for your consideration

Here are the pieces that are on my mind to add to our home.
For the living room:

John Derian 6' field bench.  Available at Lekker Home.

Maybe these swivel chairs to add a super seventies vibe.

Available at Machine Age.

Or this wild woven chair:

Still on the market for a coffee table and something for our dressing room.  Any thoughts?

making small steps

I've been loving living here.  This is my dream house.  Not too big, not too small and right in the city (ok, not the city, but a city).  Put up some more art.  Created a nice gallery in the hallway. What an improvement from all the frames leaning on the floor for weeks.

Room (though not much) for a few more if they come my way.

Shelves up in Isabel's room.

 This great mirror from Wisteria.  The dressing room is not quite styled up yet.

Found a great home for these amazing paintings of the kids, right off the kitchen where we pass by them a million times a day.

Now we are on the search for living room furniture and a few other key pieces.  I'm on the hunt for a chaise, a bench, a pair of chairs (or one great one), and a small chair for the dressing room.  There is still a dearth of furnishings in the master bedroom, but that will come together one of these days.  Keep checking in to see my finds! 

it's a new year.

We just returned to our new home after a great trip to mountains.  It was refreshing.  It was awakening.  It was simple.


Coming back.  I took down the tree, vacuumed the house and threw out a few pair of jeans.


This was a successful time away.  Fresh air gives fresh perspective.

They really can add a good amount of light to the trees!

This is the most magnificent view from where we love to share some fondue.  It's excellent.  

Heading to the other side.

Beauty undetected.

We had an amazing time.

It's a bit hard to describe what we are feeling.  I promise to get back to home design that really speaks to what interiors mean to our lives.  My best.

Lisa.

Getting into the spirit

There is nothing like a Christmas tree to put me in a festive mood.  Ignoring the fact that I have killed a tree for my own decorating delight, I can't be in its presence without having the lights on.  It makes me happy.


That type of homey-ness only highlights the missing elements of our new place.  As a designer, you have deadlines set to make sure you get your client's projects together.  When it comes to your own abode, the list only grows and the deadlines are elastic.  


Here are some of the things I've been thinking about to finish my digs.
This light in the small vestibule:

Somehow mimicking this Moroccan shape in Isabel's room.  Maybe fabric pelmets or valances in the shape of the lattice ones here?:

I like this too:

The kids bath has a vibe like this (image below) due to a 40s or 50s poster print with odd animals we hung up.  I purchased some matte black brackets from the hardware store to use as a base for a driftwood shelf.  Will I ever find the piece of wood?  How about the hooks for the towels? Sometime before they've moved out, perhaps.  Like I said, elastic deadlines.

I'm having entry envy.  While there is a tiny vestibule, it's not large enough to turn around or take a shoe off, so really it's a pass through.  We painted it a beautiful Farrow & Ball blue and it needs a new light fixture.  What I crave is a bench or console.  A place where eyes can rest upon entering.  A place to put keys and take shoes off.  On the hunt.

This is the one I am thinking of from the Paris Apartment.  It's so girly and not me at all.  I think it will be a great juxtaposition.