C.B.I.D. HOME DECOR and DESIGN: photography

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2/25/20

JAMEZILLA

MY SON WAS ASKED TO BE PART OF AN ART SHOW IN SAN FRANCISCO!
and we went there to help and support

(Instagram - @Jameszilla)

His beautiful photography

his adorable face

we drove from Orange County so we could take a large box of frames for the show

We drove through Central California

"WHERE GARLIC IS KING"

seriously?
no, I did not taste the Garlic Ice Cream
you would have to really love garlic...

Once in the Bay Area, we enjoyed the cooler weather, the misty fog, and the abundance of green everywhere.

I love how the coastline is so different than Southern Cal.

We stayed on the beach in Pacifica, just 20 minutes south of the city.

They have given the fog a name in San Francisco. Its name is 'KARL'
(true story)

James decided we needed to visit Safari West

It was SO FUN

be honest, does this make my butt look big?

apparently Rhino's are big pussy cats

This one loved having his ears rubbed.

the Scarlet Ibis was very scarlet, as advertised

I think this was some type of crane

WE CAUGHT KARL HANGING OUT AT THE GOLDEN GATE

2/6/20

2019 was a crazy year - both good and bad - and I've fallen behind - way behind - in my posting...
so I'm attempting to catch up....

Despite the water damage and repairs going on at my house, I was able to accomplish quite a bit of decor and design - here are a few of the tidbits...
(or here are the ones where I actually remembered to take a photo)

We put the finishing touches on this sweet guest bathroom

I promise to get my prints online soon,
these came from my collection
Aren't they gorgeous?

I used prints from my collection to finish up this sweet guest bedroom...

I designed a large kitchen and a guest bedroom and bath for this home

This is demo happening!

Sometimes I'm only hired to design a space and don't actually get to work on it - so its kind of fun to have a peek and see what they came up with on their own...

In another home, we finished an art installation for this blank wall behind a grand piano

including framing this actual violin and sheet music

in a shadow box

and all the music related Sid Dickens plaques we could find...

and some custom photography

More of my prints on this office wall - all white flowers -

and a great concrete planter find, which we filled with succulents

Thirteen foot ceilings in this powder room -
we had to bring the eye level down a little - it was just too much blank space.
So, we had a nice high wainscot installed and some black and white photography brought the scale of the room down to size.

We also added a bench in this cavernous room...

This wall of photos is from the beach photo shoot my friend, Lorie, had with James (my son).
So fun to see his talent displayed!

1/31/20

WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING...WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING?

I started to recap all the events of last year and it was TMI, even for me - who lived it...
You would have given up reading after the first couple of events because I had massive amounts of pictures.
I have a hard time talking without pictures - I'm a very visual person. Plus, they say a picture is worth 1,000 words, so then I don't have to say as much.

After looking at that ridiculously long post I decided to break it up. Because I like the pictures. And I like not having to say as much.

So, here's a little bit of what I've been up to lately. I hope you enjoy the pictures. And way less words.

2019 was a busy year.
It started out normal...or as normal as can be expected for a slightly weird person...
(and then someone shook the crazy tree and crazy rained down on us for the next several months...)

My son went to Patagonia on a wedding photo shoot and sent us back some amazing photographs..

Penguin Island

His talent takes my breath away.

And Patagonia is GORGEOUS

(You can follow him on Instagram at Jamezillasaurus or check out his website here.)

Our friends introduced us to a great burger restaurant - Hopdoddy Burger Bar.
The truffle french fries...oh, my...
A big thumbs up.

The Hubs with friends

And about this time I grabbed some clever friends and decided to further complicate my life by offering classes in my home to friends, clients, their friends, etc., so...
We decided to call it 'Making HOME'.

Relying heavily on my clever friends, we organized a few MakingHOME classes before the crazies hit...