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The Brick House
www.the-brick-house.com
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Renovating a mid century brick house in the middle of retirement hell. Making it awesome and doing it on a budget.
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LIGHTING

Besides fiber art, I’ve also been quietly hoarding a bunch of lighting ever since the dining room chandelier moved onward to a better home. None of the lighting I’ve stumbled on has been ...

15 may 12 1 person likes this

FIBER

I know. I KNOW, DAMMIT. This fiber thing has gotten fully out of control. Whatever. You heard that right. I’ll say it. What – to the – ever. At least I can admit to being powerless ...

08 may 12 1 person likes this

HEADBOARD

The problem with having a queen size bed and a penchant for vintage furniture? The apparent lack of queen sized headboard options pre-1970 or affordable new headboards that aren’t completely te...

25 apr 12 5 people like this

HANG IT ALL

The circus of color that was our old Hang-It-All? So 2009. And now? Welcome to the den, slightly different Hang-It-All, now featuring more walnut balls and black frame style of which can be procured ...

24 apr 12 4 people like this

COLOR DIPPING

If you saw Emily Henderson’s blue office makeover or Cassandra’s red red redo on Coco and Kelley, then it’s old news that it’s Sherwin-Williams National Painting Week. I’...

18 apr 12 6 people like this

ACID MODERNISIM

The New York Times recently featured artist Doug Aitken’s home in Venice, California and I’m crushing on it so very hard. It’s torturous. Considering that it’s been a good lon...

16 apr 12 2 people like this

STYLING

I sort of styled up the fauxdenza…oh look at that…almost a YEAR later. That woman is aghast at how long it’s taken. Better late than never? Still need to throw some plants up in the...

12 apr 12 1 person likes this

LEGGY

I picked up this hunky bit of burl some time ago with plans to rip off those too tall and weirdly sad peg legs that had been slapped on it. This chunk of redwood burl is everything I’ve been dr...

11 apr 12 2 people like this

PHOTO | CAMP & BAND.O

Laure and I are excited to reveal that our first ever PHOTO | CAMP will be held this upcoming Saturday, March 24th, at the ever so shiny Ban.Do studio. It’s like we’re girls! Fancy sparkl...

21 mar 12

HUSKY RANCH

Not sure if you’ve already seen Grace’s fantastic home tour on Design Sponge, since per usual, I’m late in the sharing of stuff. Laure shot the pretty tour photos while Abby came wi...

20 mar 12

RUGGY AGAIN

Hello new rug. Goodbye old rug. There are those few rarities that habitual Craigslist trollers like myself don’t expect to bump into on the c’list, one biggie being the legendarily elusiv...

15 mar 12 3 people like this

PILLOW ACTION

Bowie wants you to know that I got some pillows and they happen to be perfectly sized for naps. Now leave him alone. He’s exhausted. While the world watched the Oscars, I was busy buying vintag...

12 mar 12

PETITE HOUSE VISIT

Kathleen Ryan, that lovely lady who traded with me for that amazing fiber piece, has an equally lovely and amazing home in Los Angeles. My big regret is not having a camera handy when I visited her s...

07 mar 12 5 people like this

ONE KINGS LANE

Obviously late in mentioning this, seeing as the sale ends Saturday, but it appears I offered up some vintage wares in the current One Kings Lane | Design-Blogger Tag Sale. There’s still a few ...

02 mar 12 1 person likes this

RUGGY AGAIN

As alluded to earlier, I’ve been continuing that experimentation with rugs thing by picking up this vintage kilim for the guest bedroom off Etsy for a sweet $75. Handmade and thinly flat woven,...

01 mar 12

PHOTO | CAMP

PHOTO | CAMP . FIELD GUIDE One day. One workshop. Your photos. Made better. Saturday, March 24th . Los Angeles …………&# 8230;………R 30;………R.. .

29 feb 12 1 person likes this

FIBERS

BOOM. Suck on that. Dreams do come true. So much fiber-y art has entered my life recently that it’s like a Cinderella story made of dusty yarn from the 70′s. Beautifully lush stringy old ...

27 feb 12 1 person likes this

MORRISON HAIR

Awhile back I posted a bit of a preview of a design project that Laure and I have been working on and after finalizing a few finishing details we headed down to Morrison Hair in Laguna Beach to do a ...

23 feb 12 6 people like this

SUNIA HOMES

I’m late to the game seeing as Laure and Apartment Therapy already posted about this project, but hey, who can stop me? No one. The ever talented and fun’tastic Laure recently shot this b...

16 feb 12 5 people like this

CHANDELIER

Farewell Lindsey Adelman DIY Chandelier. It’s not you, it’s me. I swear. I’m not a one lamp kind of girl. You are bright and brassy and great, but it was time and you’ve moved...

08 feb 12

RUGGY

Been feeling this weird need to own more rugs (that are not cowhides) and have stalked a few via Craigslist and eBay without much success for the last few months. Apparently, rugs are hard? Well, the...

31 jan 12

ALT 2012

Even though this may be a tad late and folks may be a tad overwhelmed by the glut of Alt recaps floating around, too bad, gotta do it. Every fiber in my blogging being demands it. Being my first R...

30 jan 12

BRUTAL

Just got back from Alt Summit, where weather and snow are apparently allowed to happen. Not cool, Utah. Not cool. I’ll spare you any girly bloggy wrap-ups for now, but just you wait. If I had t...

24 jan 12

ALT & CAMP

Two things. ALT SUMMIT is going down this week. & PHOTO / CAMP is coming. ??? It’s all crazytown around here. Did you notice how I tried to casually slip this by? Hello, daybed. This hunk o...

17 jan 12 1 person likes this

SLING

One of the big design type projects Laure and I have been working on so diligently is a very stylish (come on, obviously) salon in Laguna Beach that’s just recently opened up called Morrison Ha...

13 jan 12 2 people like this

MAKEOVER

Apparently this is Hazel’s house? Or maybe Hazel is a bit of a camera hog? Is it possible that this kitty likes to work it for the camera? Hmmm. I have no excuse and will not apologize. I canno...

03 jan 12 6 people like this

HOLIDAY

Blah blah…been super busy. Blah blah awesome projects…blah blah…I can’t wait to share. Blah blah…been neglecting the house. Blah blah…traveling and stuff. Blah bla...

22 dec 11

COMEX + ARKITIP + ACE

The Ace Hotel recently collaborated with the Comex Group and Arkitip on a project that introduced different color combinations into a small block of rooms at the hotel’s Palm Springs location. ...

19 dec 11 1 person likes this

BASKET

A few weeks ago I grabbed this handwoven vintage basket from a junky consignment shop that seemed more lunatic swap meet than viable retail store. Even though the basket was mostly hidden by a pile o...

14 dec 11 1 person likes this

GUEST LIST INTERVIEW

Just wanted to quickly mention that my Guest List interview is up on West Elm’s Blog – Front & Main. Yes, that West Elm! The place with all the nice stuff. Check it out if you have th...

02 dec 11

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