Go back to Carbonstok and buy all my Christmas presents.
This cool new store can be found at 1235 Barrington Street in Halifax
Mr. Happy and I wandered in there today on our way home from the market and the grocery store. Awesome place.
Very, very cool stuff.
Here's their goal (taken from the Halifax Locals post about their opening):
"Many of our products come from forward thinking designers and manufacturers that consider our collective impact on the environnment. Other products have such timeless relevance that ensures they will be around for a very long time and never go out of style. Finally, some of our products are simply there to entertain you. Because life doesn't always have to be serious. Our goal is to continually bring you new and interesting products for your home, for your body, and for your friends."
I meant to take a photo of the outside of the store, but my camera was buried in my bag under produce and such from the market.
Next time. Because there will be a next time.
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Saturday, October 11, 2008
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Renovators and Resources
The Great Renovation project continues apace Chez Happy.
The source of the cold air in this room has finally been discovered. On Wednesday night we had a storm with a lot of wind. I could hear the newly installed vapour barrier in the room blowing around, so I went in to check the situation.
The plastic that you see in this photo was blowing around like a kite in the wind... but it was the bit of plastic sticking over the sheet rock on the right that was causing the greatest concern. With every gust of wind, the plastic was making a noise that sounded like it was blowing raspberries at me.
As you can see in this photo:
we have what looks to be a lovely wooden ceiling in this room. In actual fact, this is the same ceiling that extends across the length of the entire front porch. Anyone else seeing the problem in this?
When the foundation of this room (an addition built in the 1940s or 1950s) settled, so did the wall. There seems to be a gap between the wall and this ceiling. Mr. Happy and Troy have determined the best course of action for fixing the gap and have decided to insulate and cover up the lovely ceiling.
Good-bye pretty wood. Hello warm room!
In other news, Mr. Happy and I had yesterday off together - the ENTIRE DAY. Wow.
We spent the morning staring out at the rain, trying to make it disappear through the sheer force of our will. It eventually did peter off, so we headed out to run some "errands".
After grabbing a Mocha we popped in to one of our favourite "home supply" stores in Halifax: Renovator's Resource. I may have blogged about this before, but just in case: Renovator's Resource is stocked with reclaimed doors, windows, wood, sinks, tubs, toilets, fixtures and all sorts of interesting tidbits.
Almost every time we go there, I find something that I've seen somewhere else... this time, it was the same light fixture that was in my bedroom when I was a kid:
I think that the current winner is "Exotic Grass" and "Vintage White" from Debbie Travis. Exotic Grass can be found under the "dramatic" group of colours, on the second page.
The plan is to paint one or two walls in the green and the rest in the white. I have a small desk for the room, which I'm going to paint or stain a dark colour (chocolate brown, I think). I'm also planning to find a place for turquoise in the room. We'll see what happens.
In the meantime, I've got bread rising in the oven, so I should get going.
The source of the cold air in this room has finally been discovered. On Wednesday night we had a storm with a lot of wind. I could hear the newly installed vapour barrier in the room blowing around, so I went in to check the situation.
The plastic that you see in this photo was blowing around like a kite in the wind... but it was the bit of plastic sticking over the sheet rock on the right that was causing the greatest concern. With every gust of wind, the plastic was making a noise that sounded like it was blowing raspberries at me.
As you can see in this photo:
we have what looks to be a lovely wooden ceiling in this room. In actual fact, this is the same ceiling that extends across the length of the entire front porch. Anyone else seeing the problem in this?
When the foundation of this room (an addition built in the 1940s or 1950s) settled, so did the wall. There seems to be a gap between the wall and this ceiling. Mr. Happy and Troy have determined the best course of action for fixing the gap and have decided to insulate and cover up the lovely ceiling.
Good-bye pretty wood. Hello warm room!
In other news, Mr. Happy and I had yesterday off together - the ENTIRE DAY. Wow.
We spent the morning staring out at the rain, trying to make it disappear through the sheer force of our will. It eventually did peter off, so we headed out to run some "errands".
After grabbing a Mocha we popped in to one of our favourite "home supply" stores in Halifax: Renovator's Resource. I may have blogged about this before, but just in case: Renovator's Resource is stocked with reclaimed doors, windows, wood, sinks, tubs, toilets, fixtures and all sorts of interesting tidbits.
