Industrial Living Part 1

I have been daydreaming of living in commerical space for ages!

And finally I get to conquer the challenge of making it happen!

One weekend afternoon Zach and I were driving around the Heavy Industrial neighbourhood by Palmetto Beach and came across a ugly little building on a corner with a big fenced in lot area with a for rent sign in the front of it. I immeadiately stopped the car and as I took it in, I said, I love this place, we should try and rent it and live here!

It took us over a week to get in touch with anyone about renting it. We found out they were asking $700 a month. Upon seeing the space we saw how much work it really needs (especially for it to be our house) and we worked it out that we will pay $500 a month and fix the place up!

When you walk in the front door you enter the first of 2 big rooms. It is a big open room with 13' ceilings. The only thing in the room is the crudest 1/2 bath and a gross utility sink laying on the floor on an outside of the ugly bathroom build out.

The adjustments we are going to make to the above picture are: finish painting the interior walls white, make the bathroom door open out instead of in, put a free standing tub where the utility sink is, paint the floors (the colour is going to be one of many surprises!) and put a kitchen on the right side of the far wall below.

There is so much to do and I am so excited about all of it, it's hard to sit still most of the time!

So very much more to come....

a new fav artist!!!

I went to an art show a ways back with Lauren at Transitions (really I think it was at the Skatepark but, whatevs) called '99 Bottles on the Wall'. I fell completely madly obsessed in love with one of the bottles that of course was sold! I was in such a swooning tizzy that I neglected to take note of the artist's name. Der.

Luckily Lauren has some wits about her....she found out who painted that bottle I wouldn't shut up about and (as you'll see on his website) ordered a book of his prints for me as a surprise!!

The artist is: Chris Ryniak

Here's the very bottle itself. Oh, just seeing it.....I need it!!

Isn't it the very most????

Here are a few other works of his that I think are rad:

*I think Chris Ryniak has a real knack with teeth!

bathroom

I love our mostly white bathroom. Keeps it feeling fresh and clean. It's a very small bathroom and I think the white palette lends it more space than there actually is.

Painting above sink is by The Crafty Hag.

Many moons ago I chose to have all white bath linens (bath mat too!). I like that dirt grim or scum can't hide. I've heard it time and time again over the years about me having white towels and bathmat....everyone is always saying how they would never white linens because they'd have to wash them all the time. That is exactly my point. When bathroom linens are dirty, I want to know and wash them! Of course I recommend keeping the bath mat on the side of the tub and returning it there after each use to keep it clean.