Allison sent me to this
dining room about an hour before Jen (of the
infamous Cake Wrecks), the creator, dropped me a line.
I love the details the most:
These are handmade buttons -- from pennies! Jen has a whole
post about how she made them. I love how they look.
She steampunked a gumball machine with bronze and aged copper paint, and filled it with ceramic number balls (I have the corresponding letter balls, but no place nearly as neat to put them...).
Do you like how the light reflects through the glass onto the ceiling? I sure do.
I had to laugh at these drawer pulls -- I've been searching around for a "bin pull + label" handle for a while, and have only found one, which wasn't quite right. Jen just used her existing bin pulls and added label holders meant for scrapbooking -- 5 for $3! The labels themselves with their spidery writing are with a free font called Schoon.
Good job, Jen. Definitely send us an update if you ever settle on the perfect chandelier...
These are handmade buttons -- from pennies! Jen has a whole post about how she made them. I love how they look.
She steampunked a gumball machine with bronze and aged copper paint, and filled it with ceramic number balls (I have the corresponding letter balls, but no place nearly as neat to put them...).
Do you like how the light reflects through the glass onto the ceiling? I sure do.
I had to laugh at these drawer pulls -- I've been searching around for a "bin pull + label" handle for a while, and have only found one, which wasn't quite right. Jen just used her existing bin pulls and added label holders meant for scrapbooking -- 5 for $3! The labels themselves with their spidery writing are with a free font called Schoon.
You may think I write this blog to entertain and inform all of you -- or because of the accolades that come with being the world's foremost authority on steampunk home decor (cough _none_ cough) -- when really, I write it for my own pleasure and research into how I'd like my home to be. (Your feedback, ideas, and compliments don't hurt, however!)
I have a crazy china set that I think you'd like. It was made by a company called 222 fifth and the series is called Slice of Life. Each plate, salad plate and mug has a different illustration on them of any number of oddities. Unfortunately, they don't make them anymore so it can be kind of hard to get your hands on them. There was an airship mug I never did get my hands on.
I frequently found them still at places like Marshall's and the like, being sold off from the expensive department stores who were clearing them out.
I always envision a red, black and white kitchen that has them on prominent display.
Aren't they wonderful? From the pyramids to a futuristic city, with an airsteam on the moon in between?
