Lonny Magazine

The fourth issue of Lonny Magazine is out! I love flipping through this online magazine and getting new ideas about decorating. Check it out here and make sure you look at the previous issues if you haven't seen them yet.

Happy Easter

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend!

image via Martha Stewart

Wallpaper

I love to read design blogs and one thing I've noticed lately is that wallpaper is everywhere. Yep, that's right, it's making a comeback. I wasn't sure about it at first, but it's definitely growing on me and I love how artistic it is. I found some great prints from The Collective Wallpaper, I just can't believe how expensive a roll of wallpaper can get, I guess it's a version of art. Anthropologie also has their own line of wallpaper, check that out here.

As I was doing some research for this post, I found some great pictures on Houzz, here are some of my favorites.

eclectic bedroom design

contemporary dining room design by san francisco interior designer Amoroso Design

home office design by los angeles interior designer Vanessa De Vargas

home office design by los angeles interior designer Vanessa De Vargas

home design

eclectic home office design

contemporary bedroom design by new orleans architect Montgomery Roth Architecture and Interior Design

modern kids design

contemporary bedroom design

home design

home design by 2.bp.blogspot.com

9 By Design

I've been so excited to see "9 By Design" on Bravo and it's finally airing on April 13th! It's about a husband and wife team of designers who are also parents to seven children. Back in September, I blogged about their book, Downtown Chic, read about it here.

Photo via Bravo

Seattle

Last weekend we took a trip to Seattle to celebrate my birthday. My birthday is actually today, but Jeff had class Friday night and all day Saturday, so we decided to celebrate the weekend before. We stayed at the Alexis, which is the same place we stayed for our honeymoon. I love the location of the hotel, because it's right by Pike's Place Market. Since it was a fast trip, we spent most our time shopping and eating, both things I truly enjoy. We met our friend Pascal for lunch on Saturday and it was fun to visit and catch up with him.

Later that night we went to Spring Hill for dinner, it's a restaurant we have wanted to try because the chef was featured in Food and Wine as one of the top new chefs of 2009. The food was absolutely delicious. I had the trout and Jeff had the duck. I can't stop talking about the trout, it was the best I've ever tasted and I loved all the flavors that went into that dish. We also had an Fuji apple salad and the mussels for appetizers, both were delicious. For dessert we had the root beer madeleines and we shared an orange julius. We did splurge a bit and got tons of food and I was stuffed by the end of the night, but it was well worth it. The chef was working that night and we ended up sitting close enough to see the food preparation, we both really enjoyed watching the interaction in the kitchen. If you are ever in the Seattle area and need a restaurant recommendation, you should go to Spring Hill.

We had such a nice weekend in Seattle and the weather was absolutely beautiful. Here are a couple of pictures from our trip. Again, I need to remember to take more pictures, I always forget I have the camera.

Designer Jessica Helgerson

I've noticed designer Jessica Helgerson from some of the design blogs I read and I LOVE her style. Not only is she a great interior designer, she is from Portland! Yay Portland! She has been named as one of the top 25 young designers in America by House Beautiful magazine. Jessica also did some design work for the restaurant Andina, which one of our favorite places to eat here in Portland. Here is Jessica's website, make sure you click on her portfolio to see all the amazing projects she has done. Here are a few of my favorite pictures.



























Photos from Flickr.

Valentine's Day Wreath

I got together with a couple of girls from the ward and we each made this cute wreath. I had such a fun time visiting with the other girls and learning a new craft. The wreath is a bit time consuming, at least it was for me, but I loved making it. Good thing I finished it before Valentine's day, but I'm headed out of town so I won't get to enjoy it very long. I guess I can always make another one for a different holiday.



Here's the link for the tutorial if you would like to make one too.