cool lamp.

this monday morning, i'm drawn to the very sleek industrial composition of this "osux" lamp offered up by the spanish design company, squadone.

squadone, whose logo reads "work for money, design for love" states that the idea behind the osux lamp is to "enhance the cable as a conduit of lighting." the shade is constructed from anodized spun aluminum and the base is powder coated steel, in black.

somehow, amongst all of the steel and aluminum and void of much color, the pop of the deep red cord offers both a softness to the design and a flirty feminine element to it too. the lines are modern yet evoke tradition to me, work and play rolled into one design. i love that! enjoy...& happy monday, another fresh start to a brand new week!

a sunday hello...

i hope that you're enjoying a quiet & peaceful sunday morning...

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i just got back from an almost 2 hour spectacular sunrise walk. i can walk to the ocean in about 10 minutes, i'm lucky. the river and bay, that lead out the ocean near me are very alive with the tide changes, going in or out, the area is powerful and alive.

this was my second walk in a weeks time that there has been a seal pup swimming around in the marsh, right were the tide shows you the way, depending on the time of day. seals are not often seen inside a bay that is inside of a harbor and then inside a marsh like this. this guy seemed very content to be different thank you very much. i could have stared at him for hours, but it was crisp and cold out. i'm home sipping coffee with cinnamon. a good morning to you too! enjoy...

p.s. new music under my likes & listens (folk).

happy weekend!

happy friday friends! i've had one of "those" weeks...

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so, needless to say, i'm desperate for the weekend, for quiet time, for poking in stores for presents, for stopping and sipping wine, for just looking around me at night at all of the holiday lights.

i hope that your weekend is amazing and everything that you want it to be! enjoy!!

the prettiest chair, maybe ever.

finnish artist and designer riku tuppela has created this doppio cafe chair, in ash wood & copper. just look at it...

riku describes the copper element to his design as "warping reflections of its surroundings" and "creating new visual spaces inside itself." pretty darn special.

i LOVE the combination of the two mediums, the incredible rawness of one medium and the worked and polished result of another, and the overall simple design, lovely and quiet.

i found riku on behance, it doesn't seem he has another site of his own. but his contact info is there, if you like these doppio chairs as much as i do...enjoy!

a canyon house.

this nahahum washington canyon house is extraordinary...

the architects were balance associates, the photography is by steve keating and the view? well i'll leave that up to you as to its origin.

what i'm finding in my adult years is my fascination with all things modern. having grown up in a state, town, and neighborhoods with traditional, historical and puritanical overtones and architecture...my taste for such modernity seems out of place. and there is something to be said for all of that and the beauty that resonates from structures so old, structures withstanding years or centuries of amazing events. they exude that, they are proud and stately.

but the clean lines and open air of a structure such as this nahahum canyon house is breathtaking. sometimes it's about the architecture and sometimes it's about the pairing of architecture and environment. this is one of those pairings. stunning.

i was more captivated by the exterior of this home even though the interior is to be sure, beautiful. see more of the interior here, and enjoy!

april and may

oh just some pretty gift ideas from the company april and may. and while we all have christmas spinning around in our heads right about now, this is a fab find...

i like this company. they find things, old and new, their mantra is "a beautiful love affair for things that are out there." so how could you not love them?!

these little items were a few of my favorite gift ideas...check out more of what april and may has here. enjoy!

aleaf armchair.

these are pretty cool. this "aleaf" armchair offered up by design you edit. armchair/workstation/lounge/...it's a curious chair to be sure...

i'm drawn to the fluid and organic shape. plus the aleaf chair is flexible, moving as you move. adjusting as you need it to. watch the chair in use here.

design you edit displays this chair in various locations (even poolside!). i think that it is super conducive to many spaces/situations. i think that is what is so darn interesting about it. enjoy!

saskia diez jewelry.

i haven't been wearing alot of jewelry lately, but the designs (and the lookbook!) offered up by saskia diez have my attention lately...

saskia talks interestingly about her line, her jewelry. she states "jewelry is decoration for sure. but it also can secure me, be my company." it's kind of true. when i wear a particular piece of jewelry, at least for me, i am cognizant of it all day, it moves in particular ways, it affects me and even changes my mood or approach to a particular day or situation. can jewelry make your day? maybe...enjoy saskia's line!

the prettiest paper weights, maybe ever.

these crystalline paper weights offered up by anthropologie have simply stolen my heart today...

can crystalline paper weights really steal your heart? yes. yes they can. happy monday friends...enjoy!

have a super weekend!

ah, this week felt like it would neeeeeeeever end. did it for you too?

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i swear, why are some weeks/days like that and some simply fllllly by? weird. but, i am seriously looking forward to this weekend! my son will be on a bus heading back from college for the weekend, so there's that. (i'm hoping to snag a great photo of him for christmas cards, we do it every year!)

my graduate thesis was just accepted, so let's keep piling on the good right? those two add up to celebrating and some christmas shopping mixed in. what are you up to? anything fantastic? or nothing at all? which can be equally fantastic! whatever your plans are this weekend, whatever your view is, your mood, enjoy!

ladyslider shop.

give the gift of all things summer, this winter...

i've been following ladyslider's site for a while now. living vicariously through each grain of sand, feeling the ocean on my skin when it's too cold in my part of the world to do so, and just plain ol' envying the creative process and professional yet relaxed nature of tara michie's work. she's just opened a small on line shop where you too can catch a wave or at least a small piece of summer, when you really need it (like now!). these were some of my favorites...enjoy!