It's just so fine....to ReDesign...

Recently, a client asked me to help them as they moved into a larger home with some very different spaces, from what they previously had. They needed to make everything they already owned work and make rooms inviting and warm. Here is the very large entry/front room which was to become the 'formal living' area.

Before

Apres!

Before

Apres!

Before

Apres!

And so, with proper placement and arrangement of art, accessories and family treasures, a home becomes inviting and all yours!

little sweetness to adorn...

Here are a few glimpses of some small, sweet tabletop orbs I have been working on...the places you could set these are endless: mantle, desk, bathroom, on a stack of books, coffee table, any table!

Now, if you brought one of these to your office you better take care as your office mates will be quite jealous!

Whichever space you choose to place one is sure to shine!

Available in my wee shop tomorrow.

Fresh New Year...

I am not sure about you, but for this gal every New Year brings a feeling of a fresh, clean, slate...or at least the urge to organize and clean out, update and refresh spaces, the desire to complete tasks around the house are renewed and motivation, although sometimes hard to muster, is bumped up with the expectations of changing some important aspects of my surroundings.
I am starting with my personal space, because that is, afterall, where we are most inspired...don't you agree?

So, on that note, let the organizing and cleaning out begin!
Here are some helpful and fun ideas to get us all going in the right direction.

Here is a pretty little thought... line a drawer with velvet or felt and add some vintage tea cups & saucers to organize and display your bobbles and jewelry. Simply measure the height of the drawers side, (don't measure the front as that is higher) and collect some teacups that are just a little shorter, the lining on the drawer bottom with help slipping and sliding. Hang earrings on tea rim, place bigger pieces in saucers.

A vintage medicine cabinet turned into a beautiful display case, I can see getting creative with fabric inside and some simple little hooks & wire.
Same idea with a old shadow box, fun hooks or even drawer pulls and then pretty little bowls you already have to store rings.


all pictures courtesy of martha stewart
A peg board in the closet, painted a fun color and used to get all those straggling things on the floor up and out of the way.

Here is to a New Year and new spaces!

rooms for wee wonders...

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in the midst of completely transforming our yard and hillside into a wonderful space for our wee ones to play, explore, embark on adventures and just be free...i am also looking to alter their living/sleeping space. i need to make one room work and be spacious enough for two children to share, one of whom is younger, goes to sleep earlier and one who loves to read at night and have her own unique area not to be touched by the other...hmmmm, so i am scouring for inspiration and ideas and here are a few of my favorites so far.

Backyard ponderings...

over here at my country pad not far from the sea, we are embarking on a rather large backyard project, of which I am quite excited to say the least...and so, I have been poking around looking and storing ideas for plants, pavers, steps, oh any and everything outdoorsy...here are some cool ones...will be posting pics of our before, during and afters you can be sure...

Purple fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum ‘Rubrum’)


no surprise...succulents succulents succulents will be abundant in my garden...

Hen and chickens (Sempervivium tectorum). Rosettes of fleshy bronze leaves hug the ground beside smaller (Sedum spurium) ‘Dragon’s Blood’

Love these wood planters and the agave desmettiana, with its glorious leaves and easy care ways!

All pictures above courtesy of sunsetmagazine
Smoke tree (Cotinus coggyrgia) ‘Royal Purple’.
Never hurts to tie in color and such a rich, vibrant, fall color!

southwestern astronauts and such...

have you ever wondered what it would be like to see the solar system from a desert dwellers perspective?...'well' you may say...'no, not really ever'...i am placing myself in space, envisioning what the mix of santa fe and the solar system would blend like...colors, schemes, plantlife, life...well, everything...should be a good one.

go gently in space and free in the desert

long road to bliss...

sometimes, the road to bliss is a long one...and for our poor lukers (luke) it is particularly long, he has hated any moving vehicle since a wee lad of 8 weeks when we brought him home and he threw up the contents of his little stomach on our lovely 6 year old daughter, who, for some reason chose that action to love him more, she still recalls the story in all it's grim and not so glory...but loves him so, as does our wee son...a few shots from our trip up north, before we got to the real beauty of so. cal terrain and the ocean blue...