PHOTO SHOOT

Wesley falling asleep on the job seems to be a reoccurring pattern.  Actually, he was just taking a quick cat nap between takes on his debut – a photo shoot for a local magazine that I am excited to share in the next months. Wesley managed to make it in almost every shot.  A ham for […]

CONSTRUCTION

This is the current state of the living room for a new project in Cole Valley. While the whole home is undergoing a gut-renovation, we are in the preliminary phases of pulling furniture, rugs, and accessories. The overall look will be very minimal and modern with vintage and Asian influences. We are utilizing many vintage […]

From Russia with Love

I am just back from a trip to Russia.  Mostly St. Petersburg with a touch of Moscow. I had so much on my mind when dreaming of the trip.  Visiting the Hermitage and seeing Red Square.  Trying borscht.  Vodka and caviar.  Doctor Zhivago. 18th and 19th century neoclassical buildings. Dostoevsky. Tolstoy. Tchaikovsky.  The list goes […]

PICKING A RUG

If you are following along, the last post shared some fabrics that I was using in a current project.  I mentioned that I like to start with the area rug first.  Wesley decided to help me the other day with my selections for another project.  To him, it is a game of eeny-meeny-miny-moe – and then […]

LIVING ROOM

I am often asked where I start when designing a space.  For me, I start from the ground up.  For this living room project, I first selected this vintage blue and white area rug and then started to pull colors and textures for the furniture items.  I love a balance of colors and textures in […]

STRAWBERRY RHUBARB CRISP

This past weekend at my neighborhood farmer’s market, the strawberries were perfection.  Perfectly ripe.  Sweet as candy.  I could smell the fragrance from aisles away.  I think that I was so intoxicated by the smell and taste – I ended up purchasing an entire flat (12 baskets).  Strawberries for breakfast, strawberries for a snack, freezing […]

GOAT CHEESE

To really know me well, you have to know that I love goat cheese (or chèvre or whatever you want to call it.) I love the tart flavor and consistency.  When I found out that I could tour a goat cheese farm in the French countryside, I was beside myself.   As you can see from […]

WESLEY GOES TO PARIS

Just returned from Paris and just had to share the photos of a lucky little guy that got to tag along with me. Since France doesn’t have any quarantine laws (and the French love dogs), I thought, “Why the heck not?” Wesley actually enhanced the experience.  People approached on the street to say bonjour to […]

CERAMICS CLASS

I have always had fascination with how things are made.  Seeing things on a shelf in a store always makes me wonder more about where it was made and by whom.  For years, I have driven by a ceramics studio near my house, always wondering about it.  I decided to sign up for a weekly […]

SPRING

According to the calendar, spring has officially arrived.  When looking at the weather reports across the country, it doesn’t quite appear that way with snow still falling.  Fresh flowers always seem to brighten up even the gloomy days.   I picked up this bouquet of anemones the other day for my kitchen.  When looking them […]