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My good friends Wilson and Carol returned from their honeymoon recently with this generous gift for Logan. It’s a child-sized replica of the walnut Eames LCW that already resides in our living room… as soon as they saw it, they knew it’d be perfect for us.

There are a few design adjustments to make it more kid-friendly… most notably, the angle of the seat itself: the child-sized chair doesn’t angle down as much to promote better posture. It also doesn’t use rubber shock mounts on the seat or the backing, which results in the seat having less give. Otherwise, the construction and shape look to be just as nice as our existing one.

While it’ll still be at least a year or two before Logan is able to sit in this chair comfortably, it’s such a nice looking addition to our living room that I’m happy to leave it out until he’s ready for it.

A good friend of mine at Converse sent over a pair of Mackintosh x Converse Jack Purcells for me. The waterproof uppers are same fabric Mackintosh uses for their famous raincoats; I like their matte finish. The shoes come with a lime green sole and lining, as well as a second set of shoelaces in the same color  (I’ll be sticking with the navy ones, though).

3sixteen Tan Double Wrap Bracelet.
1 year.

We had this bench made up for the shop last week. I’ve since taken two meetings on it, so it’s already come in handy. With the warmer weather, it’s good to find any excuse to get outdoors every day (even if it’s just for a little bit) so I am looking forward to putting it to good use: lunch breaks, afternoon smokes…

The bench is made of reclaimed barn rafters from upstate NY. The wood was planed down and refinished with a protective wax, hence the lighter color.

It’s been less than a week and indigo stains are already starting to show. You kind of have to expect that when you’re putting a bench outside a raw denim shop. By the end of summer, I’m guessing it will look completely different.

At our SELA grand opening party last fall, YMFY told me about Timbuk2′s custom bag program, where they manufacture one-off bags at their San Francisco headquarters. He generously offered to make one for me outside of the realm of their usual (but still vast) design constraints. A few months passed and as Logan’s due date approached, I realized that there were no diaper bags on the market that I would use – I found most to be either extremely feminine or “duded out” (see here for prime examples). I asked Bin if he’d be willing to work on a bag for me with a few modifications, and he graciously obliged.

First up was choosing a unique fabric for the body. We went with deadstock Pendleton wool that was provided by my good friend Sam at Tanner Goods, who dug this out of their archives.

Timbuk2 bags are extremely well organized to begin with, but in order for it to function as a diaper bag, I asked Bin to add a few bottle holders to the interior.  It turns out that they’re also very useful for storing spare diapers, clothes, etc.

I love these zipper pulls.

This denim changing pad was a gift from Kiya and Demitra. The red tab is still intact on it…

Thanks guys!