Archive for February, 2008

Flower Power

Remember the beeeeeautiful bouquet John got me to celebrate the culmination of a long hard kitchen remodel?

Well, there must have been something in the water, because three weeks later some of the flowers were still alive and kickin’. So I plucked out the dead buds and cut the stems a little shorter to create this [...]


Higher Learning

Sherry’s friend Heather dug up another stellar reason for me to obsess over bookshelves. When I first glanced at this photo, it didn’t really excite me (or make much sense, to be completely honest). Can you figure out why its so amazing?

If you were stumped like me, this shot taken from an alternate angle [...]


That’s A Wrap

Oh, we have such a cute little mini-makeover to share. John stayed home sick today (feeling flu-ish) but somehow I found the time to pull a little presto change-o while he napped on the couch. Since we love our new wall of frames in the third bedroom so much, we need an excuse to be [...]


Mid-Century Makeover

We wish we could claim this next series of before and afters, but they’re actually the work of Bryan Wark. Thanks to this amazing Los Angeles interior designer, this 60s ranch couldn’t look more true to its mid-century roots. For example, check out the entryway before:

And the fresh new entryway after the big makeover:

Here’s the [...]


Up Close & Personal

Ok, enough people mentioned that they wanted to see some of the photo collage items up close, so here they are. First of all, how cute was my man as a little man?

And now for the other open-mouthed shot. This time I’m the one catching flies:

Here’s a close up of the vintage Richmond map (found [...]