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Display Day, Ocean Land
This is part of a section at the shop that we lovingly refer to as ‘Ocean Land’ as it includes all sorts of favorite things like anchors and shells and whales. To name just a few. Yesterday I took it...
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Ted’s Tip No. 294
Bookshelves can be a revolving as well as evolving creative space. Books, of course, along with artwork, pottery, as well as ephemera from your day to day. You decide. By constantly adding and...
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Arranging Our Nest
Home is incredibly important to both of us, as I know it is to so many of you. It comforts us in so many ways. We had water damage to our original 1929 parquet floors from a slow leaking pipe in the...
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Market Shop Moments
On Saturday the light was shining through the big picture window at the Market shop creating what I like to call ‘moments’ within the space. Where certain vignettes seem to be standing still in time....
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Moving Things Around
Last eve we spent time moving artwork around. Painting is by far one of the easiest ways to create a new look quickly. Coming in a close second is moving around your furniture and/or artwork. We still...
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Perfectly Pink Windows
Our flight was delayed leaving Newark on Tuesday evening creating a later than usual arrival back to Seattle. But I was so excited to tackle the newly painted pink windows that all seemed like a...
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Beauty & Order In The Quiet
Shot these images on Saturday after I had closed up the Market shop. Overhead lights off and no music playing. Just me walking around straightening up displays after a busy day. The feel & vibe...
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A Full Day Of Display
Along with getting lots of ‘new, new, new’ goods in to freshen things up, very little beats a full day of display to waken up seeing vignettes in a different way. While display is fairly constant...
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The Gift Of Flowers
Never underestimate the gift of flowers. I was a bit under the weather last weekend and TPS brought me a bundle of hydrangea from the grocery store. He had made a run for supplies to make me our...
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Shop Moments
Good design, be it at a home, or a shop, to me is all about little moments. When you stop and take in the composition of objects on a tabletop, or the arrangement of things on a wall. When a grouping...
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Everything Is Coming Up Roses
Back from New York and hit the ground running. The windows were in need of a Valentine refresh. I pulled up in front of the First & Spring shop early Thursday morning to Heather turning the green...
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Display Day
There are many, many hats that I wear as a shopkeeper. Often there can be many changes of hats in a one day period. Which is one of the best parts, as there is never a boring moment. But there are days...
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This & That
Just In, all sorts of French goodness along with some much loved iconic art. Last week a big shipment of goods arrived from Paris. Chic glassware in many shapes & sizes, along with box after box of...
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Market Shop Snippets
The Market shop refresh from a few weeks ago still tickles me so. It is a reminder for all of us that moving things around gives fresh eyes to things. Be it a bookshelf, side table, whole room or your...
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Shop Snapshots
I am always looking to capture shop moments, when straightening up displays or walking around getting ideas on what to do next. That is when I snap away. Here are a dozen from the last few weeks. The...
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A Few Quick Snaps
My first day back to the shops involves lots of walking around checking on all the displays and seeing what new has arrived while we were away. It is a bit like a kid in a candy store. It is so much...
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A Moment In Time
I often like snapping a shop shot right when I arrive in the morning when the overhead lights are still off. Or in the evening after we have closed up for the night. I love the peacefulness in the...
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Green, Green, Green
As the season of growth begins, green is on my mind. I snapped an assortment of vignettes the other day when the light was streaming in ever so beautifully through the tall windows at the Home store....
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Shop Moments
Certain days when I am tidying up displays, I will click away little shop ‘moments’ where something catches my eye. A color combination or a certain way something is working together with one another....
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