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Alrighty, kids: Those cabinets y’all love? Daniel worked on the living room for those lucky folks as well. They’re the Brooklynites that want our man to “Danielfy” their place. Love it! (Oh, by the way, the cabinets are in the kitchen. More work/views from the kitchen coming soon!)

Disclaimer: I’m really pissed at Daniel. He didn’t take full before photos for this project; he’s already repainted the walls in the “before” photos below. I’m going to send him hate mail later from an anonymous account.

Anywho, let’s take a look at these semi-before photos, in which Daniel has already painted the walls different shades of grey:

A lovely place to start, yes, but wait til you see how it looks now!

If you’ve visited this blog before, perhaps you’ve caught onto some of Daniel’s design sensibility and advice: Start with a basic, neutral palette, then slowly add color. He’s, like, an artiste! A respectful one who uses VOC-free, water-based apoxy paint, because this client is preggers and apparently that VOC stuff is toxic. (Whoa, news flash, “normal” paint is toxic?*)

Naturally, next up, Daniel hit the floors:

Now let’s take a look at the final product:

And BAM! Christmas was last month. I wouldn’t know, because I’m Jewish, so I got socks and Lipton tea bags (true story– hi, mom!), but I hear it’s pretty festive. Apparently, these guys know how to do it up right. Maybe they’ll invite me (and Daniel?) next year.

Title moment: Where’s my stocking??

*Daniel says to always use environmentally-friendly paint. Aw. Look at him caring about fetuses and the planet.

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…Aaaand, we’re back! As promised, we’re taking a closer look at the final product(s) and my favorite little detail.

So, first up: Look at these gems. Just look at them. The hand-craftsmanship. The trendy, exposed interiors, the copper and iron piping, the custom fit. I would hide so much crap in here, like gizmos and gadgets and small children. Now scroll down. Go on. Don’t be shy. Scroll. Slowly.

OK, I hope I didn’t talk it up too much– but seriously, how cool is the photo below? See that random little hole Daniel cut into the shelving? WTF is that? Is that so when I put my mug down inside my cabinet it will fall straight through and shatter and ruin everything? No, fool. (Did I just call myself a fool?) It’s for your brooms! And mops! And swiffers! And whatever else people use to clean. God knows I don’t. But if I did clean, man, this hole-in-cabinet thing would be awesome. Actually, I don’t clean and it’s still cool, because God also knows that I pretend that I am going to clean a lot, and so I have all those aforementioned supplies jutting out next to the fridge. I’d take a photo and include it here, but objects in mirror are lazier than they appear.

I know, I love the little hole? Weird, right? I mean, those handles are super awesome. But this is Daniel we’re talking about here. Of course all the main features are awesome, guys! I just wanted to point out my favorite hidden, surprise detail. That dude thinks of everything! Enjoy.

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Guys. This is a super special post.

Why?

Because our little Monkey Master of Mystery makes a cameo. Twice. Once with an iron. (Don’t ask me what he’s doing with that iron. He’s a professional, kids. I will not try this at home.)

Not only that, but we’ve once again got some brand-new, one-of-a-kind Daniel Friedman design. This time, D-Money makes cabinets. From scratch. Like, you will not find these cabinets anywhere else in the world. Which kind of makes me cry at night.

Just when I thought Daniel could do it all, he goes and does something new that I hadn’t even thought of, because, honestly, I don’t spend much of my day wondering how cabinets are built. Which means he does… more than all?

Does this make him a woodworker, too, or something?

For this project, Daniel took birch veneer plywood, iron and copper pipes (signature DFD, folks) and old wooden castors (apparently, those are wheels) and whipped up a little dish of awesome sauce. See below.

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We’ll take a closer look later this week at the final result and my favorite little detail. It’ll be yours, too, I promise.

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Sure, sure, it’s the high holy days and stuff, but I could totally contemplate life’s meaning sitting in this chair. And the Jewish new year. And things I’ve done this past year that I do or do not regret or whatever else it is I’m supposed to be doing right now.

Plus, these pictures are totally… SWEET. Get it? Eh? Am I the only one?

Have a happy, healthy, sweet new year, y’all.

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One day, Daniel went to a flea market in Brooklyn, and bought this piece-o-crap. But then he talked to this girl whose apartment he was redoing (some might call her a “client,” but formal-talk scares me) and painted it and it came out looking all Anthropologie-esque. She loves it and uses it for all sorts of dresser-y things.

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