FORMER: Portland-New York love on PONYtales (currently abandoned)
I want to live here:
It’s a London couple’s apartment that was featured in the New York Times (with a title like Design on a Shoestring: High, Low, Eccentric, I couldn’t resist the click). And I’ve scrolled through the slideshow probably half a dozen times by now. Ideas to take home to the studio I can’t figure out what to do with:
- Dark walls. Gray, brown, burgundy - all colors I’ve wanted to paint my walls over the years. “Dark paint really cozies up a space, making rooms look far more luxurious and sophisticated than they really are.” I couldn’t agree more. Like living in a big, sexy hug.
- Shelves. They create little tableaus here and there, scenes that divide up the rooms and create interest.
- Stacks of magazines, books, records - it’s art to me!
- Walls lined with art. Makes your home feel like your own personal gallery.
- Bookshelf wallpaper! Brilliant. I haven’t lived long enough to collect enough books for my own library, but I can pretend.
- Mixing styles. Stark modern with curvacuous vintage. The best of both worlds actually complement each other, believe it or not.
Stylish - and Bike-Friendly - Bar
Came across this new label for local New Deal Distillery’s 88 vodka earlier this week:
I got inspired to have not just a stocked bar in my new place, but a pretty one, too. Which made me think of the first bottle of wine I bought when I turned 21, which was a Pinot noir I chose for the label:
So then, I’ve got a ladies on bikes theme? I didn’t even realize it.
Getting excited about decorating the new place (got my keys today!) and falling in love with Portland for the nth time (spring always does this), so am seriously wanting to buy one of these after sitting on the idea for months. But is it lame to have this print while I’m still living here? I feel like it’s more interesting as a sort of “I left my heart in…” homage. Still, I can’t stop picturing it in my bathroom, of all places. Who knew St. Johns was so huge??
I would like to recreate this scene in the new studio apartment I’m looking for. (Horse prints from Portland photographer Elizabeth Soule, here sold at Tilde.)
