Reuse. Rehabilitate. Restore. Architectural salvage and repurposed pieces for the home.
Before: Quick Snap Tripod with Wide Angle. Focal point is the fireplace, not dining room table. Before: Quick Snap Tripod with Wide Angle. Polished table and opened curtains. Hit Me With Your Best Shot Since this site will be focusing on DIY, I realized that some industry professionals may accuse me… Continue reading Photographing Your House for Sale
We did our annual New Year’s Day romp at Coney Island with the Polar Bear Club. It was a record turnout this year, probably because the temperature was in the 50’s. It’s also getting more and more crowded with younger folks every year. When I first started photographing the Polar Bear Club and Ice Bears… Continue reading 2012 New Year’s Swim
January. New York saw the largest nationally coordinated organized crime takedown in the FBI’s history. Members of New York’s infamous Five Families—the Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, and Luchese crime organizations were rounded up and arrested. February. Maksim Gelman committed a 28-hour killing spree that lasted from February 11 to 12. It included the stabbing and… Continue reading A Year in New York. Goodbye 2011.
Did you ever notice some of those crazy Craigslist ads? Like, why are these people selling things they should be throwing in the garbage? Why can’t they figure out how to take a picture? Take the photo above. Great picture, right? Good for them. Phone cord: $1. These people photographed . every. item. in. their.… Continue reading WTF Craigslist Ads
Happy 2011! We made our annual trek down to Coney for the Polar Bear swim. Apologies for the photos in advance. Arrived too late to get the 1pm “Everybody into the water!”, then realized my lens filter was shattered and stuck on the lens. So, some artsy “cracked lens” technique going on here. New Year’s… Continue reading Coney Island 1/1/11
The estate sale down in Westchester last weekend was such a huge success that we decided to do our own in Beacon. This one will consist of antiques and vintage items leftover from other sales, stuff from Mario’s clean outs and pieces I want to move along so I can make room for new… Continue reading Tag Sale: Take II
Humor me here. So, the other day I was photographing a house full o’ goodies for my first estate sale (more on that later). Everything was going swimmingly until I got to this table near a window in the basement. I kept getting glare on the top, so I had someone hold a sheet… Continue reading Ghost in the Table?
**Archive. Originally posted October 30, 2007. So, you think you wanna sell your own home? It’s no picnic, I’ll tell you that. But if you have the time and patience, you can save thousands on broker’s fees. It is true that many a FSBO ends up a broker’s listing because people step into it blindly.… Continue reading FSBO Checklist
Construction Workers on Crossbeam, 1932 As a follow up to Friday’s photo post, I’d like to share some of my favorite moments of NYC’s history captured on film. If you’re thinking of something to hang on your wall and not worried about investment value, the Library of Congress is a great resource, as I mentioned… Continue reading Vintage NYC Images
If you think I’m not going to take advantage of the holiday to get a couple of days off, you’re wrong. The readership for this blog has been slowly climbing since we launched in September. That means many of you weren’t around since day one. Take this opportunity to catch up on everything you’ve missed.… Continue reading Review and Surprise Quiz