Almost every time we go there, I find something that I've seen somewhere else... this time, it was the same light fixture that was in my bedroom when I was a kid:
I think that the current winner is "Exotic Grass" and "Vintage White" from Debbie Travis. Exotic Grass can be found under the "dramatic" group of colours, on the second page.
The plan is to paint one or two walls in the green and the rest in the white. I have a small desk for the room, which I'm going to paint or stain a dark colour (chocolate brown, I think). I'm also planning to find a place for turquoise in the room. We'll see what happens.
In the meantime, I've got bread rising in the oven, so I should get going.
I hope you're all well. For those of you who were buried by snow this weekend: please remember to stretch before you shovel.
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
The Armview - Another Local Haunt
I'm sitting in the lobby of the Ramada in St. John's, Newfoundland right now. I'm here despite feeling like three bags of poo on Sunday night (I had a cold that ran through my system in less than 18 hours, leaving me with a pile of tissues and a red nose.)
We've just finished the first of the two pharmacy student career fairs I'll attend this week - this first one at Memorial University, with 160 students, is like the primer for the one we'll be attending for Dalhousie University on Thursday night. There are 360 students in that program. I'm on my own for that event. Here's hoping my voice stands up to the challenge.
I'm flying in around 8:30 tonight, so I won't make it to KOL - have fun gang!
The following is a little post I wrote on Sunday about a great little restaurant in Halifax. It's mostly to serve as a note to Dad and Ivy - we've GOT to go here the next time you visit - the food is delicious!
When my Uncle K, Auntie K and Cousin Jenny were here a couple of weeks ago we picked up Mr. Happy at his studio and went to lunch at the Armview restaurant in Halifax.
I found a nice little review of the restaurant here. I'm pretty sure J is right in saying that the Armview has the potential to become, if it hasn't already, a mecca of vintage-coolness. It was my first visit to the place... and as her review was written over a year ago, I wonder if J is still able to enjoy her morning newspaper at a table looking out onto the Arm. It was pretty quiet when we were there, but it was also raining.
It's got Vintage Coolness down pat, but I'm just not sure if the downtown hipsters have arrived.
You be the judge:
Vintage coolness:
Downtown hipsters:
For J, whose review I linked, I hope that there is always a table for you at this restaurant... but that it's busy enough to keep the place open. For me, I'm just looking forward to another Marguerita Chicken Wrap. Tequila-Lime mayo? I'll disguise myself as a hipster if that's what it takes.
We've just finished the first of the two pharmacy student career fairs I'll attend this week - this first one at Memorial University, with 160 students, is like the primer for the one we'll be attending for Dalhousie University on Thursday night. There are 360 students in that program. I'm on my own for that event. Here's hoping my voice stands up to the challenge.
I'm flying in around 8:30 tonight, so I won't make it to KOL - have fun gang!
The following is a little post I wrote on Sunday about a great little restaurant in Halifax. It's mostly to serve as a note to Dad and Ivy - we've GOT to go here the next time you visit - the food is delicious!
When my Uncle K, Auntie K and Cousin Jenny were here a couple of weeks ago we picked up Mr. Happy at his studio and went to lunch at the Armview restaurant in Halifax.
I found a nice little review of the restaurant here. I'm pretty sure J is right in saying that the Armview has the potential to become, if it hasn't already, a mecca of vintage-coolness. It was my first visit to the place... and as her review was written over a year ago, I wonder if J is still able to enjoy her morning newspaper at a table looking out onto the Arm. It was pretty quiet when we were there, but it was also raining.
It's got Vintage Coolness down pat, but I'm just not sure if the downtown hipsters have arrived.
You be the judge:
Vintage coolness:
Check.
Downtown hipsters:
Erm... Mr. Happy? Are you a downtown hipster?
For J, whose review I linked, I hope that there is always a table for you at this restaurant... but that it's busy enough to keep the place open. For me, I'm just looking forward to another Marguerita Chicken Wrap. Tequila-Lime mayo? I'll disguise myself as a hipster if that's what it takes.
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