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inspired by the forest

and iconic tables as well as DIYs

we are looking at slabs for a 2012 project...



via here

new year.

new projects (and ongoing)

dining room table (more soon), lighting (maybe) & chairs

shelving in family room

office

bedroom wallpaper

final touches on the yard.

hello 2012 :)

happy new year!

we live here.

we've been looking for quite some time for a work to hang in the kitchen. i had originally planned to enlarge a photograph - but this is a very sunny corner - and the cost of an enlargement coupled with the inevitable fading that would take place, put that idea to rest. when i saw this poster (also available as a screenprint) i knew we had found a perfect fit. (and the price couldn't be beat!) d put together a frame, and we sprung for UV plexi. we will see how it lasts.

the girls love finding home on it. i love that it includes all these neighborhoods that i have recently discovered (after living here 12 years!).

ork posters has a whole series around this concept. fun stuff.

my plan to paint the kitchen myself has also been waylaid. april.

hanging this on our puttied and unpainted wall might be putting the cart before the horse, but we couldn't resist.

listing.

before 2011

:: finish up with the new windows

:: inside of the house painted. and the outside trim

:: clerestory windows cleaned

:: fencing in the backyard

:: new outdoor table

yes - i do realize there are only 44 days until christmas.





a neighbour's house is about to list. he passed away last month. 93 years old. an original owner. he had actually sued the developer for the shoddy foundation work. and won. he had the best foundation in the 'hood. it is a great house. fingers crossed it is discovered by great people.

yard to do list. part I.

drill holes in that old artwork leaning against the fence and turn it into a vertical garden like that clipping from the LA Times on my inspiration board. (swap out the vegetables for succulents.)



think out the plantings around the pool. think native.



figure out what to do about the outdoor table. can it be saved? paint it grey to match the shed... or say hello to something new?

adobe oven

we ate outdoors tonight for the first time in a long time. as things started to cool down I started thinking of the fabulous outdoor fireplaces at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs:


via Ace

and how lovely it would be to be sitting by one as the sun set. in our own backyard.

I think we will adapt their design with that (with instructions) found on Sunset:


via Sunset

I'm imagining pizza dinner and gazing at the stars by the fire.


will let you know how it goes...

ahhh summer nights!