good morning! today is my birthday so i’m going to be signing off a bit early. but i wanted to start the day with these beautiful ‘stereo.type mobiles‘ by ebon heath. the way ebon works with paper is nothing short of incredible- i could only dream of having something this beautiful hanging in my home. swoon. click here for more info [via liz stetson]
ps: thanks to amy for the sweet birthday design (above). click here to check our her guest post for today!
pps: tim gunn? austin scarlett? my favorite library team? sign me up. congrats to the nypl on another great video series! this one about a fashion challenge given to local students (judged by tim) for the annual anti-prom. thanks, amy!
June 9th, 2009 - 08:00am
when jill roberson’s sneak peek arrived in our inbox we were very impressed - so much so that there was really no point in editing down the images - we loved it all! we knew we loved office and all the work they do (especially their pirate-themed posters for 826 valencia), so it’s fun to see jill’s creativity and style translated into her home. she and her husband jason have always loved the idea of classic san francisco victorian, and when they bought their 1887 home for it’s architectural details, they realized they aesthetic was more modern and clean. they’re still experimenting and consider it a work in progress making me wish my “work in progress” could look like this! you can find additional images, and larger versions right here. [thanks, jill!] - anne
Office designed the pirate posters for 826 Valencia’s Pirate Supply Store (available online) All proceeds fund the nonprofit organization’s writing programs.
The rabbit painting is by Jason. (After 4 years, it still wasn’t finished … then he told me it’s supposed to look this way.)
Jason created the spirograph posters, inspired a mid-century magazine cover.
We always wanted a library ladder in our house; we never thought it would end up in the bathroom.
Jason designed this mosaic using Ann Sacks penny tile.
Dining room. Jason and I spent our 8th wedding anniversary in Amsterdam and happened upon a typographer Ewald Spieker’s charming little studio. We asked him to create these stacked letters of his typeface, which read “Yes You Are the One.” Riri poster (1948) designed by Hans Aeschbach.
During this photoshoot, we noticed that there’s some sort of animal depicted in every room. In the kitchen, its a deer, owl, butterflies, birds and a crab. It wasn’t intentional, but I guess we like the personality they add.
Sun room
After a visit to the Viceroy Santa Monica, we created the pattern of mirrors to help open up the narrow hallway, and had the frames built out of different types of moulding. (Thanks, Kelly Wearstler.). The vintage chandelier is from a friend’s garage; we gave it a few coats of white spray paint. It’s a low-budget version of Tobias Wong’s much more beautiful white rubber-encased design.
This is our foster dog, Elvis. (The fact that he works in our color palette was a happy coincidence.)
We’ve collected dozens of books with covers designed by Dick Bruna, and we framed a few of our favorites.
We painted the silhouettes, based on cut-outs of my sister and I as kids (from Worlds of Fun in Kansas City).
Vintage 1960s Bally posters designed by Aunior.
June 8th, 2009 - 01:30pm
it seems that everyone at hable construction has the golden touch, and today we’re lucky enough to have a look inside the new york home of hable textile designer jorey hurley and her architect husband. their apartment reflects their passions for travel, boats, dogs, their daughter as well as their work as designers. it also weaves together his new england background and jorey’s bohemian, artistic roots in northern california. the result is fun, liveable and inspiring (hello, photo wall!). don’t miss more, full-sized images here, and tuned for another not-to-be-missed sneak peek coming up at 1pm! [thanks so much jorey!] -anne
[above: Nursery- Decorative pillows, canvas storage boxes, and canvas storage bushel are from Hable Construction. The silhouettes are a fun DIY project, and make a great gift. Sofa is from Design Within Reach. ]
The decorative pillows, chair fabric, and canvas storage boxes are all from Hable Construction, where I work as part of the design team. We’ve ended up with a map theme in our main room. We collect globes from different time/political periods. They’re handy when you’re listening to the news and want to understand where someplace is. The nautical charts are of the San Francisco Bay and Narragansett Bay, both places we love to sail. The chairs are vintage Danish and the sofa is from Ikea.
Dining nook: We’ve collected a bunch of antique prints of places we’ve lived and visited—most came to us as gifts from my father-in-law. We’ve mixed these in with photos taken by my father and brother, who are both film-makers/photographers. The table and chairs are vintage Danish. The clock is an antique ship’s clock. The bag and scarf are both made by me. The scarf is digitally printed habotai silk— soft to touch and ethereal in the light. The bag is painted with green leather dye, so when it gets scuffed, I can just slap on a fresh coat! The striped bowl is made by my mother, Nina Else. She’s a ceramic artist who mostly does large abstract sculptures, but she’s given us a few functional items for our home. The airplanes are framed pages from a book of Jeffrey Milstein’s work. I’m terrified of flying, so I purposely keep beautiful images related to air travel around to remind me how much I like to travel despite my fears! The botanical sun prints are by Rinne Allen. She does Hable’s photography, and she takes the dreamiest, most inspiring photos of nature.
