Every color is fascinating to me, no matter how dull some may seem to most. The key is knowing how to dress it up. In this case, the color gray, a more elegant, sophisticated hue for those preferring such luxury or gracefulness in their lifestyle – of course after the kids have left home, and there is no dog, or a dog that is well trained not to sit on such refinement. 🙂
Still on my quest to revamp my wonderful tiny living space. I just need to figure out what month I should embark on such a task, considering all of April is booked. Most of May – gone. June – not looking good either. And July – September the weather is s*** – foggy – in my neighborhood to the point it is too cold to open windows to allow the paint and such to dry while renovating. So, it looks like September it is, our Indian Summer here in San Francisco. Which as you know is just around the corner. Naturally, the though of renovating also means, creating a Pinterest board, as well as (in my case) a desktop folder with all photos of what I envision our place to look like. Lately, I am loving black-framed windows and doors, turquoise and marble and natural hardwood flooring. Kind of like: I think I am just about narrowing it down – until of course something else catches my eye in the next five months. 🙂
I’m itching to decorate or redecorate. Although I just finished a simple condo revamp, I didn’t get to touch the tiny kitchen. Which at the moment I am craving to revamp – not the condo kitchen, just my tiny kitchen. Which do you think I am considering? {Source here and here}
Six years ago, my hubs and I sold our 5-bedroom two-story in the suburbs and moved back to San Francisco, into a small studio with views of the ocean. In the beginning it was very difficult for us to get used the open-concept space we used for living, dining, and sleeping in. The worst was we worked different shifts. So while I slept he had to wake up and get ready – at 2 in the morning, and while he went to bed at 7p, I was up, and in need of watching television or doing something around the room which required movement. Eventually we got used it, and six years later, have very minimal issues with such a tight space. Lately, I’ve been watching Tiny Living Spaces on HGTV, where families give up their homes to live in small spaces, hopeful the concept would improve their quality of life, or lifestyle. I can honestly say that if you have the right attitude and mind-set, the downsize has its benefits for sure. Two particular ones …
Recently I helped decorate a condo for someone returning to San Francisco, possibly against her will-long story. I wanted to make her space warm and inviting, to help ease the transition, while keeping the space streamlined clean, and functional. Until I finish adding the final touches (in the next few weeks) to share with you the results, I am instead more than happy to share my inspiration board.
My family tradition of coloring eggs is simple. We allow my mother to do it, the old fashioned traditional way. Throwing the eggs in beet boiled water, and that’s it. But I do love a creative egg coloring ritual over a bottle of champagne – for adults only, and the best decorated or colored set of six eggs gets a gift certificate to Starbucks, or something fun like that. Anyway, here are some of my favorite decorated egg ideas, plus one I will be enforcing in my household. And the winner for Easter 2016 egg coloring ideas is: {source for all photos}
I don’t know about you, but lighting up a room is probably one of the most important things next to decor theme. It sets the mood, adds focal point to different parts of the room, and allows us to see. And I have to admit I have struggled with proper placement of lighting in my lifetime. So, since I am in the midst of redecorating our studio apartment, I am taking into consideration lighting from here: For kitchen lighting try these suggestions: What mistakes we all make when lighting up a room:
Christmas Gift Wrapping ideas I look forward to each year from this site, where a dozen or more suggestions are added from various sites. I love the creative aspect and the fact, we have a store – lucky for me – Papersource in San Francisco to help obtain these wonderful looks or something close to them. Here are some of my favorites for this year’s gift wrapping:
Although the inspiration comes to us from here, a Wimbledon Residence, the decor style is surely doable in a San Francisco Victorian or Edwardian style home if you plan to stay true to the era.
While searching for unique light fixture ideas here for a few remodels I will be working on early next year, I found myself pleasantly sidetracked with The SchoolHouse Electric Instagram site here. Listing below my favorite finds.
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