Studio Vintage

A treasure trove of vintage in Brian Paquette's studio apartment. 

American Rustic

Some inspirational images of 'American Rustic' interiors. From NYT.

Modern Anthology

Might just be my favorite new store in NY. Dumbo Brooklyn's Modern Anthology. A perfect selection of manly antiques and collectibles in a beautiful shop. 

Dead Vintage

My good friends Lindsay and Deanna recently launched their fantastic new online shop Dead Vintage, a collection of unique, classic and totally stylish vintage dresses. They have a wonderful eye for finding great pieces and presenting them in fun and fresh ways (Dresses named "Whisper Your Secrets" & "A Hellova Dame." They even named a dress in my honor, see below) I helped art direct the Lookbook for the site a few months back (above), and am so excited to see this venture come to fruition. Check it out!

Unis for Sit & Read

Brooklyn based furniture retailer Sit & Read has collaborated with fashion label Unis on a series of vintage chairs covered in fabric from Unis' Spring collection. What a great concept and some very good looking chairs. 

images: sitandreadfurniture.blogspot.com

Brooklyn & Junk

Scenes from my recent outing to Junk (a favorite vintage store) in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. They have some great stuff, always changing and the prices are super reasonable.

I have walked past this abandoned building/storefront in Brooklyn many times. The facade is totally weathered and it has so much character.  Finally decided to snap a pic, and I kind of love it.

They had several of these Bicentennial glasses. I'm a little obsessed with Americana, so these are right up my alley. $2.99

Industrial-ish lighting. Very tempted to go back and get one of these. $19.99 each

Tons of seltzer bottles. I think $14.99 each.

Cool graphic floral artwork. $49.99

Enjoyable: Vintage Maps

Ever since I was a kid, I have always been crazy about maps. I remember spending a couple days in our basement routing through 20 years of issues of National Geographic my grandparents had given me and pulling out lots of different maps. I was also been known to study a road atlas for no particular reason other than enjoyment. Heck, I'll still look up things on Google Maps for fun. 

So I was checking out Ebay today and I found all these old maps from NatGeo. Hmm tempting. Here.

Also, I kind of want this lot of old Ohio maps. Here

images: Ebay

Old School

I discovered the blog Shorpy, which is a great resource for photographs and posters from the early 1900s. I've always loved B&W images and vintage posters. Here are some of my favorites.

Wisconsin Crew, 1909

See America, 1939

Yellowstone, 1938

Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority, 1940

images: shorpy.com