Jason and I have been living in our ‘new’ place for 6 months now, but it wasn’t until we installed our new custom made wall unit yesterday that I felt totally moved in. I had a blast styling it, although Jason and my girlfriend, Sole gave me a lot of shit for all of my “tchotchkes” to which I had to explain the difference between collectors vs. hoarders. Nonetheless, I am thrilled with the outcome and the unit grounds the space and makes it feel much more like ours. I know I’ll have fun rotating and rearranging all my crap, like every week, on it. What do you think about tchotchkes? Do you display your thrifty finds, or do you prefer a more minimal approach?
o home, it looks wonderfully lived in!
& i’ve always wondered how to spell ‘tchotchkes’ – thanks, miss j :)
xo
This unit is gorgeous! I’ve actually been thinking that I need something similar to display all my stuff. It’s all over the house and needs a central (and stylish) location
Love the unit – you styled it up a treat!
@Victoria – it’s such a good word right?
@Shannon – I feel so much better with everything centralized– go for it!
@Will thanks sweet will, coming from you, that’s HUGE
Hello, gorgeous wall full of lovely tchockotekcchckekekekes! Okay, I think I need one stat! You styled it to perfection, my love. I can’t wait to see it in person!
beauuutiful! definitely a homely comfort energy is radiating from it. i even feel at home looking at it! :)
Ooh, love it! The shape seems so fun to style.
@Dab – thanks love, you’ll see it today! (I’ve already changed it a bit– ha!)
@Suki – thanks Suki! I’m glad it’s not too cluttered looking for you!
@Chedva I really am having a blast styling it!
how did you “custom design” this? I’d love to have shelving like this in my living room.
@Laura– there is a shop near my home in Silverlake where they sell vintage items, and they custom make things from wood to look however you like– we we took measurements, explained what we wanted, picked the type of wood out and sent him a photo of something similar– in 3 weeks we had our custom unit built!
I love displaying all and every. I think it’s so fun to walk into a house and have so many great things to look at! there is a fine line between “wow” and “what?!” but that’s the fun part…
you styled it lovely!
i absolutely love it!
Justina, I’d love to have a similar shelving unit built. I want to find a similar kind of shop in where I live (San Francisco), but not sure how to find it. Can you tell me the name of your shop in Silverlake, so I can start by looking at them. Thanks!
The name of the place in Silverlake is: “Pepe’s” (you can find him on Yelp) you should also check on Esty because there is a guy that builds them on etsy, too! Good luck!
I always drool over Cado units on eBay and since those are out of reach I want to do something like this. Yours are gorgeous!! I LOVE the custom drawer/cabinet boxes, but how are they mounted to the shelf brackets? Or are they mounted directly to the wall rather than being adjustable?
each piece has a ‘arm’ piece underneath that fits in the brackets! Simple!