one of the things i love about flickr, or photography in general, is that a single image can inspire all kinds of interior decor ideas. when i saw this flickr image from reflect / refract (center), it made me feel all wintery and think of beautiful warm rooms decorated in shades of grays, black and white, so i put together a sort of inspiration or mood board, in the form of... 
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Hello it’s Yvonne from Yvestown and I feel very honored to be your guest blogger for today, as sfgirlbybay is one of my favorite blogs to come to for inspiration and information. I thought it would be nice to tell you something about Dutch design as I was born and raised in The Netherlands. The Netherlands is the home of quite a lot international designers like Tord... 
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it was a frighteningly busy holiday, with out of town guests here for the last six days, so i’m afraid with all the running around, cooking and touring, i wasn’t able to shoot the kind of pics i’d really want to share with you (you don’t really want to see my mum standing in front of coit tower, now do you?). so i’ll be back next week with a new... 
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so, it’s black friday and cyber monday or some such thing. i don’t really do gift guides, because, honestly i feel gifts should be heartfelt and special and have everything to do with the person you are giving the gift to, and not so much what i tell you to shop for. so i think that you are perfectly capable of finding just the right thing all on your own. so,... 
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i have a pretty fun task ahead of me and i wanted to give you all the heads up, that the weekend of december 11 through the 13th, i will be playing tourist in my very own city by the bay. i was very kindly invited by the san francisco visitors bureau to eat, drink, shop and be merry in my very own city for the weekend. the san francisco visitors bureau is introducing some... 
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