it’s hot out there, but cool in here

A couple weeks ago we cleaned out my grandfathers house (he died earlier this spring).

I dug these two awesome vintage fans out of the dumpster because I loved their art-deco lines – and you know how I am with beautiful vintage machines (typewriters, alarm clocks, transistor radios…). We plugged them in when we got home and found: they still work! They work so well, we won’t need to get an air conditioner anytime soon. I feel pretty good about rescuing them from becoming landfill.

It’s very hot today, so me and the cats are taking full advantage of them.

The two chairs you see (one danish teak, and one velvet club) are also inheritances. Also pretty awesome.

It’s strange to have had grandparents with such good taste. Stranger still that they’re no longer around.