Gunta Stolzl

From book 50 Years Bauhaus - see more about Gunta Stolzl here.

General Store - Venice

If you're on the west side, be sure to check out General Store - it's one of my favorite SF stores that just opened an LA shop in a really beautiful space.  I scored a vintage denim jacket that is sure to become a staple.  Their stuff is so gorgeously curated here, you'll pretty much want one of EVERYTHING.

Dream Library

So, obviously, a few things need to line up in my life before I can have a home library like this dreamy den above - i.e. I need to get a house, and I need to be a multi-millionare (details) - but this interior makes me feel like dreaming BIG.  That bronze spiral staircase and black marble fireplace are KILLING ME.  Of course it's a Kelly Wearstler-designed home in Seattle.  I mean, look at the wallpaper in the Sitting Room.  Gorgeous.

LAURA!

If you're in Berkeley this upcoming Thursday stop in at Laura's pop-up in James Rowland Shop!  She's been busy creating gorgeous new pieces - go buy 'em!

Inspiring Interiors

Design Sponge

Apartment Therapy

Coco + Kelley

Bungalow

This Austin vacation home from Apartment Therapy has me wanting to decorate a small getaway home of my own!  Love the warm colors and woods, and also seems to accomplish a nice mix of old/worn and modern.

[New] Chairs

I found 2 of these chairs at St. Vincent de Paul thrift store in Highland Park a few weeks ago, and while I obviously wasn't sold on the upholstery (eeek)...I thought the frames were worthy enough for some rehabilitation.  And they were a steal.  

I really wanted to try my hand at dyeing fabric, and when I found some really heavy vintage linen at an estate sale, I brought it home and Patrick and I spent one incredibly messy day dip-dyeing the linen for an ombre effect.   

When that was done, I took everything over to my friend Libby at Ranch n' Roll, who is a  re-upholstering cowgirl.  She also informed me that the last place these chairs were reupholstered was a local California prison, where they teach inmates how to do upholstery as part of their rehabilitation!  Crazy, right?  Libby said there were rows and rows of staples underneath the fabric, probably out of sheer boredom...or excitement over the staple gun.  Either way, those guys get some rehab, and so do the chairs...but I still made a point to bless them with sage on their way in the house...just in case.

Now they are my new captain's chairs for the dining table.

What do you think?

Weekend Reading

Was in San Francisco last week and stopped in at the great little shop UNIONMADE and picked up all new issues of some of my favorite design magazines...Apartamento, Anthology, and The World of Interiors.  All enjoyable, inspirational and downright pretty. 

Heath Summer Collection

Walked into Heath Ceramics this weekend and just about died when I saw this color combo for their Summer Collection.  Corals and sands and dusty roses  are the colors I also chose for my wedding, so it's only appropriate that I get them, yeah?

Melnikov House

It's becoming obvious that I want to buy land on a hilltop and build my own house.  Is that too lofty of a dream?  This week I went to an estate sale in Silverlake that was held in a 30s modernist house designed by a female architect who lived in it for fifty years.  Everything built-in and beautiful in it's simplicity.  

And recently, I came across the Melnikov House in Moscow, built by Konstantin Melnikov in 1925. With it's honeycomb-inspired windows and cylindrical outer shells, it's truly a work of art.  More pictures here. 

Vionnet

While having my wedding dress custom made, Madeleine Vionnet, the queen of the bias cut, has been a huge reference for me.  She was truly an architect of clothing on the female body, constructing most of her pieces first on a miniature doll.  I wish I could see her dresses in person!

things organized neatly

Finally, OCD is celebrated.  So good. 

Ice Cube

Officially my favorite Rapper/Architect.   One man's eyesore is another man's paradise.  Video is a part of Pacific Standard Time - a citywide art show celebrating art in Los Angeles from 1945-1980.  Brilliant!

Selby in Japan

Adorable home, cutest family ever!  From the Selby.

A & D Museum: Eames

Charles and Ray Eames were masters of seeing 'the uncommon beauty in common things'.  A new exhibition called Eames Words at the Architecture & Design Museum of LA displays their creative process, focusing more on their ideas than their design outcomes.  I love the simple pleasures in life and can't wait to check out that which they considered beautiful.