The show doesn’t go on because it’s ready; it goes on because it’s 11:30.
— Tina Fey, Bossypants
We are so honored to have been selected to participate in this year’s San Francisco Decorator Showcase! The Showcase is a long-standing San Francisco tradition, and when I first moved here from New York, I attended the Showcase with my mom, to check out the local talent and see which firms I liked best and to which I might want to apply. Now, four years later, I’m one of the designers! I still can’t really believe it, and I’m so grateful for this amazing opportunity. Opening night is next Friday, and we’re getting the room ready for visitors! More info here.
a little sneak peek from our latest photo shoot…
I’m obsessed. My brother-in-law introduced me to Alabama Shakes, a band out of Athens, Alabama. Brittany Howard, the lead singer/guitarist met bassist Zac Cockrell in their high school psychology class (!). That’s such a cool thought, to think of two teenagers rehearsing together after school and, over the years, developing this amazing new sound. Howard’s voice just sounds like heartbreak, doesn’t it? I love it.
Spring is springing…
(image via pinterest)
They say love’s like a bus, and if you wait long enough another one will come along, but not in this place where the buses are slow and most of the cute ones are gay.
—Daniel Handler (Adverbs)
The AD 100 is here!
Architectural Digest released this year’s AD 100, its list of top architects and interior designers. Two of my former bosses and mentors are on this list: Bill Sofield in New York and Paul Vincent Wiseman here in San Francisco. I continue to be inspired by these supremely talented designers each time I see their work, and am so enamored with them both.
You can see the full list here. Cheers to Bill, Paul, and the rest of the AD 100. And here’s to a fabulous 2012!
Charles and Ray Eames are getting a lot of love these days. There’s a new documentary out titled ”The Architect and The Painter” all about the creative husband-wife dream team; their work was featured in the LACMA’s exhibition “California Design, 1930-1965: Living In a Modern Way” (check out the amazing time-lapse video of their living room being carefully deconstructed here), and even Ice Cube shows his love for the beauty of the iconic Eames design aesthetic. Charles and Ray Eames have shaped the way that Americans see design and also the way they see their own homes. As Ice Cube says, “they was doing mashups before mashups even existed…”
I must. have. these. shoes.
From Tory Burch, seen over at Atlantic-Pacific.
Love this print, those herringbone floors, and that wall color…
From lylaandblu.com
Jenna Lyons, you saucy minx, you…
Did you guys hear about this: http://www.people.com/people/article/0„20540179,00.html ?
In honor of Jenna and her knack for always surprising us, I present photos from the Domino magazine shoot that launched a thousand remodels….
Steve Jobs’s sister, Mona Simpson, wrote a touching eulogy for her brother. It was interesting to get such personal insight on a very private person, and I definitely teared up towards the end.
You can read it in the New York Times here.
Ok, so I love seeing little kids in Halloween costumes. It never gets old for me. Last night, out at dinner, I saw a toddler with a box over her head and HVAC tubing on her arms. ”I’m a robot!” she proclaimed. Also, check out these cuties:
- A strong man! Check out those tattoos! When your mom is one of the Hello Lucky! girls, you’re pretty much set for life in the creative costume department…
- My favorite little shark, Baby James. Thank you, Old Navy, for this moment of cuteness.
This photo is from the Ikea website, of all places, but I thought it was a cute way to arrange a children’s room where siblings may be sharing a small space. Each kid gets her own side, clearly delineated, but the space remains open and the effect of the different patterns on the wall is really graphic and sweet.
Via A Cup of Jo
The weather here was amazing and summer-like yesterday. I was out in the Seacliff neighborhood of San Francisco for the Jr. League’s annual home tour, and this was my view for four hours. It was quite the relaxing way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
