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new digs and whatnot

ikeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeea!

don’t know what to tell you. things are different now. was couch surfing for awhile there, then at my dad’s, then moved around the corner to dave’s place, made more sense. more space. no parents.

let me show you around i guess.

after this ikea pit stop, of course.

it was not meatball day (2 for 1) and they didn’t have lox either. i swear normally they serve these dewds with rosti potatoes. or they just do it differently in the burbs.

extreme close up.

WINE NOT?

atmospheric.

thank god for my lists. cruising ikea baked list in-tow, is still pretty confusing. for one of us at least.

free soft drink pass why am i showing this?

dave said i got a dirty look. finally someone witnesses. he shot back one at the biddy.

red theme on the horizon.

such a great print.

twice even.

sigh faint etc.

well hello there sneaky christopher.

SOLD! (next time)

not feeling the ikea scene much.

wait what, which way?

comin’ for ya.

DREAM BED.

rock of love (pepe) jeans thanks mom. i made fun of them and she said NO they’re expensive! then called me an idiot. ok then you win. like being expensive somehow justifies the tacky (in these jeans’s defense i dunno, growing on me plus compliment city) as by how everyone in yorkville dresses. JUST because it’s pricey doesn’t mean it’s tasteful. money cannot purchase a sense of style.

christmastown!

it’s never too soon for making money eh. stretch those season shopping days out as far as you can.

not even surprised.

same tired shit, ikea.

hearts everywhere. bought duvet/comforter set to match those things AND red velvet drapes i have always pined for some ever since a nite after kokie’s (rip) in this greenpoint basementish loft, floor-to-ceiling heavy solid red velvet drapes and i mental-noted it there on the spot, high as a kite. wow, rather sharey right now eh. yikes.

it does feel a little soonish.

taking photos of ikea lights is pretty fun. avoided that room entirely though, felt too spacey and rushed.

welcome to gayland. my new room.

got some mad red probs.

let me tell you i was NOT made for duvets, stuffing them into their homes, rather. comforters? what the hell. that’s like a 3 person job.

what’s that on the side table?

should have waited to put drapes up before taking pics. next project. getting home with ikea goods and immediately setting it all up requires a special kind of mania.

cool operator.

oh my god think you get the point the joke just died. i kill jokes.

my biggest fan. speaking of.

another room i cleaned and constructed. in the suburbs there are these things called HOUSES and they have many rooms, like, four even! so many possibilities. that’s a snake behind the couch.

shoulda seen it before.

this was on another wall, had to move it cos i walked into an antler and basically gave myself a shiner. it really fucking hurt.

my huge mural i have to iron flat. nice to look at from the couch and remember how much of a mental case i was in 2004.

doggy gate. no babies!

there’s zany rustic hippie stoner cottagey crap all over the joint. you must visit.

i’ll make you a snack even.

downstairs john, shelf above toilet.

same bathroom. raymi painting on the right beautifully executed by liz.

fuh-nay.

k that’s all for now bYEEEE.

59 thoughts on “new digs and whatnot”

  1. hmm don’t know what’s happening but i hope you’re good! and the new digs look very nice!

    i’ve never been to ikea, but i reallly need to one day. impulse shopping=my specialty.

  9. Those thin little crackers are the best. THE BEST!!!! yum yum yum yum. Your new place looks cozy. Is the snake yours?

  11. there are two snakes here in fact, neither mine. i don’t even know their names but i have old footage of them eating rats i will post.

  12. Ikea is licensed? How have I missed out for so long!

    I was just there the other night and sold out big time by buying christmas stuff. I figured it will be less overwhelming when the time comes… maybe.

  13. Yeah, I totally wish that I knew the millions of times I was at IKEA that I could have had wine. P.S. Your dream bed, I own it. It is a dream. I like your duvet cover too!

  15. I am pretty sure that your Ikea wine beer combo has just blown the minds of every suburban ikea shopper – including myself.

  19. At first I thought it was orange, and about Halloween. You would think these pagan Scandinavians would DO Hallowe’en before starting in with the Solstice thing…where can we go to get tasteful orange stuff? There’s that beautiful smile again.

  25. I have to say Raymi you are pretty strong putting up with the ‘what’s going on?.. what’s happening??’ comments.
    I thought even the biggest idiots would realise that if you haven’t mentioned “it” then it’s because you don’t want to. People need to stop trying to dig for information! You don’t *owe us* anything!

    Needless to say, your place looks awesome. I find it impossible to go to Ikea without coming home with a bag of those tiny candles and some meatballs. It’s a curse.

  27. I am in LOVE with the bookcase pattern, so amazing… great, I was trying to save some money and Ikea is one of my weak spots…

  30. LOVE the new digs…. and IKEA BEDDING FOR LIFE! omg, I had such a freak out there the other day… if only I knew there was booze to be had!

    See you when we get buff this week! xo

  31. they’ve been licensed since forever as far as i knew…? but i spied a wino lady yesterday and it created a trickle down effect of many ladies drinking wine. kinda funny.

  35. here’s a tip for getting the duvet cover on. sounds more confusing than it actually is.
    1. put your duvet cover inside out.
    2. grab the top corners of the duvet cover from inside the duvet
    3. now grab the duvet with your duvet covered hand-mittens and stand so that you’re holding up the duvet and cover by the top corners
    4. start shaking the cover so it falls right side up. gravity and shaking will make the cover fall, covering the duvet!
    i learned this from a very efficient german boy.

  38. Where’s Fil and Cid? Oh my, the Raymi soap opera just took a big turn and I missed it? So confused……..

  41. ditto to charlie. yeah it’s semi-‘obvious’ w/o the details (which we aren’t owed duhhh), but yeah sending positive thoughts your way whatever the sitch, thanks for your blog seriously, all you do is very much appreciated out in internet land.

    ..snakes freak me out.

  42. last time i was at ikea i dropped a candle and a nite lite on the way to the car b/c my HANDS WERE FULL CARRYING ALL THE SHIT THEY MAKE YOU CARRY WITHOUT BAGS! i get it greeeeeeen all the way. but for reals, you know they do a parking lot sweep after hours and reshelf half their merch. i heart ikea tho still for its (dis)attractions. xo

  43. far too many smug and incorrectly presumptuous comments in the shit can. what you’re assuming is WRONG. don’t make this get ugly motherfuckers.

  44. No Laura I meant It’s obvious Raymi doesn’t want to talk about it, not “it’s obvious what’s happened”.

    I think it’s pretty mean of anyone to come here, regardless of how long they have been reading the blog, and how much they think they *get* Raymi, and try to assume anything about “what’s happening”

  45. Wow! That Duvet cover trick by ‘celeri’ just blew my mind!! Now I won’t leave my cover until it is disgusting to wash :)

  49. If you don’t want people asking, don’t blog every minute detail of your life. What do you expect? You berate the very people who allow you to make money off this crap. Unreal –
    AND they keep kissing your ass! (Charlie comment case in point)

  50. Thanks for the props, baby-o. What’s with all the “baked” talk? Have you turned into a pothead? And if so, how is it? Sometimes I miss pot.

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