no, ac and i won’t be wearing flowers in our hair but we will be renting a convertible mini cooper (i love zipcar) and washing the brooklyn out of our hair for a few days. we’re headed to san francisco until sunday (to housesit for a fellow blogger) so i’ll be back on monday with regular posting [if you have any good shoe shopping recs please feel free to leave them below!]. until then i hope you all have a wonderful week and check out some of the sites on the blogroll (down on the left hand side of the blog) if you need a quick design fix.

also, if you’re in san francisco this friday, june 29, come by the (super laid back) d*s meet up. a group of my favorite bay area designers will be stopping by and ac and i hope you can swing by and have a drink with us. nothing fancy, just a little after dinner drink + chat fun. the details are below, hope you can make it.

• date: friday, june 29
• time: 9:00 PM- whenever
• place: sky terrace 2524 mission street (the rooftop of medjool restaurant, 360 view of the city)
• details: it’s a cash bar upstairs but there is an ATM in the restaurant if you need one. if you can’t find us just ask downstairs at medjool for me or kelly sperbeck of relish.

[stay tuned on monday for a very special sneak peek. we’ll be getting the first look at a fellow blogger’s house- according to the d*s reader survey from this summer she’s the site you read the most along with d*s. need a hint? she was the talk of this year’s stationery show…]

i’m so excited to finally have this up and running: last week i spoke with todd oldham while he answered all of your reader questions. the results are finally live right here along with a gorgeous slideshow of his treehouse in pennsylvania. yep, he’s got a two story (fully electric) treehouse that’s every bit as cute as you’d expect from the king of handmade modern. click here to check out the interview and find out what todd’s guilty pleasure music is (hint: posh and sporty are involved) and which part of his house sports “push up pop” orange stripes. enjoy! [thanks so much to todd and jennifer for helping with the interview and treehouse slideshow]

[all photos by todd oldham and tony longoria]

i love a good product shot. this photo alone makes me want to take up knitting so i can use this yarn at tigerlilly’s shop.

i have to run some errands before we leave for SF, but i’ll be back later this afternoon with more (and sf meet up details). but i couldn’t leave without posting another sneak peek. a part two i supposed for ms. amy ruppel. these lovely shots can be seen in their full glory right here and you can find more information on amy right here. in the meantime you can find details on the photos in amy’s words below. [photo above: marcel breuer ‘wassily’ chair with salvor owl, danish furniture finds, paintings by lisa de john and dawn riddle (pink whale piece on top of lisa’s)]

[Guest Room! If you need a place to stay in Portland, we’ve got a room! Danish dresser with art by Trish Grantham, Merkled light (both Portlanders), Julie Gibb glass bottle (with bird)]

[Bathroom…hooks for my many necklaces (most are by Erica Weiner and Amy Bengtson), birds clips from Pylones, a Lotta Jansdotter bag that holds my toiletries so it’s ready to go for spontaneous trips, orange planter from Sprout Home (Chicago), little log bowls from the design shop at ICFF, by loyalloot collective]

[White ceramics collection - Karin Eriksson bowls from the d*s shop, all the Masahiro Mori cups and containers I can find, cool bird bank from MoMA, Danish coffee cups]

[Guest room: Found end table (set), Target lamps, fun vintage wood bird sculpture, and my eleventwentyfive pillows go well with that Dwell bedding!]

[ This is where I make coffee every morning ;) Camilla Engman calendar, way too many onions and an apple for my squirrels (I hand feed the squirrels in our giant hemlock tree), IKEA fabric which my lovely neighbor Sara sewed into curtains for me, along with a cute set of IKEA tin canisters, and my beloved butter dish from neutrino designs:]

who knew drains could be so pretty. i love these metal and porclain drain designs at rose and radish. $42 in porcelain right here and in metal right here for $83.

beautiful new chipboard postcards from set editions. i just can’t get enough of these. i love the contrast of metallic inks, bright yellow and hot pink on chipboard. you can view the full collection and shop online right here. enjoy!

i’m slowly becoming obsessed with this ivy coatrack from mos office. i’ve seen in it person a few times at rare device but it’s never quite grabbed me enough to bring it home. we have a sort of awkward space next to our apartment door right now and i’m wondering if this would be a good solution. you can find out more (and see close up shots of the product) right here.