Category: Design

Don’t Judge Me.

Pottery Barn Teen has some surprisingly cozy/modern/fierce stuff, like this Bean Bag chair, which I kind of just want for my living room for no apparent reason…I’v been trying to talk Scott into it (and it’s matching ottoman pouf) for days…even though it’s blatantly intended for a teenagers bedroom. Who cares?! It’s fucking cool, and the price probably won’t make… Read more →

Utah is for [Art] Lovers.

It couldn’t be more perfect – my two careers converge on snowcapped mountains this weekend.   Scott and I said goodbye to Dee for the first time, and are winging our way to join CARGOH.COM in Salt Lake City for the Altitude Design Summit (or #altsummit if you want to follow the fun on twitter.) If you’re at ALT, come say… Read more →

Under foot.

That’s our house.  Well, technically we share it with these two lovely Spanish dudes named Reuben and Ramon.  It’s a duplex (like a house that’s split in two) and it was built in 1965 by a pair of architect brothers who married sisters and lived side by side in their little slice of heaven in the Valley. The place is… Read more →

The house the ocean built

What you’re looking at is the side of a building designed [specifically for Dubai’s unique conditions] to grow it’s own exterior from sea salt that’s filtered through a series of exoskeletal pipes using scarcely more than evaporation and gravity.   I’m partially creeped out (pretty much by anything that has an exoskeleton),  partially amazed by the creative and scientific genius… Read more →

Woot Woot for Hoot {Design Co.}

Kristen, the artist behind Hoot Design Co. has done some other pretty amazing work, currently on display in her Etsy Shop, and I am full-on triple rainbow freaking out about it.   Here’s a peek: f{Alpha Tower} {Custom Watercolor Print} {Columbia, MO Map Print} {Holiday Card 6-Pack} Oh!   And also Kristen interviewed me on her blog ~ she does a very… Read more →