The quilt and the pillowcases are by Hable Construction for Garnet Hill. The decorative pillows are by Joseph Frank and the lamp is Tolomeo. I made the fabric banner; the pattern is inspired by an aerial photo of an oxbow river. Digitally printed on cotton percale. The wood wall is made of stacked plywood shipping crates from U-line. It separates our sleeping area from a storage area—we left the back of the crates open, which makes for lots of storage space.
Um, this is kind of an Ikea commercial—even the art! We customized the changing table a bit by painting the doors blue and adding knotted-rope door pulls.
Paint is Cook’s Blue by Farrow + Ball. Doorpulls are “monkey’s fist” knots, bought on Ebay.
I set up a second work area upstairs near where I print fabric, to keep all of that away from our toddler’s little hands. The prints are pages from a Hugo Guinness artist’s book, from John Derian. The money is a selection of small bills from countries we’ve visited over the last few years. The canvas stool is by Hable Construction.
This is the view looking back towards our entryway, kitchen, dining area, and sleeping loft. The apartment has a short mezzanine level. We use the front part of this as a sleeping loft and the back part as storage. On the top left are a bunch of my newest printed silk scarves hanging over the rail to dry before being washed.
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June 8th, 2009 - 12:30pm
today we’re getting a sneak peek into the 1937 garden courtyard apartment of richenda brim, better known as clementine press. the 580 sf studio is slightly smaller that her previous one bedroom, but the charm of the mantel, built-in bookcase and French draws drew her in on first sight. the challenge remains how to organically incorporate her printing and music into the living space, but i say she does it all quite nicely. don’t miss additional images at the end of the post. [thanks, richenda!] -anne
In the “bedroom” I tried to keep it simple and spare to balance out everything going on in the living room. Even though the place is small, I really feel like I’m in another room with the bed tucked behind the bookcase.
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June 8th, 2009 - 10:30am
we first “met” kristen davis from her before and after colorful bar table, but today is a fun look into her great atlanta, georgia home. i think the thing i loved most about reading this post as i put it together was reading all the little “i painted this” or “i made that” touches throughout her home that make it really special. it probably helps that kristen is an artist herself, working primarily on children’s rooms, doing decorative painting and custom, hand-painted furniture (check out her adorable website). and as if that doesn’t keep her busy enough, she spends the rest of her time on her small jewelry-making business. don’t miss more images of kristen’s home right here. [thanks, kristen!] -anne
[above: i really, really, REALLY love color. my walls are always painted a different crazy shade (i think because my job calls for dealing with lots of neutral colors on walls a lot of the time, so i tend to pick out crazy ones when i get the chance to make the decision!) , and this particular color was in domino magazine a few months ago. it's called "intense teal" by sherwin williams - i had to have it when i saw it. even though i love a lot of color, i do try to adhere to a certain palette, and i like to use a lot of white to pop against the teal walls. most of my stuff is either hand-me-downs or things i have found on the side of the road or at thrift shops. this way, nothing is too precious (since i tend to switch stuff out a lot!). i spray-painted the silver stripes on this lampshade after i saw a similar design in a jonathan adler book. he's my hero! also, i just found out that the sweet hand-painted mushroom box sitting on the side table was a game of tiddlywinks from back in the day. my artwork is stuff that i did in college, and a small drawing by my husband's 6-year-old brother. ]
this chair was a little “before/after” project i did one weekend. i found the chair down the side of the road from my house (i think the neighbors thought i was crazy, lugging it about 6 blocks back to my casa). i decided to reupholster it myself, and it was QUITE the chore. it smelled really bad, so i had to end up replacing all the batting and everything, but i love it now. the hand-embroidered owl pillow was a lucky find at a thrift store as well, and the arch floor lamp was $5 at a yard sale (i re-wired it myself, too. one of my proudest moments in life was when i plugged the electrical plug into the wall and the lightbulb came on and i wasn’t electrocuted.). the other picture is of my little entry way. i’m always playing around with it; basically just using cast-offs from around the house to perch there.
this is a view from my family room into my dining room. this little bar was on a “before/after” on design*sponge a couple of weeks ago - it was another yard sale find that i re-worked. it makes me smile every time i walk by. most of this china is hand-me-downs or from thrift/antique shops. i love my turquoise tea set! i make sure all that the items on this chocolate brown shelf i installed and painted the same color as the wall are either clear glass, white, or turquoise - that way all my miscellaneous items are still cohesive when you look at the collection.
this is my kitchen! we are seriously lacking in the storage department, so my husband and i keep all of our pantry items on this shelf. i just try to conceal it all with baskets and trays (and i only leave out the “pretty” food, which is not so easy to identify, according to my husband). the “pot holders” that are hanging above the shelves are actually old shelf brackets that i flipped , painted and added hooks to, to make them into useful pot holders. also, we have mr. cat and mr. dog framed and watching over our food. i have had them for several years now, and they get a lot of commentary - mostly negative, but i love them anyway.
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June 8th, 2009 - 09:30am
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