Custom Slat bench designed for exterior use. Read about the challenges of an American in Italy learning the language while attempting to track down materials needed to DIY.
Indoor dining table with storage.
After completing my outdoor table it was time to build an indoor dining table. For this project I needed to…
Exterior cement door table.
November 30th, 2023 (ish) will be one year of construction on my Ostuni townhouse. I wish I could say we…
Blu Monocromatico
Copied/ Knocked-off/ Faux/ Cloned/ Forged/ Inspired/ or even an Homage to Yves Klein … whatever you want to call it, I accept….
R1 – My beginning.
Please read R1 (Restoration1) before continuing. I started this painting with a art piece I created last year. I was…
R1 (Restoration 1) – The beginning
I have a passion for restoring vintage and antique pieces of furniture. I have also been known to ‘dabble’ in art. Some pieces turn out amazing (to me – and that’s really all that matters) while others turn out… well, shit. I should throw these away but like a good hoarder, I keep them anyway in hopes of one day fixing the mistakes or repainting them into something I love 😂. In this case, it is exactly what I did.
Butcher Block Restoration.
I was walking around New York City circa 2014 when I stumbled across a store called ABC off Broadway St… Fast forward a few years to 2022 and now I am living in Italy shopping for restoration items on Facebook Market place. Lol
Via Duca Castromedia *UPDATE*
Buongiorno a tutti! First I need to tell you, I am so fucking excited to see my designs come to…
Finalmente! Carpenters Bench
Restoration of a vintage carpenters bench into a kitchenette and bar for a studio in Ostuni Italy.
Carpenters bench to Kitchen?
In my quest to design and customize my ostuni palazzotto I have been spending a lot of time on pinterest…
Can you hear the lions … knocking?
While researching the history of door knockers I came across a dark and interesting story of the door knocker that traces its lineage (from what I can find) all the way back to ancient Greece. Greeks were a bit prickly about unannounced visits to their dwellings, and it was considered a breach of etiquette to enter someone else’s home without warning. ( Honestly… same. lol)…’Sophisticated’ (aka: wealthy) Athenians preferred the use of door knockers in the form of…
Il mio palazzotto ad Ostuni
Benvenuto in Italia! Questo è il mio primo progetto qui… It takes some time to really understand a immobiliare mercato. Combine that with not speaking the same linguaggio, not understanding the ‘rules’ or even how to make and offer… and one may find an entire year slip through their finger tips before feeling comfortable purchasing a prima casa in Italia!