For Rm. 207?

Dearest Roommate,

Should we get bored next year...

Wan make a studded headboard for Superbed?! Piece of scrap wood/particle board, some fabric, and nails:


Or cover our bookcase w fabric/wallpaper?


And should the birch planter stay around and not function as makeup container?


Whatchuthinksucka?

DABs forever!
-emock

Photos: Decor8, Design Sponge, Decor8

the freestanding bath

I've been having a lot of fun going to open houses with my parents on Sunday afternoons. We were checking out a single-family home (I think on Sanchez St.) bordering Noe Valley/the Mission. Oh lord, best old boys' club bathroom ever! White hexagonal floor tiles with black border, cherry wainscoting, cherry-framed mirror and cabinet, pedestal sink, walls in a dark grayish blue (as to BM Newburyport Blue), little white phalaenopsis, and a grand cast iron clawed bath tub with original brass fixtures and brushed black sides. Mmm!

Have consequently been thinking of/wishing I had a clawed or freestanding bath tub.

I love everything about this space, minus the rug, so much pink, and silver fixtures.

A generally very shapely bathroom:

Greens:

If you know a spoiled little girl who has her own bathroom:

Love the floorboards, alcoves, and the rolly tray! It would also work nicely as a bar...or double as a bar...

In Tiffany blue:

Photos: Marvimon, Living Etc, L Etc, L Etc, Country Homes & Interiors, L Etc, CH&I, Ideal Homes, 25 Beautiful Homes, L Etc, L Etc, Michael Smith, L Etc, L Etc, L Etc, The City Sage, Alexa Chung via Listal

the farmhouse/apron sink

So fresh and so clean!

In soapstone:

In the bathroom:

In stainless steel:

In teak:

In hammered copper:

Photos: Tigerweet, urbanorganickitchen, Michael Smith, House Beautiful, HB, Craig Kettle via HB, Apartment Therapy, Graham's Cottage, Patty and Chris, P&C, William Garvey, aaagoldy

Living Art, Part 2: Succulents + Vertical Gardens

From AT House Tour in Austin

Mmm succulents! Seeming to be able to withstand so much neglect, these plants have been going beyond the wreath and the centerpiece. Living art!:

Sunset images by E. Spencer Toy

Sunset Magazine's Modern Cottage was designed by Casper Mork-Ulnes of San Francisco's Modern Cabana. Very cool prefab!

Tillandsia wall in the Bardessono Hotel in Napa Valley. Epiphytic air plants attached via metal rods that only require weekly misting. By local Flora Grubb and recently featured in NY Times.

Sempervivum succulents seem ideal meh?

From Flora Grubb Gardens

Vertical gardens have been around for a while starting with Patrick Blanc's living walls, but have recently been making a splash, as they act as living works of art perfect for small/urban spaces and require less water than traditional grounded gardens (perhaps much less of a splash, then?) Vertical farming is also an a' growin movement.

Make your own vertical garden! Kit from Smith & Hawken.

Vertical gardens around the world:

Residence Antilia - Mumbai, India

CaixaForum Madrid

Big in Japan!

The Netherlands

Meanwhile, I am missing my little succulent (I think it's some sort of aloe?) that roommie Lauren is taking care of for me :(

Flora Grubb
415.626.7256
1634 Jerrold Ave

San Francisco

Modern Cabana

602 Minnesota St.

San Francisco

Bardessono

6526 Yount Street

Yountville, CA 94599

The Vertical Garden: From Nature to the City

By Patrick Blanc

Flickr find: Isabelle Greene's garden design

Living Art, Part 1: Pooktre Tree Shapers

Garden Chair

Living furniture by Pooktre Tree Shapers

Superbed

I found this old blurry picture of Superbed. Lauren's Anthro bedding, my DIY blanket cover, the DAAWAT rice sack bag Lillian made, and the sleezy album covers look pretty goddamn cute together! Going to miss those two conveniently placed (for spying) windows!


I wrote a paper for an art history course comparing Superbed to reliquary chasses of the Middle Ages (of course, lawl-ing all the while). As much as I'm enjoying the new internship and having free time to craft, I absolutely miss going to class/discussions/deadlines/Cornucopia's chocolate stand/DABs.