.

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hoboken

Saturday we took a stroll around Hoboken. This time I finally had my camera with me to take a picture of the Clam Broth House sign. Have always had an affinity for old signage.

Clam Broth House

The Clam Broth House (1899–2004), was a landmark building which was condemned by city officials because of structural failures caused by construction workers, and destroyed in 2004.

The Clam Broth House attracted more attention than usual, because of the giant hand-shaped signs. There were two giant hand-shaped signs, one hanging on the outside of the Clam Broth House that pointed downward towards the entrance, and one on a neighboring building (which is the only sign still there today). In addition, there was a third, smaller hand-shaped sign. The Clam Broth House opened in 1899.

There were cracks and bulges in the building's facade prior to the building's destruction, and the facade also buckled in May 2003, causing it to be shut down.

The Clam Broth House reopened in 2010.

source: wikipedia

front door plans derailed

Today I wanted to present you our new and improved front area but our plans to paint the front door got derailed...Once I unscrewed the kick plate I realized that there is way too much rust underneath and we better get a new door.

This is how our front door is looking right now...I already caulked around the windows, took down the old numbers and stuck them to the mailbox with tape on Friday. The only thing I did to the front is switch the light fixture. Before mounting the fixture it got a couple of coats of black spray paint because we didn't like the white faux antiqued finish.

We were still very busy all weekend though. Will show you more soon...