Fall colors and textures…
Are you ready for fall? With the thermometer reading at 96ºF in Los Angeles right now, I do look forward to the cooler weather. I’ve always enjoyed the catalogues that TOAST puts out every season. Do...
View ArticleStamps, forever…
image credit: USPS A few years back I made the mistake of not purchasing more of the Charles + Ray Eames stamps. True story: I went to a dozen of post offices in Los Angeles and the verdict was the...
View ArticleThe Beaded Home
Design is so often in the details that I find myself overlooking the sweetest of artistic touches in the home. It wasn’t until I perused my favorite international sites this morning that I noticed a...
View ArticleWhat I saw in… Hearst Castle.
San Simeon State Park / en route to Hearst Castle Have you ever been? It definitely wasn’t all that I had expected. Even though I’m a modernist and minimalist at heart, I can certainly appreciate the...
View ArticleKinfolk, a guide for small gatherings…
photo by Youngna Park Kinfolk (so aptly named) is hands down my favorite online magazine thus far. Volume One came out over the summer and I was instantly in love with the concept, photography, and...
View ArticleWhy Don’t You…?
… go ahead and scribble on your dresser? You’ve seen how transformative the power of paint can be on an old piece of furniture, but what about the power of the written word? Get the look by taking a...
View ArticleLucas Maassen’s Incompletely Beautiful Furniture
Cute alert: Lucas Maassen recently hired his children to help him paint and finish some of his furniture designs, but labor laws restrict the children from working more than three hours a week. The...
View ArticleA Quietly Colorful Home
Some of my favorite spaces incorporate one general color scheme: neutral with a few pops of color. And rarely have I seen the look executed so flawlessly as when I stumbled upon this beautiful...
View ArticleIt’s In The Details: Multiple Lighting
Image via Nordic Design Whenever I spot a design I’m head over heels for, I’ll catalog the image for inspiration to reference in the future. Yet sometimes, months later, I’ll find something that a few...
View ArticleDIY Idea: Industrial Clock Revamp
File this under “I Cannot Believe I Didn’t Think Of This,” then promptly get to work creating a seriously genius project… Spotted at Brigg, I’m simply amazed at how a skinny belt (from H&M, no...
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