12 Feb
10 Feb
House Without a Key: Courtney’s Chic Casa
We are truly treated to visiting this home in this House Without a Key installmentPaint and Vintage Furniture Make Art
To live in a home where each piece of furniture is a work of art is one of my lofty goals. However, for me, art is not necesarily found in high brow design — but quite literally, artistic creations melded with vintage furniture pieces. The Old Cinema proves that even the humblest of cupboards and [...]Naturally Happy Holiday Decor – Vintage Meets Scandinavia
The mixture of nature and vintage-inspiration is a reoccurring theme throughout my home, and the holidays are no exception. Bringing together wood, moss, pine branches, glittered pine cones, and a strand of rechargeable battery LED lights from Ikea, my table centerpiece is a reflection of my winter wonderland inspirations — complete with a vintage Scandinavian [...]Intermission…
My friends, I will be taking a small break from blogging for the next few weeks to focus on professional endeavors and to care for health issues. Thank you for your kind understanding, and I hope to be back before the holidays with decor and tabletop ideas! In addition, Happy Election Day on this day [...]Happy Hallowoof!
Happy Halloween from my baby Mia and me! May your evening be filled with plenty of treats and a few jovial tricks! (She always gets VERY serious with her perfect poses in front of the camera…I think I should have dressed her in a high fashion model’s outfit instead…)Stylish Treats: $1 Vintage Industrial Chairs
On a day of tricks and treats, I would like to share with you a vintage industrial treat….that only costs $1! Currently, this public surplus auction is selling five vintage industrial chairs for only $1. They remind me of the ones from Anthropologie, except these are authentic and government-issued no less. The catch is that [...]Julian, CA — A Repurposed Town
One of my favorite weekend getaways is Julian, tucked into the mountains approximately 50 miles east of San Diego. Originally settled by silver miners, the town is a beautiful testament to historic preservation — and repurposing! Enjoy these photos from a recent day trip, where I enjoyed shopping in homes turned into retail boutiques, hot [...]By the Light of the Vintage Spoon
The creativity of repurposing always makes me incredibly happy. My first encounter with repurposing was my first week in college, when I was meandering towards campus via colorful Telegraph Ave. in Berkeley and found a street vendor clanking away at vintage spoons — and I happily walked away with a spoon ring that I still [...]She showed me her vintage drawers!
Last week, I professed my love for seeing your drawers, and I was so delighted to see these beauties arrive in my mailbox! How charming is the fact that each of these artists’ inspirational drawers compliments their blog banners in ambiance and style? What inspires us truly permeates through all aspect of our life! Without [...]The vintage industrial secret is out….
My lovely friend Suzanne, the Italian Girl in Georiga (who has marvelous photography in her Etsy shop), surprised me this weekend with snail mail! There’s something quite nostalgic and magical about receiving a letter in the mail, don’t you think? Inside her beautiful photography card was a useful article on vintage industrial lighting she clipped [...]Show me your drawers!
…your desk drawers, silly! I’m fascinated by drawers and cubbyholes, and the forgotten treasures that are stashed within. I also love seeing how people organize their desk drawers, be it muffin tins, wooden boxes, or the “I know it looks insane, but I know where everything is” system. With that said, I would love if [...]Breathtaking beauty of Ormond Gigli
Leah reminded me last week of the fantastic photography of Ormond Gigli, who was a prominent photographer especially in the 1950s and 60s — but more importantly, whose ability to direct photographs creates such timeless magic! Of course, his most iconic photograph is “Girls in the Window,” which was serendipitously shot in a dismantled brownstone [...]Changing of the tides…
At the beach this weekend, I could feel everyone sadly saying goodbye to the call of the sea (at least for those without wetsuits). To keep my workspace inspired, I found a few shells (fine, I bought them at the seashell shop by the shore). One works beautifully as a repurposed catch-all for my paperclips. [...]
Category: Vintage Design