HOUSE BEAUTIFUL- SEPTEMBER 2014
Thank you to House Beautiful Magazine for including me in September’s “The Last Word: What’s Your Favorite Color Memory?” “The blue of the house at the Majorelle Garden in Marrakech is the most jaw-dropping I’ve ever seen. It’s a gorgeous, piercing color.” As you know, I am always finding inspiration while traveling. Can’t wait to […]
SEMI-HOMEMADE PASTA
I have been back in the kitchen lately. Experimenting and playing around. My latest creation is sort of a twist on homemade pasta. I don’t really have the patience to make fresh pasta dough – so my solution is to pick up already made flat sheets at my local pasta shop. You can […]
RUBBER DUCKIE…YOU’RE THE ONE
Sometimes it’s all in the little details. This cutout will become a tiled niche in a shower (white subway tile on the left of the top shelf – to give you a visual). Just had to make sure everything would fit. What is the saying? Measure twice and cut once? Call me obsessive about […]
KIDS BATHROOM REMODEL
This summer, we have a have been working on a lot of remodel projects. Here is a sneak peak of a bathroom we are doing for two little boys. Working with classic and timeless materials (that are easy to scrub down after a lively bathtime splashing) and then adding some fun blues for a […]
YOU ARE WHERE YOU EAT
Thanks so much to the San Francisco Chronicle for the two page feature this weekend! Special thanks to writer Paige Porter Fischer who helped edit my design inspirations and work her wordsmith magic. The article is below (or you can click online HERE) I’m still not quite sure what to make of the cartoon-like portrait […]
JACKSON POLLOCK
I have always been intrigued by those places where you can paint your own pottery. Perhaps not a ceramic kitten toothbrush holder for me…so I decided to channel my inner Jackson Pollock and make a splattered plate. I am not sure that the women who ran the shop were ready for paint spattering all […]
YOU’VE GOT MAIL
I found this treasure of a mailbox after a client meeting the other day. Hard to believe something like this exists in a major city like San Francisco. I loved the overgrown ivy surrounding the simple white mailbox. Its seemed like such a nice way to be greeted when going to “get the mail”. […]
WESLEY THE WESTIE
Summer is here and Wesley has been settling in nicely. Its hard to believe that he has only been living in San Francisco for four months. He is just part of the family now – and the perfect addition. A day doesn’t go by when I don’t think of my old boys, Campbell and […]
IKEA
Going to Ikea is like going through a maze. I try to plan my visits on a random weekday afternoon around 2 or so to minimize the madness. I can’t imagine a Saturday afternoon with the crowds and check out lines! I always seem to be able to fill a shopping cart with random […]
THE TAYLOR INSPIRATION
Last weekend, the San Francisco Chronicle featured a tribute to the iconic San Francisco designer Michael Taylor in the Home Design magazine. I was honored to be included in a section by Anh-Minh Le titled, “The Taylor Inspiration”, sharing how I take inspiration from Michael Taylor in my own work today. You can link […]