While on vacation in Folly Beach, South Carolina, I finally got to see the Wiki Wiki Sandbar which I had watched being built during the previous 2 summers. From a design perspective the restaurant is pretty fabulous from the giant octopus suspended from the main bar's ceiling. It may look like paper mache, however it is constructed from ... read more
Holy guacamole - it has been a minute since I wrote a blog post. Not that I don't have a gazillion ideas and every intention of posting them, I just have been a very busy business owner. Which I suppose has fared well because I have been receiving a ton of awesome emails from other businesses that are watching what I am doing, reading the blog, ... read more
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Some people sing, some people self gratify and I think while I am in the shower. Sometimes I am so immersed in my own thoughts that I actually forget to do the stuff that put me in the shower in the first place. Unfortunately, however brilliant or base these mental meanderings are, once the water is off my musings have gone down the drain. One ... read more
I recently had a spade of awesome press in Houzz & NewYork.com and sandwich in between was a photo shoot for a new print magazine (remember the time when you didn't need to specify print versus digital?!). Looking at my home through the lens of another made me aware of all the small details that I take for granted. These little pockets of ... read more
When my sister was a toddler, she would insist on being taken to any & every restaurant's powder room. It wasn't that she had to go - she was still in diapers, but she was obsessed with seeing the actual bathrooms. I'm not sure what was going on in her 2yr old mind, but she was determined. If she was denied entrance, she would throw a royal ... read more
Have you ever been in someone's home and everything looks amazing, yet there is one piece of furniture that seems out of place with the others and you think, why wouldn't they just replace it? That's how I felt about this black halogen floor lamp. It has been the visual bane of my residential existence for over 20yrs, however the blinding bright ... read more
The past few days I have been continually impressed with the application of vintage, industrial and obscure items being fashioned into utilitarian & inspiring furnishings & accessories. These conference tables are located in quirky.com's NYC office designed by the architecture firm, Spector Group. Although I love the palette table base, ... read more
My friend gave me this charming print last year for my birthday and I felt having it framed would detract from it's homespun sweetness, however I did want to honor it. My website designer uses bull clips to hang his silk screen prints throughout his studio and home. They're temporary and don't mar the artwork. They're also handy hangers if ... read more
Lately I've been motivated to start building lamps, light fixtures & chandeliers. Every random street cast off I spy gets careful consideration if it can be crafted into a light source. Of course I have yet to actually buy a lamp kit and create something brilliant, but I am tripping over the abundance of inspiration whether it is a wall ... read more
