I woke up Saturday morning with a project in mind. We have this not so pretty, blank cement patio in the far back of the yard and I wanted to make it into an outdoor living space. Until now it was just a gathering place for a zillion plants we’ve collected and construction tools etc. […]
I’m back with a bit more from our trip to Catalina Island. A few highlights were… That pretty little hideaway in the first photo, called Descanso Beach. There’s a beach club there that you can hang on the beach without paying (or rent beach chairs or a cabana if you want the full experience), and […]
I can finally check the exterior painting off our to-do list! I mentioned I was trying to decide between a charcoal palette and a white based palette, so I thought I would show you both! Color palettes and patio talk after the jump…
Amidst our crazy schedules (and to keep sane during our renovation), we have been doing our best to take mini-trips and enjoy places right around we live. We had so much fun on Catalina Island last weekend, and it felt like we were in some far flung destination when it is right in our backyard! It reminded us […]
My parents are visiting this week and after putting them to work on the house for a few days we decided to take off on an impromptu trip to Catalina Island. It’s just a short 1 hour boat ride away and none of us has ever been! Here’s what came with me… Bomber Jacket by […]
I get so excited when a little piece of A Sunny Afternoon pops up in my Instagram feed and I get to see how you guys are using your pieces. Thank you so much for the love! I’ve rounded up a few of my favorite #asunnyafternoon grams from these lovely ladies. @sarahyates // @julieskitchen // @elsielarson // @jennifernaraki […]
Well hello almost pretty bathroom! As you can see we’ve made a bit more progress in our new loo (sometimes painfully slow progress, but I’ll take it). We had the leftover marble from the kitchen cut to size and installed on the shower ledge and as the vanity top. The sinks are in as well […]
We had friends visiting this weekend so we took a time-out to hang and enjoy another side of the city. We stayed a night at the Ace downtown, chatted over snacks and drinks on the rooftop while taking in the view (right photo), had a seriously good dinner at Bar Ama, and then struck out […]
Channeling my inner Jungle Jane over here! And when I wasn’t frolicking around in the tropical foliage, as one must, I wore this jumpsuit to Rupe’s Birthday Brunch. Thanks to Darling Juliet for the photos! Sources: White Jumpsuit by Cameo find similar here or here // Animal Print Clutch by Madewell find similar here // […]
My search for the perfect dresser ended with a big heeeeeell yes! Quality dressers are SO expensive and even not so great quality dressers usually cost more than I wanted to spend and when I find myself in that predicament (which I much too often do) I turned my search to vintage. I started googling […]
This weekend we worked around the house again (surprise surprise), alternating trips from Home Depot and Ikea while we were building some media storage, started painting the exterior (yay), and installed some closet doors. I really am looking forward to welcoming back our social life once the renovations are finished (friends, I miss you! ;)). […]
In the past I’ve had a real love/hate relationship with wide leg pants. I like the silhouette, but often times ‘wide leg’ would also mean ‘no butt’ and then there was the question of what top to pair it with to not look wide all over. All that changed when I saw these Phillip Lim printed beauties […]
We are getting closer to the end of our renovation and I CAN NOT wait to start moving our things back in, hang some art, and just enjoy some time at home. I can’t believe how much counter space we have now that that wall is history. The new pieces of marble for the extension […]
I haven’t been doing a ton of clothes shopping lately with my mind and wallet on the house so much, so when I heard about Shopbop’s big sale, happening now, I just had to stop everything and stock up on some new spring & summer duds (ok, I found a few home items in there […]
“When I heard that there were artists, I wished I could some time be one. If I could only make a rose bloom on paper, I thought I should be happy! Or if I could at last succeed in drawing the outline of winter-stripped boughs as I saw them against the sky, it seemed to […]
I love it when modern designers and artists breath new life into an age old traditional craft, especially when the result is anything like each of these wondrous woven works of art. The textural pattern from hand woven pieces can make my heart skip a beat and anytime I come across one of Native Vine’s gorgeous […]