11.30.2007
balancing act
heat sensitive
{radiator turned on}
heat sensitive wallpaper designed by shi yuan, a chinese designer who graduated from the university of portsmouth in england ~ this was called her "design with life project".
{watercolor tiles when cold}
{water color tiles when hot}
one of many designs of heat sensitive tiles made by moving color, where they enable temperature to change your visual experience of an interior environment.
11.29.2007
irish-sf dance collaboration
{photos from rehearsals ~ all taken by jenni. and there are a couple sweet little video clips of their rehearsals together at her blog}
11.28.2007
winter wonderland wishes
{welcome guests to a snowflaked soiree ~ items from red envelope and plow & hearth}
{frost your tabletop or mantle, found on the homeport website}
{jeweled snowflake ornaments from pottery barn}
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{send a pop card from unica home or make your own snowflakes ~ diy project found on craftster.org}
{and for an awesome slideshow of micro shots of real snowflakes, spend a moment watching this}
11.26.2007
glassybabies
also check out her impressive website where you can order glassybabies individually or in sets.
{thanks to sfgate & the glassybaby website for the info and photos}
11.23.2007
cozy & quiet
i'm staying with my family in oregon but wanted to pop on here to let you know i've disabled comments on my blog for a while. seems some folks have decided to write some pretty rude things on studio wellspring posts {things you'd never want to read, actually} so it's an unfortunate necessity until they move on.
i'll be back next week and am sending you all cozy comforting thoughts filled with gratitude.
11.20.2007
thankful for fosse
this is bob fosse and tommy rall from the 1955 movie "my sister eilleen"
11.16.2007
food for thought
i've been mulling over several ideas for how to decorate the thanksgiving table and also found a lot of inspiration from friends on flickr {as these photos show}, but this year i am going to do somethings differently. i don't know if it's the essential shambhala class i've been taking or the state of the world these days {yes, it's probably both actually} but i know at this time of gratitude for our abundance, others are suffering and have so very little. it's something i just can't ignore.
11.15.2007
making do with pink
even though i still can't stand pink, the bathroom is more enjoyable for me now, so i lay my complaints to rest.
11.14.2007
about last night
i didn't get home until after midnight and i dreamt intense tango dreams all night. i want to keep that feeling alive, and so i offer this:
i'll be taking lessons with them {michelle & murat erdemsel} on saturday and i cannot wait.
oh and my first private lesson with jennifer bratt is friday evening.
see i told you i was addicted,and i'm not ashamed of it in the least.
also, many many thanks to tangobaby for the kindest sweetest post ever today.
to tour neutra
at only about 1700 square feet, it still has a feel of 1930's mod glamour and the incredible style that's a trademark of neutra's designs. you are brought in through an airy entry pavilion, which opens onto a huge deck, with an amazing vista. the entry pavilion has a fabulous uplight, and like most of the house, has the original aluminum silver paint magnificently restored. the next level down has the living room and dining room, kitchen and laundry room. down one more level are two nice bedrooms and two bathrooms. each of these levels have very spacious wraparound decks. below this are several terraced levels of landscaped grounds.
please take a moment to experience this lovely photo tour ..... {and feel free to click on the image to enlarge}
if you're curious, more property information can be found here.
interesting side note: this house ignited the career of architectural photographer julius shulman ~ he was captivated by this house in 1936 and he took some casual snapshots of it, which somehow made their way into the hands of richard neutra. neutra was so impressed with his eye that he used shulman nearly exclusively for the rest of his career.
{thanks so much to steven keylon for permission to share all this!}
11.12.2007
just a reminder
rex ray for real
it was great to meet rex and see his work up close. so much detail & thought & energy goes into each piece. and his new book is eye-candy gallore.