Comments on: store we’re psyched about: museum of useful things, cambridge http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/08/17/store-were-psyched-about-museum-of-useful-things/ where people who love their homes click Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:13:32 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: christine http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/08/17/store-were-psyched-about-museum-of-useful-things/comment-page-1/#comment-3891 christine Wed, 23 Aug 2006 02:35:01 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/08/17/store-were-psyched-about-museum-of-useful-things/#comment-3891 there are two black inks, one in harvard square and one on charles street. as i can recollect, the harvard one is a little more zany and artsily ironic, while the charles street had more design books and stationery-type things (like gocco supplies). but they both are connected with a lovely, playful, europhilic style. if you're in cambridge another time, another store i can definitely recommend is <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/Ss3USc2u4Rql9EpFqD59Iw" rel="nofollow">abodeon</a> on mass ave between harvard and porter squares. half the store is vintage finds and the other half is artful and well-designed home accoutrements. you'll always discover something new; i always succumb to some lovely thing or another. i know they're in many places, but <a href="http://www.paper-source.com" rel="nofollow">paper source</a> is always a treat with four locations in the boston area. so many beautiful things you can make with paper, your hands, and an effusive creative spirit... book-binding skills are especially sexy. there are two black inks, one in harvard square and one on charles street. as i can recollect, the harvard one is a little more zany and artsily ironic, while the charles street had more design books and stationery-type things (like gocco supplies). but they both are connected with a lovely, playful, europhilic style.

if you’re in cambridge another time, another store i can definitely recommend is abodeon on mass ave between harvard and porter squares. half the store is vintage finds and the other half is artful and well-designed home accoutrements. you’ll always discover something new; i always succumb to some lovely thing or another.

i know they’re in many places, but paper source is always a treat with four locations in the boston area. so many beautiful things you can make with paper, your hands, and an effusive creative spirit… book-binding skills are especially sexy.

]]> By: miranda http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/08/17/store-were-psyched-about-museum-of-useful-things/comment-page-1/#comment-3764 miranda Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:11:45 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/08/17/store-were-psyched-about-museum-of-useful-things/#comment-3764 Is Black Ink in Harvard Square now? The last time I was there (2000) they were right next to each other on a side street in Cambridge, near an elementary school. There is a house just across the street, on a corner, and a good friend of mine used to live in an apartment there. Anyway, I quite enjoyed the stores! I think I said here a few months ago that they sold those cute Lumibar gummi-bear-style lights and backpacks there. It seemed that MOUT sold more industrial, library-type stuff and Black Ink sold more witty or design-oriented housewares. I don't recall the staff being super-friendly or super-rude; I didn't buy anything there, mostly just wandered around. IIRC they were kind of off in their own little world. But, you know, six years ago. Is Black Ink in Harvard Square now? The last time I was there (2000) they were right next to each other on a side street in Cambridge, near an elementary school. There is a house just across the street, on a corner, and a good friend of mine used to live in an apartment there.

Anyway, I quite enjoyed the stores! I think I said here a few months ago that they sold those cute Lumibar gummi-bear-style lights and backpacks there. It seemed that MOUT sold more industrial, library-type stuff and Black Ink sold more witty or design-oriented housewares.

I don’t recall the staff being super-friendly or super-rude; I didn’t buy anything there, mostly just wandered around. IIRC they were kind of off in their own little world. But, you know, six years ago.

]]> By: Peeper12 http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/08/17/store-were-psyched-about-museum-of-useful-things/comment-page-1/#comment-3607 Peeper12 Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:40:07 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/08/17/store-were-psyched-about-museum-of-useful-things/#comment-3607 The staff in both stores is extremely unfriendly and unhelpful. The staff in both stores is extremely unfriendly and unhelpful.

]]> By: christine http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/08/17/store-were-psyched-about-museum-of-useful-things/comment-page-1/#comment-3582 christine Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:31:23 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/08/17/store-were-psyched-about-museum-of-useful-things/#comment-3582 i LOVE this store! also check out the sister-store "blank ink" in harvard square next time you're in town. keep up the good work :) i LOVE this store! also check out the sister-store “blank ink” in harvard square next time you’re in town.

keep up the good work :)

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