moving on out!

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eclectic simplicity via emma’s design blog.

i’ve got some pretty exciting news today! sfgirlbybay is moving! or more precisely, i am moving into a cute little rental house in san francisco’s noe valley neighborhood. and you may have seen this house before, because my good friends eszter & dan used to live there, so i’ve shared it here, and it’s also been on atsf. the house has come available again, and i swooped on it! now the packing and purging starts! i’m one of those weirdos who actually likes moving, and looks forward to starting fresh in a brand new (old) place!

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a couple of eames eiffel dining room chairs to mix it up, via the brick house.

so, you guys are gonna be forced to watch me redecorate the new place, and i’ve got quite a few rooms to contemplate. it’s two bedrooms, one of which will be my studio/work space, a living room, dining room, a funky old kitchen complete with beautiful old gas stove, with a breakfast nook and small patio off the nook. it’s also got a garage (if you don’t live in san francisco, you can’t understand the significance of a parking spot!) and a small backyard with a patio and garden! i am excited beyond words (although, i’m doing a pretty good job of gushing right about now, aren’t i?).

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some butterfly chairs for the patio, via the brick house.

i went to some of my usual suspects — the brick house, door sixteen, design*sponge and emma design blog, to name just a very few — in search of inspiration and i’ve got a pretty good inkling of what i’m going for. thanks ladies, as always for your excellent taste! here’s what’s inspiring me right now for the new place. you know how obsessed i can get, and how much fun this is for me, so stay tuned for more!

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i’d like a painted chalkboard wall like this in the dining room, via emma’s design blog (above) and maybe in the kitchen too, which has black & yellow vintage tile, like this wall via door sixteen and design*sponge (below).

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maybe some black and natural wood kitchen accessories, via emma’s design blog.

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a simple, well organized studio like some of these via emma’s design blog, design*sponge and the brick house.

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maybe some spalshes of bright colors in the studio, like these from the brick house (above), and skinny laminx (below).

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fun & funky chairs like these i found on skinny laminx (above) and design*sponge (below).

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a clean, simple looking bedroom with lots of calming white and dramatic black here and there, via the brick house.

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lots of comfy white bedding like this from design*sponge and emma’s design blog (above), and maybe even one black wall via door sixteen (below).

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black & white & cool all over.

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hygge house.

i continue my quest for the perfect black & white room decor. if it should ever, and i mean ever, stop raining here, i may just go out and get the paint to finally get started with the redesign project of my apartment! in the meantime, i continue to be inspired by simple black & white i’ve discovered via flickr groups and etsy.

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rae dunn ceramics, hee haw press, harmonie-interieure, and pop icon twiggy.

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pictures perfected.

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am radio.

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lay-luh, retro realm, don guss, and the harbinger co.

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Art·Craft·Thrift, ed smith designs, vintage embellishment, and hijirik.

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one black bird.

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the dark side of keeping calm.

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mrs. french of the very beautiful blog bliss had a fabulous home tour of veronika’s perfect abode, and i couldn’t help but love the way she matted and framed her midnight black keep calm & carry on poster in this natural wood frame. so much so, that i plan on framing one my own to hang in my soon to be black & white living room! you can find the black keep calm silk-screened prints in my etsy shop (along with a lot of other original colors, like charcoal gray, seafoam, red and pink).

*as a way of assisting with haitian relief efforts, i am currently donating $5 from every sale to the red cross.

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black is the new…ummm, black.

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via marie-ll.

it’s a new year, and time for new beginnings! i’ve been thinking i need a change from all my white on white, so which direction do i head? to black — exactly the opposite! i love these rich, black and charcoal gray walls, and am just trying to get up the guts to go for it! i’ve been taking a peek at what colors benjamin moore’s got (like Baby Seal Black), and i think painting some dark charcoal gray-almost black walls might look dramatic and quite stylish in my living room with the copper fireplace, and the contrast of all my white furnishings. here’s some yummy examples! shall i go for it?

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via 6.5st.

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via james merrell photography.

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via heidill.

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via emma’s design blog.

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via domino deco files, sfgirlbybay, james merrell photography, and again, the sorely missed domino deco files.

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via Lolalina.

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via door sixteen.

mosaic3via amber filkins, door sixteen, ddomino deco files, and what about a beautiful black floor, via souvenirs du passé récent.

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via domino deco files.

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chalkboard paint might be a good idea, too!

via lauren sh, [ j a m i e ], simply grove, and again lauren sh.

monday’s mosaic mood: black & white & gray all over.

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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 a mosaic.

i found many of these images from members of the h ♥ m e and sfgirlbybay pools on flickr, as well as my old domino deco files. as i’ve mentioned before, that’s why i feature a lot of photography on the blog — to hopefully jump start your creativity and promote a new way for you to look at the world. any simple image can inspire a whole new look, or color scheme.

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this is another mosaic i created inspired by karina’s beautiful black & white image (center). i found some of these photos from anna at door sixteen, who always has a wonderful source of collected black & white decor images in her flickr photostream, as well as kirsten from SimplyGrove, souvenirs du passé récent and  ivy style33, who also have some lovely images added to the h ♥ m e and sfgirlbybay pools. to make your own inspirational mosaic boards, visit big huge labs.