Such Great Heights

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Crate storage = great storage!

Doug Johnston

It was love at first sight when I came across Doug Johnston's line of cotton cord accessories. That tote! It would make such a perfect summer carryall for bike rides to the beach. And the trivets and baskets are so clever and naturally beautiful.


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12 for '12: Sleep under the stars

Intention #7
Travel is always near the tippy top of my to do list for each new year, but this year it's looking like most vacation days will be spent stateside, which I am totally cool with. There are approximately 800 places I would die to visit in the U.S., so I plan to cross at least a couple of them off my list. I'd like to try something off the beaten path in 2012 and sleep out under the stars and among the forest canopies in...a treehouse! You may have noticed that I've been daydreaming of treehouse vacations for years. I think this year my little dream will finally be realized.

Thanks to my boo, sometime this Spring we'll be visiting our City by the Bay, after almost two long years away. My mind is already spinning with visions of favorite people to see, places to visit, and foods to eat (and eat and eat and eat). I'm also thinking this might be the perfect opportunity to burrow into a Human Nest in Big Sur, or climb into a sky-high suite at Post Ranch Inn.

In the midst of my obsessive searching, I also discovered these amazing treehouse hotels in my own home state. Yes ma'am!

Have you ever slept in a treehouse hotel? One of my good friends lived in New Zealand for a year and always raved of these stargazer huts she would stay in - they had large windows above the bed where you could peer out into the night sky...dreamy.


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Neopolitan, Nov.11

I love the splash of pink (and peep of yellow) against the rich brown seating and chevron floors.



Doesn't it remind you of those funny little striped coconut candies?



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Great Crates, Nov.11

Brilliant storage idea:

1. Collect wooden crates of varying shapes and sizes.

2. Choose 3 or 4 paint colors. Or just mix 2 colors to create a range of tonal hues.

3. Paint the interiors of some, exteriors of others, just the edges of a few, and leave a few unpainted.

4. Spread them out against a wall, stack them on long and short sides to create variation of depth and height.

5. Fill them with your records, books, ceramics, lamps, photos, tchotchkes and teacups.

6. Sit back, relax and enjoy the view.

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hang in there, sept.11

Now that the weather has officially shifted, I'm spending a bit more time buzzing around my apartment and scheming up my next little home improvement project.

This one would be filed under "in my dreams" as our little abode doesn't have the space or high ceilings to accommodate dangling seating options. But how much would you LOVE to come home and sway back and forth on one of these everyday?!?


note: amazingly bold graphic blue/cream rug, various wood + rattan accents, and floor to ceiling windows.

note: wooden everything, beautious boxbeam ceilings, oversized globe lamps, and the tons of sunlight flooding in.

note: that gorgeous upholstered chair and rustic A-frame construction.

note: everything. the mixy-matchiness of whitewashed wood floors, black on white tile and the elizabethan tufted loveseat, the pom-pom curtain...i LOVE this eclectic room.

(1, 2, 3, 4...?)

summerhouse, july.11

Hello you hot little summerhouse. I love your rustic wooden shingle exterior juxtaposed with your south beach citrus tiled pool and beachy boardwalk patio. Would you be mine? I'm willing to relocate.





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bringing the outdoors in, june.11

in this nyc heat, i'm seeking out cool anywhere i can find it. somehow just looking at these beautiful images of rustic indoor rock walls has a cooling effect. and i imagine this is the type of home that would also be warm and toasty in the winter...i'll take it.









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TO DO: Buy The Smithy

Growing up, we spent many many Sundays visiting open houses around Seattle. It was so much fun to imagine living in a different neighborhood and re-envisioning the layout of my home. Now that I live in the big city, it's almost impossible to imagine owning anything, let alone a wide open space with multiple rooms, rolling hills outside your window, a stream running through your backyard, and so.much.space. Thank you Smithy, for letting me daydream for a day.

chevron, may.11

i'm floored.



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Robert Abbey, May.11

the beautiful, unexpected sorbet colors of these robert abbey lamps would add a drop of joy to any room...








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meet piet, jan.11

as i near my 11th year of apartment dwelling, i've come to the conclusion that working fireplaces are nothing more than a daydream, and i must settle for warming my hands with a mug of hot chocolate, and roasting marshmallows in a toaster oven.

thank goodness! for fredrik hyltén-cavallius and his little friend piet, a smoke-free, soot-free, chimney-free indoor stove that burns ethanol instead of wood. ha.lle.lujah.

earning my stripes, aug '10

dang...it's almost a year to the day since my boo and i shacked up. reminds me of all the things on my to do/to decorate list back then, and how most of those items are still right where i left them on that scrap of paper. well now that we've been settled for a while i think it's time to revisit some of my grand plans. september seems like a good time to beautify l'abode.

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what would betty draper do?, july'10

i know season 4 of mad men just premiered (amazing!?!), but i'm still reeling from having just netflixed my way through season 3 last week....

and i think i need a fainting chair in my life!

summertime blues: home edition, july'10

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i think i'm going through my blue period