A lovely Thursday evening with these babies.
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Sunday, June 23, 2013
SF Apt
So I have this apartment in San Francisco that I rent out to a lovely lady who happens to be an interior designer. She told me EONS ago that she was using the apt in her portfolio and I've been up there a handful of times since she moved in and it always blows my mind at how fantastic it looks. I thought the apt looked really, really lovely when I lived there and I was very proud of it, but HOLY CRAP, my tenant makes me look like a dull 30-something who has the suburbs in her heart.
For example, this was what my bookshelves looked like when I lived there:
Not overwhelmingly inspired, but perfectly fine.
In comparison, this is how my first tenant utilized the shelves:
Absolutely incredible.
And when I lived there, the kitchen bar looked like this (I had a couple more things on those shelves -- I took them down to take this picture for the rental listing, but it was still pretty bland, now that I think about it):
And now? It looks like this:
The kitchen was the most amazing part that blew my mind the most when I saw it in person. My 1983 formica cabinets had been transformed and looked so chic and modern -- all with what she explained as basically vinyl stickers.
And the bedroom nook was never my overwhelmingly awesome, but it was fine:
She re-oriented the bed and changed the window coverings and WOW, it's lovely:
I remember thinking that my next door neighbor at the time had the chic gay man version of my apartment and I had the single 30-something lady version, but now my apartment can give his a run for its money!
SO LOVELY.
(For a minnnnnnute these pictures made me reconsider whether my current home is too "suburban 30-something," but I don't think so. It's not as modern as my tenant's aesthetic, but it's very ME.)
For example, this was what my bookshelves looked like when I lived there:
Not overwhelmingly inspired, but perfectly fine.
In comparison, this is how my first tenant utilized the shelves:
And for reals, that was after she'd lived there for a couple of months. AND this was FOR SURE the cleanest and most organized area of the place when that chick lived there.
But then I got the BEST! TENANT! EVER!, who made the shelves look like THIS:
And when I lived there, the kitchen bar looked like this (I had a couple more things on those shelves -- I took them down to take this picture for the rental listing, but it was still pretty bland, now that I think about it):
And now? It looks like this:
The kitchen was the most amazing part that blew my mind the most when I saw it in person. My 1983 formica cabinets had been transformed and looked so chic and modern -- all with what she explained as basically vinyl stickers.
And the bedroom nook was never my overwhelmingly awesome, but it was fine:
She re-oriented the bed and changed the window coverings and WOW, it's lovely:
I remember thinking that my next door neighbor at the time had the chic gay man version of my apartment and I had the single 30-something lady version, but now my apartment can give his a run for its money!
SO LOVELY.
(For a minnnnnnute these pictures made me reconsider whether my current home is too "suburban 30-something," but I don't think so. It's not as modern as my tenant's aesthetic, but it's very ME.)
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Friday, June 21, 2013
My sweet boy's 4th birthday
I bought him a Mater (from Cars) bike bell, per his request, but was hard to tell how exciting it was because he was distracted. A few days later I stopped by my brother's house on my way to work and was enthusiastically greeted by this boy, snot-crusted nose and still in his pajamas, telling me that Daddy put the bell on his bike and could we go for a ride??!!
Unfortunately, I had to go talk about TPS reports for the day.
I can't tell you how much I love the next generation. They're beyond wonderful.
Monday, June 17, 2013
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Birthday Cake
This little lady has no shame when it comes to darting her skinny fingers into the whole cake and coming back with a fistful of frosting. Blue frosting tonight, as you can see.
Monday, June 3, 2013
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