I’ve been spending time with my daughter this week since she’s home from university for spring break. We’ve also had some power outages due to storms which has kept me away from the computer so we’ve been making comfort food and huddling under blankets, it’s been cozy and relaxing. I stopped by my local pottery…
I updated a campaign desk with fresh paint, before it was a vibrant kelly green color and lived in my son’s room for ten years. You can see the original paint job in this older post. I acquired this desk from a thrift shop, it was a lucky score for $40. I love campaign style…
I’ve been keeping busy getting my new art studio ready to be a combination office and also display space open to the public. I’m creating a series of art arrangements for inspiration and I started with art ledges. I’ve written about modern looks for art ledges before but this time took the opportunity to create…
This week I painted all the walls in my small art studio that I’ve leased for a year. It’s in a giant converted barn shared with eight other artists and it’s filled with natural light and creative people. I’m so happy to be setting up there as a place to work during the day. When…
I was putting together a design plan for my study-turned-library space makeover and picked this floral wallpaper for the walls behind the sofa and the bookcases. I chose it because I wanted our library to have just a touch of an old world feeling since the rest of the furnishings are from the modern era.…
I’m painting the hall bathroom this weekend, I’m covering up the blue with a light sandy taupe color. I was inspired to refresh the space after I solved a problem we’ve wrestled with for years. We’ve always struggled with where to put the family cat’s basic plastic litter box, and just settled on the 3…
I’ve got art on my mind these days as I’m working on expansion of my own art prints online and also updating spaces around my home with personal and collected pieces. Symmetrical grid art arrangements are timeless, as a pair displayed vertically or horizontally, as a triptych across a sofa or bed, or a large…
I’m a big fan of sculptural white art and objects, I find myself drawn to them like a moth to a flame. Over the years I’ve spotlighted favorites, like how much I love botanical bas relief or that time I made these clay jewelry holders. I even find myself sculpting ceramic bowls to look like…
We’ve been slowly fixing up our house in Florida whenever we visit, and on my last stay earlier this month I gave the patio seating area a makeover. Anyone who’s lived in Florida is familiar with the weather patterns there: winters are sunny and mild, spring is perfection, summers are hot and humid, and it…
We finally got a break from the storms this week so I went on several small hikes and took a drive to the coast to watch the sunset. I shared on Instagram that as much as I love the soft turquoise waters and white sands of the Florida gulf coast, the rugged California cliffs will…
One of the projects I finished during my stay in Florida was the final touches on this small bathroom refresh. When we bought this house we talked about extending this bathroom into the rear yard to make it larger since it is the primary bathroom, but decided instead to simply give it an update so…
I’m back in Florida for another ten days finishing up some projects on the house and trying my best to squeeze in a few sunset views before we rent out this home. I love being here, the weather is so nice this time of year and I feel lucky we get to escape rougher winter…
Happy (almost) New Year! I’ve spent the last few days sleeping in late, listening to the rain on the roof, living in my pajamas, and casually cleaning up here and there. Today I’m taking down the holiday decorations and putting them away in order to start the new year with a fresh and clean home!…
On my last visit to Florida, I made more changes to the family room. When we bought the house it came with furniture that didn’t suit my style, so I sold the sofas and donated the old media towers to start fresh. The style I was going for was coastal meets mid century modern. I…