Our New Home Office

Okay guys! Pictures of the ole' home office. It's not quite finished yet, but oh so close!

The requisite wedding photo ;)


I have my laptop is resting on the cake stand used for the wedding ;)
But it brings it up to perfect eye level. Ergonomics baby!
Now...for the right chairs...


I got this antique 1920's solid Oak partner's desk off of Craigslist for only $200!
I wanted a desk that I could spread out and do my freelancing on but also had room for Ryan whenever he needed it. This worked out perfectly. I had to remove the top of the desk to fit it into the room! I swear it has 20+ screws holding it on...quite the project.


As you can see the top has a few marks on it, but personally, I love the distressing on it. Gives it more character.


I use the Classic Make-Up Sectional from Pottery Barn Teen to organize my desktop supplies. It's like it was made for the office...make-up shmake-up!



The Mr. uses the Pottery Barn Bedford Two-Drawer Paper Organizer to store all his paperwork.


The Eco Desk Calendar is from Anthropologie, but was made by Cat Seto.


This vintage armoir stores EVERYTHING.




I'm not quite sure what to do with this little table area...It's not working for me yet. I was given the very cool retro, schoolhouse-aqua steel paper organizer for free when I bought the desk. Love it!

Of course I had to have design shows on while I work! We scored this flat screen off of Craigslist for only $400! The golf clubs are left over from when this room used to be just Ryan's room. And that is the old desk...it's WAY too small to actually do my work on. ;)


Wall color is Benjamin Moore Wilmington Tan HC-34.

Say Hello to my Little Friend....

Hmm...maybe not so little. The newest addition, we just brought her home tonight! The V8 is just beauuutiful ;)

Pinkberry!

OMG...All I can say is if you haven't experienced it yet...you need to. :) Yum, yum, yum!

I first tried it when Ry & I went down to Santa Barbara for Valentine's Day. I had one everyday we were there.

I just went down to SB again on Mon-Tues for another interview with Patagonia. The weather was amazing so I just had to take a couple of pics from the ole' iphone. This is what the commute will be like if I get the job. Pretty sweet, huh? Beats the hell out of the Bay Bridge nightmare. ;)

More From Santa Barbara...

So Reichiee and I found ourselves with some time to kill during our getaway, so we stopped at Alice Keck Memorial Garden for a little stroll. We used to live about 3 blocks from here, but didn't come nearly as often as we should have...you'll see why. It's full of trees, shrubs, flowers, grasses...even turtles! I brought my camera with me and took a few shots before the rain started coming down...again.

turtle soaking up a little sun inbetween downpours

What a happy family!

Yes, there's the beach and State St. and so many other things that make Santa Barbara one of our favorite cities, but this little gem in the Upper East is not to be missed, any time of the year.

Happy Belated Valentine's Day!

Ry & I took a little trip to Santa Barbara to celebrate the special occasion. Hope all of you guys had a nice Valentine's Day weekend too!

Instead of roses he got me gorgeous tulips...I love white tulips in the winter :)

My Favorite Chair

Before

After

Close up of monogram

I've finally had the time to have my childhood chair reupholstered. This chair has been with me through the good & bad...obviously it's had a few rough patches judging from the before pictures! I found a nice gray wool to recover it in. The velvet that was there before was a kitty hair magnet. I also was able to bring it in to my local embroidery shop and have them add a custom monogram for just $20. Hopefully now Ry & I can use it more than the kitties do...

Holiday Wish Lists

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Ryan's Wish List

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Happy Holidays!