Couple of Keys

Category: Updates

  • how you living?

    how you living?

    The last time you saw our living room it was freshly painted and holding on to a lot of our old shit. I still had dreams of reupholstering those old grandma chairs we got for $15 on Craigslist (spoiler: never happened and we let them go). That low West Elm coffee table also found a…

  • failure.

    failure.

    Guys, I couldn’t do it. Scratch that, I didn’t do it. I didn’t make my own deadline. As I walked in the door last night after a day of Christmas overload (we decorated Yong’s mom’s house), the disappointment fully set in as I realized what day it was. My plans had included using this weekend…

  • pots o’ racking no more.

    So this happened some time in March and I guess I completely forgot to mention it? The middle shelf is longer than the bottom or top shelves so I made the braces sit wider. All that to say, they’re aren’t crooked! They also aren’t permanent, so for now they’re a major improvement.

  • peace.

    peace.

    Thought I’d share some things currently happening at Casa de Yu. Giant ceramic peace signs (thrifted), strange half gold, half gray ceramic orbs, DIY caged pendants I made recently, squirrel cages. You know, good stuff.

  • Update: Mellow Yellows

    Update: Mellow Yellows

    Yellow makes me happy and this room is all about happy thoughts. Happy, healthy thoughts! My momma? She’s gonna fly with all the happy thoughts that fill this room. Word is bond, Peter Pan. [slogan]chin up buttercup print from the love shop; abstract art from yangyang pan[/slogan]

  • Chocolates and Yellows and Golds, oh my!

    Chocolates and Yellows and Golds, oh my!

    I love how the paint turned out on the armoire. Its shades lighter than the gray on the wall, so it goes but doesn’t blend in. The hardware, however, has worn out its welcome. I tried to live with it, but its overall just too dark for me. I think the scale is off too,…

  • Keeping peace.

    Keeping peace.

    We’re enjoying the residual excitement from the trip and taking it easy this week. We’ll be back with some projects and updates soon. :) Oh, and don’t mind our dust if you happen to notice a few changes around the site as well.

  • Progress: Dining Room

    Progress: Dining Room

    Ta-dao! How you like us now?! Still so-so? Oh. Anyway, as always we celebrate progress. Sometimes it feels like things around here aren’t moving very much. Mostly because we’ve been hopping from project to project just to stay excited (and tending to more important things). This room is definitely not finished. We’re planning on getting…

  • Progress: Bar Hopping.

    Progress: Bar Hopping.

    Remember our bar? Would you like pictures of some unimpressive progress? No? Too bad. We’ve been wanting to raise our makeshift bar up a bit higher since we purchased our little Besta over a year ago. We couldn’t find anything tall enough that would work with the piece. Until I came across Hairpin Legs! Gasp,…

  • Ch-ch-changes.

    Posting this from my phone as I sit in traffic on the parking lot known as the 101 freeway. Progress!