inspiration

todays inspiration came it these forms ........... sting, silver, stoneware and oats.

place

if you havent already guessed, the kitchen is one of my most favorite places. this one, by designer sharon simonaire, feels quite like home to me.

image: domino

painting in dutch: erin spencer

i first found erin spencer's work while looking for a beautiful and meaningful wedding gift for one of my very dearest friends. when i came across her paintings of the sea it was love at first sight. the heavy textured brush strokes evoke all of the unrest of the sea but with a spectacular feeling of calm. erin painted the most beautiful harbor scape of portsmouth, nh -the town where my friend and her husband met and live- as a wedding gift for them.

her landscapes are incredibly beautiful too, they always seem to hover on the edge of verdancy. I love the palette of these.  i regularly check erin's gallery, painting in dutch and etsy shop. she is always working away at something and its exciting to keep up with her and her work.

table scape

its a new week! a fresh, clean start for anything you want to achieve. Im incredibly excited to welcome my mom & dad, brother & cousin to san francisco at the end of the week. It will be the first time they have seen the new house and I cant wait to spend a few days hanging out, visiting the farmers markets and other sights with them. I have been working on making a new kitchen table and im hoping my dad will be able to help with the final touches so we will all be able to share a meal there together. 

     I love this table above... a simple kind of grandeur ~ full of beauty but the kind that highlights the lovely occasion of sharing food and friendship together. 

image: design attractor  

flowers for friday

hydrangea always remind me of summer. they grow everywhere i have ever lived ~ different varieties, different colors~ and sometimes they dry just perfectly in the vase. only their color fading slightly, the sweets reminders. 

i love the huge fully formed petals of this purply blue variety but honestly i chose it as a perfect compliment to the unique studio pottery bowl i found recently at the strangest estate sale. its reminds me of something from the sea, a piece of coral perhaps but it also oddly reminds me of a brain.... it can sit like a little piece of sculpture or be overturned to perfectly hold water and few of these hydrangea.

i also wanted to share a few posts from around the blog world. its not something that i have thought to do before but there were many this week that i enjoyed so very much. so here goes.....

a beautiful post from illseenillsaid on the sweetness of summer's bounty.

a gorgeous reincarnation of pieces our grandmothers used poppytalk

a few little touches at 16house that make magic happen 

& a first glimpse at a new season unabashedapparel

happy happy weekends! 

xx