just in case you didn't know: about houzz.com, a treasure trove of design inspiration

i got a message today from becky, who i know from her work on hatch, the design public blog, about Houzz, a site stuffed full of amazing pics of inspiring rooms, with quite a few clever little gadgets besides (try the Buzz. it's fun.)  i'm sort of ashamed to say that i had no idea about Houzz -- how did i miss it?! weird! but, i'm pretty well addicted at this point.  love finding cool stuff that other people so sweetly share.  and i'm sharing some of my stuff, like the recent shots here . . .

okay, maybe not that last one.  you've heard of trendy designers and their 'pop-up' stores, like whats-her-name's at Montauk?  well, this is teddy's pop up art studio.  seriously, i was busy making globe mobiles out of recycled cloth string and old globes, and stringing these flags into a garland, and this table had migrated out of the living room to make room for something else, and it just seemed like the ideal place for a kindergartner artist to ply his craft.  fun.

a new old chair

a new old chair
Originally uploaded by lakbdesign/fergusandme

a new old chair

i spent my sunday afternoon painting this old chair (used up a bunch of little paint pot samples from farrow & ball -- mixed together, the paint became a pretty swedish blue-grey) . . . then, we covered the seat in an old piece of quilt top -- it's pretty, i think.

it was a lovely day here in north carolina; perfect weather to revamp an old chair outside on the driveway ~

i hope your weekend was just as lovely.

x lynn-anne

new look

i'm a little under the weather (curse those back-to-school diseases!) so i'm not up to much beyond sitting on the sofa . . . and that invariably leads to messing around and tinkering (as much as a person who is not particularly computer literate can) with the blog, etsy, twitter, twitpic, and everything else.


i like this, i think.  what do you think?

thanks!


x lynn-anne

fairy tale bunny, taken with my favorite iphone app, hipstamatic on Twitpic

fairy tale bunny, taken with my favorite iphone app, hipstamatic on Twitpic

marine screen in the living room

marine screen in the living room
Originally uploaded by lakbdesign/fergusandme
i'm an unabashed lover of the sea and all that goes along with it, and i adore old things, so i'm always so happy to find something really special that reflects both these mild obsessions . . . so when i wandered in to my favorite secondhand shop the other day and spied this amazing old screen, i had to bring it home. and it inspired a quick restyling in the living room -- since my workroom is jammed full of samples and fabrics and tile and treasures, i've put my desk here in our otherwise slightly underused living room -- and i'm always happy to have a fresh, new, and inspiring look in here. i shop like mad for myself and design clients in consignment stores, antique shops, and flea-market-y places; they're where you'll find the unique, the spectacular, the downright divine pieces that will make your spaces shine - and the price and environmental impact are minimal, too.
all good news :)

happy secondhand shopping!

x lynn-anne