So recently we attended the NELA Art Walk with a group of friends. The art walk occurs every second Saturday and consists of various galleries in the Eagle Rock and Highland Park area opening their doors to the public, serving drinks and being generally convivial. This past one, we hit up Curve Line Space in Eagle Rock and Larkins(yum!) and then made it to the York for drinks. Curve Line Space... Read more
Recently House Beautiful featured a beautiful Floridian home designed by Aussie designer Thomas Hamel. Thomas is actually an American who relocated down under and I love how he infuses his globe-trotting style into his interiors, but keeps things simple, light and airy at the same time. There is also something so appealingly architectural about his work, even though he's an interior designer.... Read more
Last week reader emailed me asking for some ikat sofa suggestions. Well, here is a bit of a round up of items that are readily available to order. Of course, another route would be to find a fabric you love and do a COM (customer's own material).Ballard Designs (A nice semi-custom option, they have some other fabric options that are Ikat-like as well as solids and other prints)West Elm (just... Read more
Recently friend and fellow marathoner Kristen McManus started up her own organizing business. Having seen Kristen run campaigns for Team in Training, I knew this was the perfect path for her. And having seen my house lately, I knew I had a lot of questions to send her way. I thought I'd share some of her answers with you:The Eagle's Nest: How did you decide to get into professional organizing?KM:... Read more
Well I'm finally getting over the worst cold / flu bug of the season - just in time for the weekend. Sadly, it looks like we will be encountering some rain. Hoping for sunshine and butterflies.Photo courtesy of Ali Edwards on Flickr Read more
A reader recently asked where we got the daybed that sits in Kellie and Adam's living room in front of the windows. It's a settee from Jaxon Home located in Culver City. They do great work. Unfortunately it's not up on their website any more but I'm sure they still make it.Here are some others: The Presidio Settee from Williams Sonoma Home The Tillary Sofafrom West Elm - the back supports can be... Read more
To Danika over at Gorgeous Shiny Things for featuring my coffee table redo. Man, now I'm really motivated to get that painting done for the back wall. Oh, and just in case any Eagles Nest Newbies were wondering, here is what the room looked like before.... Yes we discovered the door behind the bookshevles. And doesn't all that wood make the room look so much smaller? Read more
Well, it's about time we got our coffee table fixed and painted. I think it was last July when we went up to Portland and got Scott's cousin Lee to make a duplicate for our missing table side rail. I am happy to report that over 6 months later the table is done and installed. Here is the documentation of the arduous process.The walnut top was stained and worn and looked dark in our living room.... Read more
After watching the Green Grocer Episode of BBC's Mary Queen of Shops on a recent business trip, I got super excited about the idea of local, seasonal, organic produce delivered fresh to your door. Prior to now I had been shopping the farmers' market located below my office which was convenient for sure. But lately there's been a lot of hype about these farmers markets not actually selling local or... Read more
After working long and hard on my blog logo, duvet set labels, and business cards, I thought it was about time to introduce the talent behind Nest Studio's graphics. Meredith Reshoft is a great friend from high school who is now Principal and Creative Director of The Killswitch Collective, a Chicago-based creative agency. She's been with Killswitch since its inception in 2004, overseeing and... Read more
Thanks to Sarah who forwarded me this awesome Etsy shop. Ikat and Batikwas started by Ginette in 2009 when she moved to Bali to source fabrics, sew and start up her Etsy shop. There are a few things that I love about Ginette's shop. First off, the pricepoint. You really can't find these kind of throw pillows for $20 a pop anywhere else! Secondly, I love that she creates a palette for you. For... Read more
Loving his artwork. I wish I could get this kind of viscous quality in my paintings. I suppose I could, if I had a lot of floor space and a lot of linseed oil. I've discovered that adding turpentine just creates skinny little drips, not big fun globs. How dramatic would one of Dale's works look in a large scale high ceilinged interior with an eclectic mix of furniture? Read more