Grace Bonney lives a charmed life. Not only does she have deep roots in The South, but she currently inhabits one of my very favorite places (and former residences), Park Slope, Brooklyn. I admit to getting a little thrill when I come across one of her tweets, where she telegraphs “ordered two boots pizza for [...]
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Romancing the South
Posted in A Sense of Place, Collage, Object Making, Objets d'art, Paper Also tagged Alabama Chanin, Alternate Photographic Processes, antique ceiling tiles, Art, ArtStream, Assemblage, black and white, blue, boho girls, Brooklyn, Carbon prints, Charlotte, circles, Collage, color, cotton, Dashing Diva, Deep South in the Northeast, Denise Falk, design blogs, Design*Sponge, Eudora Welty, femininity, Georgia, Georgia-Carolina, girls, Grace Bonney, green, Haylie Bird Waring, Katie Runnels, kniting, La Mode, Louisiana, Meryl Truett, New Hampshire, New Orleans, New York City, North Carolina, pale blue, Paper, patina, Paul Auster, red, Romantism, Savannah, Southeastern U.S., Southern Artists, Southern Belles, Southern Gothic, Stephanie Howard, Swan Song, The South, Tim Wirth, Two Boots Pizza, vernacular design, women, women artists, women photographers, young artists Leave a comment
Ga-ga! For this Laurel Canyon pad.
My latest obsession: The interior design skills of Ashe + Leandro. That is, the nexus of So Cal sunshine and the cheery, though sardonic, furnishings of this Laurel Canyon home, the Carpenter House. Like the time I saw Mena Suvari in the Virgin Megastore on Sunset, this place is too beautiful. It hurts my eyes.
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Posted in A Sense of Place, Le Deco Also tagged 1970's style, Ashe + Leandro, black and white, blue, brass, bronze, California, California style, Carpenter House, chrome, color, cowhide, Eames chairs, high contrast, lamps, Laurel Canyon, Mena Suvari, Mod, natural light photography, outdoor spaces, peacocks, pink, Poloroid cameras, post, private homes, shag carpet, stucco, teepees, violet, Virgin Megastores, whimsy, whitewash, wood flooring, wood-framed homes Leave a comment


