A thoughtful co-worker brought me a Fall Pottery Barn catalog, knowing I would love the owl on the cover, and other feathered friends featured inside. But what really caught my eye was the $149 “Layered Wood Panel” pieced by hand with visible nail heads: http://www.potterybarn.com/products/layered-color-wood-panel-square-wall-art/?pkey=e%7Clayered%2Bwood%2Bpanel%7C153%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C24%7C%7C1&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-NoMerchRules I had seen this first at the Alameda Vintage Flea … Continue reading
Glampin’ it up at the CL Fair
I turned the corner at the Country Living Fair in Columbus, and found a precious display of lovingly restored and redecorated trailer campers. This glamorous camping trend, glamping, is so hot right now. Take a peek inside this one: I spy a globe (very in demand at the Alameda Vintage Flea Market), white eyelet lace, … Continue reading
Country Living Fair, Columbus Ohio
I missed the Goat Hill Fair last weekend, and boy did it look promising! See their blog and cute pictures here:http://goathillfair.com/ But I had a good excuse! I was able to combine business with pleasure, and take a red eye flight into Columbus Ohio just in time to catch the final day of the Country Living … Continue reading
Treasure Island Flea digest — August
The second booth inside August’s Treasure Island Flea Market immediately caught my eye. This “yard art” version of The Virgin of Guadalupe transformed with whitewash and red glitter letters was irresistible! So was the 1962 Shasta trailer parked behind Mother Mary, all red, turquoise and shiny in the sun:This is the home base/creative workspace of … Continue reading
DIY: Cake Stand
I specifically shopped the Treasure Island Flea Market Saturday looking for a shallow ceramic pie pan like the one used here to customize an owl figurine cake stand. No luck. http://www.myowlbarn.com/2012/08/diy-cake-stand.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MyOwlBarn+%28My+Owl+Barn%29 I picked up $1 silver-dipped metal trays that I might try instead. I have the perfect white bisque owl to use, one of those … Continue reading
Collection: Murals
Tickled to see owl murals as a subject in one of my most-eagerly anticipated daily blogs, My Owl Barn. This post brings together two of my all-time favorite things, owls painted in murals. I could have an exposed brick bath with a huge owl mural like the one included here! http://www.myowlbarn.com/2012/08/collection-murals.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MyOwlBarn+%28My+Owl+Barn%29
America’s Cup continues Olympic Fever
If you didn’t get your fill of international sportsmanship with the London Olympics, let me turn you on to America’s Cup sailing. The crews and catamarans are here in SF, and the best part is, they will be here through this time next year. I have 365+ days to better understand why the heck they sail … Continue reading
Reese Witherspoon’s Southern Pacific Style
Reese Witherspoon and I are so alike, we should be friends. She and I grew up in the same time and place, Nashville in the 1980s and 90s, and so we have similar tastes and values, I think. Personal style, like personality, is a blend of nurture and nature, no? So I’ve followed her career with … Continue reading
Just Jeeps
I have an old car. It’s a 1996 Jeep Cherokee with 210,000+ miles and it sounds as bad as it looks. I have a broken headlight, dents on the driver’s side, a rusting scratch on the passenger side, and a rattling muffler to boot. It is my old faithful, bought new for me before my … Continue reading
Hear, here: “Missing Nashville…the eats, not the heat”
I read an article today in the latest issue of NFocus, the gratis glossy Nashville society publication I picked up last week when I was back home. Written by Christine Kreyling, a writer I’ve long admired because she loves architecture and history just the way I do, her piece resonated with me so much! It was like … Continue reading
