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Wednesday 11.18.09
[ guest post: simply grove. ]
Hey everyone! Kirsten from SimplyGrove here. I am thrilled to be here on sfgirlbybay! What an honor to be on such a fabulous blog. Victoria has a great thing going here and I hope that we are reading sfgirlbybay for years and years to come!
I recently sold my sofa which has been in my possession for 9 years. 9 years too many. It was a comfortable couch but it lacked in the looker department. I am now on the hunt for a vintage sofa. It’s a hard hunt to be on where I am from, but I am confident that I will find something soon. Here are a few sofas that inspire me to look for exactly what I want.
Dottie Angel’s sofa (above) looks both comfy and retro. That is a great combination and mixes well with straight lines and curvy lines.
This next sofa seen on Design* Sponge (above), is really up my alley. The tufts are great and the golden pumpkin color is so unexpected and very vintage. Oh how I hope to find something similar!
Daniel Hertzell photographed this sofa (above). I love the wooden arms and the two toned green.
If you are on a budget and want something new, Urban Outfitters always has great retro inspired pieces. This night and day convertible sofa (above) in Toffee is a good alternative to buying something retro.
Even though this is not a full sofa, I found this settee (above) at a local thrift store for $45. So not only is going vintage cool in style, but it is also cool on your wallet.
Pray for my sofa journey that it goes well and that I will be able to find something before the holidays!
[ thanks again to guest blogger Kirsten from SimplyGrove! ]
Tuesday 11.17.09
through the view finder with nicolle: a new weekly guest blogger!
I’m really excited today to introduce you to a new regular guest blogger here on sfgirlbybay. every tuesday you’ll be hearing from nicolle null of the blog sacred lotus photography about the wondrous world of camera lovers, including the thriving Polaroid community, and sharing a little bit of her world in portland, one of the pacific northwest’s most bustling cities. nicolle’s been a photographer for the last six years and has a great eye, so you can expect to see some beautiful posts in her regular tuesday guest blogs, ‘through the view finder with nicolle.’
nicolle runs her online photography shop where you can find her beautiful prints, sacred lotus on big cartel, is a 27-year old mother, wife, home-schooler, and photographer living with her 6-year old son, husband and their two australian shepherds. she loves the arts, photography (obviously), design, clothing, movies, good music, vegan food, local shows, portland, nature, hiking, thrifting, japan, hot tea, cupcakes, reading, crafting, her family, snow, laughing, smiling, cooking, baking, singing, the constitution, and life.
so i can’t wait for her to share all that passion with you. please give nicolle a warm welcome and be sure and drop in on her flickr photostream and her shop and her own blog, sacred lotus photography on a regular basis as well!
[ astoria bridge in nicolle's shop ]
Thursday 11.05.09
[ guest post: tea for joy. ]
Hello, sfgirlbybay readers! I’m Lynne from Tea for Joy, and I’m happy to be helping out here with a few British-themed posts. I live in London, so today I’m sharing with you a recent excursion. Last week, I managed to persuade a friend to drive me out of London to the bi-monthly Sunbury Antiques Market. At 6:50am, we were some of the last to arrive.
I didn’t have much money to spend so these are some of the items I liked but managed to restrain myself from buying:
Vintage trunks – a little too musty for my perfectly-ironed lavender-scented linens.
But why did I convince myself that my IKEA metal containers would suffice when I could have replaced them with these much cooler French ones?
And both of my initials were available.
No matching pairs – but it’s never stopped me before. I’m always the one buying single teacups (without saucers) at car boot sales because I think they must be lonely.
I live in a dreary palette of grays and browns, so these wouldn’t work.
So, which is preferable? Coming away almost empty-handed when you know your car-driving friend will never be persuaded to get up at 6am on a Tuesday again, or buying things you don’t really need and actually can’t afford?
[ for more fun brit-flavored posts be sure and visit lynne at tea for joy. thanks lynne!! ]
Wednesday 11.04.09
a bit of an announcement.
hiya readers. so, as some of you may know, my father has Parkinson’s disease and has not been doing as well as we might have hoped lately, which means i need to jump in and help with his care from time to time. this is not exactly creatively inspiring, and is somewhat exhausting, but we’re all doing our best and my family has been great.
so it came to my attention last night, that my head was doing a little exploding, and it might be time for a little s.o.s. call. so i rounded up some of our blogger troops and will be having some guests posts drop in now and then to provide me with some back-up. i just wanted to let you know, so you were aware of what was going on. i will still be here everyday, (or almost everyday unless there is an emergency to tend to), but definitely blogging away as per usual. i just felt i needed a little help, and not a one of these kind and amazing people turned me down. you guys rock. so enjoy the ‘viva la difference’ and what they have to add to sfgirlbybay, and remember — i’m not going anywhere. and, if you have anything you want to contribute, drop me a line. thanks one and all, for all your continued support in a bit of a tough time. i do adore and appreciate you all. love, v.
[ charming and somewhat telling photograph courtesy of Kristine May. ]
Monday 08.17.09
more favorites on decor8.
it’s fun when other bloggers ask you to fill in, and ask you all about your favorites! holly from decor8 is mid-move to her new home in germany, so she’s got a few of us bloggers guest posting for her on decor8. check out her blog, for a few of my very favorite things around my apartment, and other blogger favorites, too!
