My Mom's a Bad Ass

In 1973 my mom was almost as cool as she is now.  She was a newlywed, art student and all around badass.  I wasn't born yet, but I know because of this:

 

She used absolutely no black to paint it.  For years this painting lived in the basement of the house I grew up in. Now its mine, ALL MINE! 

In the sunlight the colors really come to life. I love this, it's perfect, like it was meant to be in this space.

Score.

Well, we originally thought of putting a pool table in the loft, but those things are expensive, so we put it off for a while.

Until today.  Peter's good friend Keith just hooked us up with a vintage Brunswick table for $300!  It's a "fixer-upper", but I know that table and I get the feeling it'll work out somehow.  We lost the camera in the move, so no photos until we find it.  Here is our new table in it's original condition:

Ours has a much darker walnut finish.  Yum.

We brought it home.  It's strewn across our floor in pieces with piles of other stuff.  I don't know how we're living in this.

Score.

It's really late so I'll be brief.  Craigslist brought us a new friend today.

Yes, they're stackable.

High-Efficiency!

Abt price:  $1322.00, new.

Craigslist price:  $550, only used for 2 months, like new, under warranty.

Do you accept cash?  Cha-ching.

ABT! Lightining Bolt!

We bought appliances today and we are VERY HAPPY.  For those of you that don't know about Abt.com, you need to get acquainted stat.  Unlike the rest of our projects which we designed and were funded by the building management, they insisted on selecting and buying the appliances themselves.  Unacceptable.

I made them a deal.  If I could find a set we liked at Abt for less than they had budgeted from their supplier, we could go with our choice.

Long story short, I made out like a mob boss at Abt.  Tim, our sales associate initially laughed at the situation, but then started working his magic.  After viewing a few choices, Tim bent a few rules, and knocked the prices of a Whirlpool fridge, stove, and dishwasher down to a ridiculously good deal.  What can I say, we're a cute couple and people want to give us stuff.

Turns out, the number was so good, that I managed to finagle a Microwave Hood in the deal from the management office.  At that point, I peed a little.

 Yep, more black.  Everyone's nervous for us, but we know black is sexy.