Domicile

All my projects are about 1/3 done and my schedule is bananas and the churn is making me feel a teetiny bit mental. Add to that a funky household problem and you have a recipe for Crazy Me. Luckily I have learned a trick to keep my outlook upbeat even…

Drew arrived safely and I was almost not late to the airport but it is Los Angeles and in my defense a car was on fire on the 405, so, hi! Welcome to my hood! The highlights real quicklike before we head off to the beach: He loves the guest…

The calendar says Monday but my antsy self thinks it is Thursday. I’ve taken the last three days of this week as vacation time so I can actually visit with my visitor (last time I worked the. entire. time.) There’s still a conference call I can’t miss on Thursday but…

Tonight I had my design team over for a little celebratory end-of-project BBQ which contained nary a shred of barbecue at all but had plenty of wine and pink champagne and a big pile of takeout from California Pizza Kitchen. They’re all really good people and it was fun to…

Dear Everyone, I am writing this letter to you from my current location in the hallway. I am surrounded on all sides by boxes. These are the deep, dark recesses of my guest room closet pulled out and exposed to light for the first time in three years. I have…

I did it! The whole room is empty and clean. The before and after pictures are astonishing and awfully embarrassing: Ok, let’s state the obvious: It’s embarrassing to share these before pictures! In these days of impeccably perfect Instagram lives, I’m pretty sure this is the kind of thing you…