While we were in Southern California last week we visited LACMA and checked out the exhibit California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way. If you're in the area, I recommend it. What I don't recommend is Anaheim. Good God, what a hellhole.
Last you saw this wall-mounted bottle opener (see here), I had not yet hung a cap receptacle. I fixed that this afternoon after picking up an ASKER container at IKEA. The ASKAR is flat-backed, so it hugs the wall nice and close. The bottle opener, by the way, is the Classic Zinc Starr X from Amazon. [...]
Interrupting our regular programming to bring you a project of a different sort: my brother, Andrew Droz Palermo, directed an awesome video for "Heavy Metal," the first single off White Rabbits' new album Milk Famous. Kudos to Lanie Faith Marie Overton as well, for impeccable mood-setting via wardrobe and production design. You can read more [...]
Before: I picked up this dresser for 25 bucks at a garage sale. Usually when DIY before-and-after posts begin with a piece of furniture like this, they conclude with the dresser coated in paint, decals and rhinestones. I'll end the suspense right now and reveal that I spared this dresser the razzle-dazzle treatment. After: My [...]
Before: After: Done and done. I'll hang something below the bottle opener eventually, but for now the caps fall into a small pail. After hanging items on our cardboard & playdough lathe & plaster walls, drilling straight into solid wood felt goddamn luxurious. Cheers!
Project Palermo 