Chicago Music Exchange

Electric Guitars

Guitar Effects Pedals

I don’t play well (or at all, these days), but I still have the electric guitar I saved up for and bought when I was 18, a Danelectro U2. I also have an Epiphone Hummingbird. I got that one by trading in an old acoustic at Chicago Music Exchange a few years ago, when we sold a number of other guitars.

Chicago Music Exchange

I hadn’t been back since, but the photography class I take on Thursday nights is directly across the street. I stopped in to the shop a couple of weeks ago to get a wall hook for my ukulele (which is far easier to play, not that I do that well either), then went back last week to take photos.

Orange Amps

I posted a photo on Instagram when I was in the store, and someone noticed the Stranger Than Fiction guitar. Not the guitar of course, but a beat-up Fender in the same color.

A single guitar is gorgeous. Multiply that by a few hundred, and oh my.

Guitars at Chicago Music Exchange

Vintage Amps

I’m pretty sure I shouldn’t go buy the hollowbody of my dreams, just because it’s pretty. If I could remember anything besides power chords and a few others, maybe. Sure is tempting though. I’ll be across the street again tonight.

Hollowbody Electric  Guitars

Eleanor and Brandon

Eleanor and Brandon
Eleanor
Eleanor and Brandon

That face!

Brief Random Updates

A few updates on some things that you may or may not have been waiting for me to resolve. (Probably not, but here we go.)

My Office! The Kitchen!

I returned the floral curtains I tried in my office. I thought about using the fabric in the kitchen, but wasn’t in love, and so back to the store they went.

Speckled Bloom Curtains in the Kitchen

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The Kitchen! Again!

The electrician I called out for an estimate on recessed lighting in the kitchen got back to us, finally. $2300 to provide and install six 4″ can lights in the kitchen, plus a dimmer switch. That sounds high, right? Or is that what it costs to Swiss cheese the ceiling in a house that 100+ years old?

Oh, pretty lights. I don’t think we can have you if we don’t add some additional lighting elsewhere in the room.

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The Bathroom!

I swapped out the white toilet seat for a black one. I like it! I did that last month but it didn’t really feel worthy of a full post and Instagramming your toilet is weird, so I hadn’t written about it until now.

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The Basement!

Brandon and I are going to try to clean up the basement. We’re planning a party for Eleanor’s birthday at the end of April, and we thought it might be good to have some wide open space downstairs for her and her preschool friends. (Do kids even have their parties at home anymore? None of her friends have.)

Basement Storage Plans

There’s a whole lot of stuff down there still from when I styled a photo shoot for a brand’s Pinterest campaign, and a lot of stuff in general. We need to get some shelving in the storage area before we can make sense of the rest of the space. We have so much that I’d be happy to get rid of, but I don’t know how to best go about it. Garage sale, Craigslist, eBay, or just donate everything?

That is all.

The Top of the Fridge

Top o' the Fridge Scapes

I styled the top of my fridge yesterday. I did this, then I did this later, which looks like this. It isn’t quite right yet, but it’s a start. This is riveting stuff here, I know! I started thinking about it though — what does one put above a freestanding fridge, assuming you do want something up there? Here are some of the options I’ve seen.

Dozens of apples in a charmingly rustic wire basket, with eggs. (Really, stylists? Really?)
Red Smeg Fridge

A lone gumball machine. (Again, really?)
Mint Green / Pale Blue Fridge

Vintage Cathrineholm bakeware. (This one makes more sense.)
Pale Aqua Fridge

A vintage Kaj Franck bowl. (This one seems appropriate, too.)
Amy Butler's Kitchen with Buttercup Yellow Fridge

A mismatched collection of feminine baskets. (Cute.)
Mismatched Baskets on Top of a Pink Fridge

And my favorite, a taxidermied peacock. (Of course!)
Taxidermied Peacock on a Teal Fridge

Basically, we can all put whatever we want up there. Free license!

I still need to play around with my arrangement a bit. I like the clock above the fridge (though I’m still waiting on this one, and may swap it out), and I suppose I’ll keep a plant up there instead of getting hanging planters. I’ll probably shy away from the peafowl, but that’s just personal preference.

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