One of my favorite jobs ever was in NYC at Place Textiles. When I started, it was still in the first year of business. It is headed by the fabulous, inspirational and kind Kristie Strasen. She is, to this day, my favorite person to have ever worked for. She is a wonderful mentor and incredibly driven woman. Anyways, I loved working there with her and Juliet and being surrounded by gorgeous colors and luxurious fabrics. I remember telling her if I EVER owned anything that wasn’t Ikea it would be uphosltered in Place fabrics, no questions asked….
Well we still have no “real” furniture…since our place out here was furnished, and since we were packing all our worldly belongings into a minivan! Anyways, yesterday we received a WONDERFUL package with the next best thing….. AMAZING pillows made of some gorgeous Balmory and Hidden Canyon…

Place Textiles Fabric Pillows, Balmory Campari (red), Hidden Canyon Sable (brown)

Place Textiles Fabric Pillow, Hidden Canyon Sable

Balmory Campari

What an incredible gift… LOVE it! If you are in the market for fabric, check them out… they are in showrooms across the US including in Portland!

I’ve also been spending free time painting the AWESOME frames that David and our friend Geno made for Davids show. I’ve found that buying the little tester paints from Glidden have just the right amount of paint to cover a large frame and feature rockin’ colors! Plus $2 is much better than spending $30 for a gallon of paint that you aren’t certain you need. Check out this cool color, “red geranium”. It’s that perfect red/orange color! Can’t wait to see it framing out one of David’s new pieces!

On another note, we were lucky enough to get to watch Little Dumpling last night and today while her momma is at the state fair. She came over wearing THIS outfit yesterday.

She is such a little princess. We love having her as a house guest!