Good morning and welcome to another addition of the Saturday Morning Home Repair blog where we talk shop regarding all those broken odds and ends of things piling up around the house and/or improvements some actually endeavor to do by choice.
This week will be a bit special- most of the normal crew is out in the field (look for Spud1 to be live blogging from the Maine Democratic Convention) and I unfortunately can't stick around throughout the day, so, once again, this will be a community effort until we can jump in with whatever expertise is needed.
So, lets get started. I'll put on some of the old fair trade Swedish stuff I normally have, maybe even find some pastries since it is after all 6-10 hours ahead of ya'll in my part of Europe.
(Requisite Pandalicious pootie pic)
And, alas, it is a beautiful day outside, I really should be doing this outdoors or on the balcony. Yet all the windows are open and a nice sea/lake breeze is moving about the place. Its nice to hear the birds and seagulls and it is really hard to keep oneself indoors with the sounds of boats zipping about nearby.
In other news, the first day at my new job went incredibly well and they packed me with so much information on how the office works, all the processes etc. Oddly enough, I don't think I've ever immersed myself into so much Swedish as all the offices I've worked at previously were more international and did at least half of their communications in english. Quite cool, though a bit strange in some way.
And, if you are interested, some recent architecture, design related news I've found that might be of interest:
Though you may never have heard of him, Raoul Wallenberg is one of Sweden's foremost icons. He was credited with saving approximately 15,000 Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust by creating counterfeit passports and sneaking them out via busses. However, in 1945 he was arrested by the Russians and was more or less never heard from again. Time has an interesting article regarding Wallenberg mystery that is an interesting read. I've found he is rarely mentioned stateside, so I thought I'd call some attention to it. Oh, the connection you ask? He was trained as an architect and has come to represent over these years the moral and ethical dilemmas the architecture community faces in its role to serve society.
Also, going back a bit regarding discussions of cabnits and what not, I finally found a post talking about the Swedish designer who uses old wood drawers from various dressers set into a new cabinet to construct something new. Inhabit has the scoop, and they are well worth a look as is Materialicious- they have some neato stuff too.