half of the reason i flew out west last week was to celebrate the opening of rare device west with rena tom and lisa congdon. i was too jet lagged and beat to post on friday so i thought i’d put this up this morning- better late than never. the new rare device is a…
[this post published without images last week. so sorry. let's try this again, with pictures this time] i can’t tell you what an honor it is to be working with people like derek and lauren from the curiosity shoppe. their crafty-ness is unparallelled and to see their shop in person was so much fun. located…
i’ve had a wonderful week in san francisco and am on a plane home as we speak. thank you to everyone in san francisco for their hospitality and helping make the biz ladies meetup such a great success. and a big thanks to victoria for hosting me and my piles of junk in her living…
joy is a graphic and textile designer who runs oh joy! studio and takes on variety of clients in the fields of home accessories, surface pattern, identities & branding, packaging, and custom invitations. she recently launched a collection of ready-made stationery called nantaka joy which is available in shops nationwide. joy also runs the well-known…
for me, no trip to san francisco would really be complete without a visit to the heath ceramics factory store. for years we’ve gone to san francisco without having time to visit so for once, i’m heading back east with a sense of completion. wednesday afternoon leigh took me over to sausalito for lunch and…
susan at studio brinson sent over a fantastic link to surrealien wallpaper, a wallpaper company that lets you warp the pattern of the paper over existing objects on the wall. the look has a pretty trippy effect but it could be fun used in the right way. click here for more info.
ok this is too, too fun. my friend amanda kavanagh sent over a link to this site called eurobad 74‘, an exhibition of europe’s worst interiors of 1974. oh, it’s so, so fun. and the funny thing is, amanda and i actually like some of the rooms. if you need a little afternoon fun, just…
pretty much everyone hated gwyneth (man did the claws come out) so i thought perhaps thomas o’brien wouldn’t draw as much hatred . i could be wrong but i personally love his home so i thought i’d share these photos. you can see the full slideshow right here. at least his home doesn’t drip as…
designer niels kjeldsen designed this calendar made of corian in honor of the company’s 40th anniversary. i love that you can use it forever because it’s date specific but not day. click here for more information.
bowie at print + pattern sent over the most incredible picture and link to an incredible dutch artist, ferry staverman. i’m obsessed with these gorgeous, what looks like paper, sculptures. the site is in dutch so i can’t read it but the pictures say enough on their own. so lovey. thanks, bowie!
(photograph by Heidi Swanson, 101 Cookbooks) This weekend I’m going to spend some time making slightly grown up versions of treats I associate with Halloween. I feel a little sad that I’ve let so much of October pass without getting a chance to savor these things. I’ll make the Caramel Lady Apples from Martha Stewart,…
here’s what my day was going to look like on wednesday: wake up, go to peet’s coffee shop, prepare tomorrow’s posts, go back to victoria‘s and sleep most of the day. instead i got a call from victoria’s friend, the lovely artist leigh wells. leigh invited me for a day of adventure in her zippy…
Refrigerator Facelift by The Curiosity Shoppe Our kitchen has problems. Our old, beat up refrigerator rattles and hums, but the landlord refuses to replace it until it officially kicks the dust. We’ve seriously considered putting it out of its misery, but have since decided that a cheap and easy face lift might be a better…
last night’s san francisco meet-up was in-credible. i just wanted to thank everyone who came out (by my count it was over 120 people, yowza!) and our gracious host, ben at dwr jackson street (sorry we were so messy). all of our experts were such great resources (thanks meg, cate and emily!) and i hope…
jill malek is a brooklyn based graphic designer who has just launched a new line of hand-screened wallpapers called “frequencies“. inspired by fluctuating patterns of frequencies found in nature, jill created this beautiful new collection using elegant metallics and tone-on-tone colorways. her “resurrection” and “baby elephant walk” patterns are my favorite but you can view…
one of the best parts of the eames giveaway was getting to see so many beautiful homes. one of those belonged to finalists andrew sidford and his wife jeannette. based in london, andrew is the creative director of made in earnest, a design studio that creates work for magazines, websites, logos, corporate identity and much…
Paola is an international entrepreneur. She runs her online UK interiors and lifestyle boutique, mirrormirror while living in Seattle, where she moved when her husband came to work with Microsoft. Happily, the mirrormirror shop ships to the US. I first got to know Paola when I came across a mention on her site that she…
beth cary, owner of the south portland gallery the front room, sent over a link to some beautiful new pieces by local artist partrick corrigan. you may recognize patrick’s mural (photo below) with karen gelardi (i’d love to see more people personalize their homes like this, it gives everything such a warm feel) from angela…
Our house came with a big expanse of wall over the landing at the front door. Until we can afford some large and fabulous art I decided we needed something relatively inexpensive to fill the space and give it some depth. At 57 inches wide and about 80 inches tall this Marimekko Hetika wall hanging…
kirsten hassenfeld is showing her amazing paper artwork at the rice university gallery. if you are lucky enough to be in the area this is a must-see show. rice describes the show, dans la lune, as, “for dans la lune (a french idiom referencing day-dreaming) large structures, resembling gigantic droplets or the onion domes of…
