Everything was Rosy
I had a moment to myself late last June as I had dropped off the kids at the zoo with their grandparents. I had to stop at the Portland Rose Garden, despite the intermittent rain. In retrospect I think it is best to go on a rainy day, with the fresh drops on the...
Wrap it up at The Ribbonerie in San Francisco
On a recent trip to San Francisco I stopped by The Ribbonerie, a wonderful old world boutique shop for every ribbon you could ever desire. Paris has not been in the cards for me lately, but if you want to feel like you are somewhere else, for just a few minutes,...
PASTE in San Francisco is a cut above
I ran across some of the Denise Fiedler's newspaper cutouts featured in Vogue and had held onto the images for inspiration. They were all fashion images: fabulous shoes, bags, etc. Her work has inspired a few evenings of frenzied cutouts of my own. I bought a...
Stephen Shubel: Study in Black & White
I am starting out the New Year with a fresh visual drink of inspiration from interior designers I have admired over the years. I am going to seek out the extraordinary this year and try to figure out why some things certain designers do are great. Stephen Shubel...
A Reflection on Christmas Trees
I saw some unique trees this holiday season. I am realizing that I have the more predictable, traditional tree; the same ornaments every year, same lights. I even bought the cranberries to string along with popcorn. I take the easy way out, I guess. Our neighbor had...
Bedford Brown and their topiary
I was in Bedford Brown recently and found their display to be fresh and inspiring. They also had a few beautiful pillows.
Fall leaves and nuts
Sometimes you just have to stop and take in the brilliant colors and beginning changes of Autumn. Here is a close up of these fabulous prickly nuts that have fallen from the tree. What are these? You know this was right after I dropped the twins off at playschool so...
THE REBUILDING CENTER IN NE PORTLAND, OR
You have to love this place. Always an inspiration as raw and funky as the stuff arriving every minute of the day. Truckloads of junk from builders, contractors: doors, tiles, bath tubs, windows, lighting, hardware and on and on and on. We have gotten some of our...
The Cupcake Tower at Zach and Elsa’s Shower
I wanted to share a recent event I hosted for relatives who are expecting a boy. Elsa was craving genuine fried chicken and cupcakes so I gave her an affair to remember. Being East coast and southern rooted, it was a bit of an indulgence for myself as well. Let me...
Elle Decor reviews a fabulous book of Georgian life in the 18th Century.
Living the Jane Austen Life Perhaps it is due to too many teenage hours spent reading the works of Jane Austen, but if I could choose any historical period in which to live it would be Georgian England. Doesn’t matter under which specific king’s reign—any of the...
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