Guerilla Shopper NYC: renovation

Monday, May 21, 2012

Fuzzy Blackberry photo

The mighty foyer has finally come together this weekend. I was going a little bit for the black & white art deco (loosely defined). I brought the mirrors over from my old apartment (Target), the table, which I mentioned the other day, is from Pottery Barn. The vintage glass vase from Damon Crain. The old photos c/o my mom thanks to my long-departed relatives Schlaffer and Anderson, as is the silver (stainless?) tray on the lower shelf. The silver key dish picked up years ago at Daffy's, and candle holder...hmmm...I believe I received that as a gift. And in closing the glass spinning picture frame thanks to my friends for my birthday on Friday. Yay!
Hidden: white glass light fixture hanging from a black chain, from Lowe's.

Flowers from bodega on Broadway & 93rd St.

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Pottery Barn: Entry way table

Entry way table featuring vintage glass c/o Damon Crain

Who knew finding a table for the foyer would be one of the biggest challenges of the renovation? Well, I finally found something close to perfect at Pottery Barn, except it almost slipped away into the black hole of online retail...

I found it! It's perfect! Glass top with a glass shelf, almost black frame, not too wide (14") and the price...well, not too bad ($399).

Except when I proceeded to try and order it online, I learned that:

a. tax was not yet included ($40)
b. shipping was not yet included ($40).
c. "special handling" was not yet included ($40), and...
d. it would not be delivered until mid-July.

So my practically perfect table went from $399 to $520 and I wouldn't even see it for 2 months? Not acceptable.

Cutting to the chase I printed out the page, went with my helper and explained the predicament to the salesperson in one of the NYC locations. After a phone call, my table was on its way to that store IN TWO DAYS and ended up costing me $347 (all in). All I had to do was get it from the store to my apartment, which I did with the help of my helper. And although the photo I took with my Blackberry above pretty much stinks, I can assure you that the table does not.

I hope that this puts the Guerilla Shopper back in your good graces.

Friday, April 20, 2012

Ceiling Medallion

How else to make your room look like an olde English estate while covering up the empty unpainted spot on the ceiling when you switch out your lighting fixtures? THE MEDALLION. They sell tons of these things online for cheap. This one (Soleil 20 in. Ceiling Medallion) is from Home Depot and cost $43. I ordered it online and picked it up in the store on 23rd St. While it's basically just made of plastic, when it's up high on the ceiling (9 feet in this case), you can't tell that it's not wood. And I didn't even paint it!