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.

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. 

Selby in Japan

Adorable home, cutest family ever!  From the Selby.

Finn Juhl

A look at architect/furniture designer Finn Juhl's home in Ordrup, Denmark, which is now a museum.  The hearth is my favorite, it totally makes the living room so inviting.  And that painting of the woman in the yellow blouse, oh my.  More photos here.

Side Tables

Just came across these two side tables on sale at West Elm - cute right?  Just the right amount of glam.  Tempting....

Living Room

I have been looking for a rug to tie my living room together for a while (I also have a brown worn leather couch, although sadly not as awesome as this one) and am liking this chevron print (in an unexpected brown) from blog House of Brinson.  I usually buy vintage Southwestern rugs, but this one may convince me otherwise.

minimal room

Although minimalism is not really my style, nor my forte in shopping, I really like the simplicity of this room.  And the baskets are beautiful too!

Dream Bedroom

A little bit obsessed with this eclectic moroccan style bedroom via Elle Decor.

Stone House by the Sea

Check out this incredible house in Majorca that is featured in the latest issue of 

New York Times Style Magazine.  I want to go to there.  

 

Full article and more pictures here.

i want to sleep here.

Perfection, from Apartment Therapy

Inspiring Interiors

white kitchen plus marble countertops

& incredible bedroom via Emma's Design Blog

& cozy Joshua Tree living room via Apartment Therapy

disorder through order

 The first time I saw books arranged by color was at Adobe Bookstore in San Francisco's Mission District, when in 2004 I lived across the street from this lovely book-filled oasis.  San Francisco artist Chris Cobb, along with 20 volunteers, color-coded 20,000 books for an art piece called There Is Nothing Wrong In This Whole Wide World, and the results were stunning:

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As someone who also arranges my books in such a manner, I usually get one of two reactions when people come over: "Whoa, you have OCD." (which may slightly be true), or "How do you find any of your books?".  But I can pretty much picture all the books I own in my head by the color of their spine...and since books are themselves a work of art, why shouldn't they be displayed as such?

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