At least twenty years ago I decorated this room in an old 1910 house in downtown San Diego. It seems miles away from my life as it is now in Portland, but it was a memory, a room that I still think about as magical in many ways. The house was directly under the flight [...]
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A room with a past
Posted in Inspiration, Memories, Places, Ruminating, Vintage Clothing on January 22, 2010 | 14 Comments »
Manon Gignoux
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Art, Clothing, Indomitable Women, Inspiration, Places, Uncategorized, Vintage Clothing on January 7, 2010 | 26 Comments »
I must admit, I have two magazine indulgences that provide me with ongoing inspiration and worthy daydreams, Selvedge and The World of Interiors, both published in England. If I had to give up one or the other, it would be with deep regret. Nearly two years ago, a fact the astonishes me, I came across [...]
Theatre de la Mode
Posted in Inspiration, Places, Vintage Clothing on November 12, 2009 | 17 Comments »
Sometimes in life we are presented with gifts that we simply do not recognize as gems until we are ready to receive them. In September, we had a visitor from Mendocino for a few days. He left us saying he was going to travel up the Columbia Gorge to Biggs and then cross the bridge [...]