Food: Watermelon Soup
A big thanks to the folks who came out to help us celebrate our 10th anniversary Saturday night at the Art on 5th gallery. I continue to be amazed by the amount of support and love that I get from [...]
Room Fu: The Video!
My friend Nicole wants to go back to school to get her master's in film, and needs a reel to submit during the application process. I had always thought it would be fun to do a video for Room Fu, [...]
Giveaway Winner!
We ran a contest giveaway last week, asking people to RSVP to Room Fu's upcoming 10-year anniversary party. Unable to come up with a high tech way to arrive at a winner, we put all of the "yays," "nays" and [...]
Fun Home Decor: Hall Bathrooms and Powder Rooms
We're focusing on ways to incorporate more funkiness into remodeling projects, while protecting your resale value and return on investment. This the fifth post in our series on the subject--if you want to read more tips like this, catch up [...]
Feeling Nostalgic
Room Fu is celebrating its 10th anniversary this July. Independence Day, to be exact--without meaning to, I declared my independence from my former boring job, right on July 4th, when I plunked down a few virtual dollars on the domain [...]
Spray Painting My Patio Furniture: The Verdict
...And the winner is: Rich Plum--COME ON DOWN! Between an engineering mentor-y thing I'm taking Phoebe to tomorrow, babysitting my BFF's kiddo tomorrow night and the WEST tour on Sunday, it will be mighty hard to squeeze in a few [...]
Fun Home Decor: Painting My Patio Furniture
Now that I have bright yellow doors to go with my slate blue house, I've decided to paint our patio furniture. It's your standard metal stuff--pieces that won't flip over in this supergusty wind tunnel we live in--and although I'd [...]
I Resolve to Have More Fun
If yesterday's tragic bombing in Boston teaches us anything, it is that life is too short. You don't know exactly how much time you have on the planet, and the saddest thing of all is that it could only be [...]
Art Week: Room Fu’s Art Installation Services
Art on 5th gallery owner Joe Sigel's living room features a piece by Canadian artist Sacha. Photo by Suzi Q. Varin / Q Weddings. We're going to be focusing on art this week--everything from a current exhibition I'm [...]
Window Treatment: Modern Copper Valances
Remember way back when, when we designed these modern window valances, using common roofing materials like galvanized metal flashing? A couple of years ago, another client requested we do the same thing for the windows in her breakfast nook, only [...]