gimme gimme

Yesterday was a good day. My friend Lauren is in want of a big antique mirror. I am a lover of all things “too good to be thrown out”. We went to a huge shop uptown called Demolition Depot. Oh my good lord, this place was heaven on earth: 10ft tall Joseph statues, retired subway tiles, 19th century stained glass windows, church pews and the like. Everything was way out of our price range, but the place was cluttered with inspiration. It was kind of cool how it worked, too. Everything was marked with a number. You carry around a clipboard and take note of what you’re interested in. After you spent the day wandering through all four floors and the humongous back garden you go to the computer and search for what you’ve marked down (which for me would have been everything, including the not-for-sale cute cats running around). Since I’m not a millionaire and neither is Lauren, we jotted stuff down so we could see who could guess closer to how overpriced each item was. It was the best way to spend a rainy Sunday in NYC if you ask me. I specifically took pictures with this blog in mind. Please forgive all the blurs, I desperately need to buy another point-and-shoot camera.