You might have already seen this picture through my twitter updates and instagram photo, but I got this Elephant Hamper for our baby yesterday and I love it!! :)
Speaking of our baby… she’s been giving me a lower back pain lately and so I’m off to my first prenatal massage today!
Have a great day, everyone :) xo Hijiri
Few of my favorite pages…
All the artists/designers featured in this book is amazing! Lots of great talents and their meaningful home projects all in one book. Highly recommended! :) xo Hijiri
New this year: Chinchilla ornament (well, I think it is a rabbit, but it really looks like our chinchillas!) from Anthropologie.
and Dachshund ornament from Jonathan Adler. (A second I saw it came out, it was already our new ornament for the year!)
I got few polka dots glitter ornaments from Crate and Barrel. They are so cute :)
and stars, too.
A back of our tree:
and this snowman sitting on a snowflake is still one of my favorites :) I got him in Hayes Valley shop in San Francisco, they had the best ornaments every year, I want to go back there for the holiday season someday again…
If you have your Christmas tree photos up somewhere, I’d love to see, please tell me the link in the comment section! Happy Tree decorating!
Her initial M and the framed art is by Jamie Shelman (yes, she does dog illustrations sometimes! We did a work trade while back, I love this so much!)
Sometimes, Maia sleeps just like the dog in illustration, it is so cute. I haven’t been able to take that picture, but someday, I will…
Hope you like her room as much as she does (and we do)! :)
My little vintage (growing) plates collection:
and our new dining table and bench! We got them from White Flower Farmhouse and we love them!
We’re still looking for the perfect rug underneath the table and the perfect hanging lamps to go with the room…
**The letter M area you see is a new Maia’s room — will post about it soon!
and our kitchen:
Lots of bright and cheery colors, I love it :) Makes me happy to be in here!
Spice rack — I want to replace the containers so it looks a bit more clean…
We want to replace the little table, too… but for now, it’s doing its job.
Hope you enjoy our little tour! :)
Over the Memorial day weekend, I painted these little things for our kitchen and dining area…
A wine rack from Ikea:
A little corner shelf I bought in Japan:
In yellow! Ever since I had the yellow wall in my old kitchen, I am obsessed with yellow, bright and cheery kitchen. Our new kitchen is white so I decided to do spots of bright colors.
One side painted…
Other side painted, too…
and here is the new wine rack in our dining area:
**The letter A is a local flea market find, I’m hoping to find letter E and letter T so someday, it’ll say “EAT” and probably “DRINK” too :) **
The drawings above the wine rack are by Julia Rothman. I love her work.
and the corner shelf in the kitchen counter area:
They are actually really cute in where they are, I am so happy that I painted them!
More pictures of the dining room and the kitchen will follow!
and the theme is “What home means to me” — and here is my pinboard…
I realized since I moved to NYC and started my own freelance work, home became not only sleep, relax, cook and eat, but also work and create. Be inspired and imaginative. Be creative and innovative.
(Beci Orpin’s home via The Design Files)
(Craft nook via you are my fave)
Also, as I have lots of collection of things, which make me happy, think and remember, home means where I keep all my favorite things, display them in my own way and enjoy.
(Lisa Gongdon’s kitchen via design*sponge)
(Teapots and jugs via skinnylaminx)
(the gallery wall via sfgirlbybay)
and never ending quest to me… Always looking for the perfect something for the home… and I enjoy that process, and when you do find something that you love, how great the feeling is and you get to live with it!
(Go Quest via me)
and the list goes on and on… please see more at my pinboard! I think I will keep adding more since home means A LOT to me, I would never be done with my board… :)
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Please also check out all the awesome starter bloggers inspiration for what their home means to them including Erin of design for mankind, Sara of lost bird found, Joy of oh joy!, Christine of LAMA, Nicole of making it lovely, Jodi of a fresh start, Lori of automatism, Melissa of melissa loves, and of course, Victoria of sfgirlbybay.
and please let me introduce, Tina of scatterbox. She will be posting “what home means to her” tomorrow! Can’t wait to see her board.
Thank you so much, Victoria and Pinterest team for your hard work creating, organizing and launching this event! and thank you guys so much for letting me share my pinboards :) I hope you enjoyed!
These Luddite series are my favorite!
Scrimshaw Moby Tray (so cool, isn’t it?):
The artwork is done by our good friend, Niq. It was a wedding gift to us and we quite like the piece and to have it in our living area.
This black and white area was never finished, I feel like… oh well… next apartment!
We will have bigger space so we’re going to get a bigger couch — can’t wait! (it’s been pretty tight in this tiny couch for both of us + Maia the dachshund)
Yes, we have a lot of vinyls… most of them are Randy’s, some of them are mine. I so wanted to get this, but it was too late… it would have been perfect for us.
I really wanted to turn this area a dining area, but it didn’t happen… (too tiny anyway) — We’re going to have a dining area in the loft, I can NOT wait! I have been so wanted a dining area forever!
*the OBEY poster is the one that Shepard Fairey was putting up on the street wall in San Francisco back in 1998.
OK, now we really have to start packing… wish us luck! :)
and…. I will be seeing these coolness and inspirations everyday starting on May 1… Yes, we just signed a lease at the loft space in DUMBO! We are so excited, can’t wait to start living this area and explore more!
Here is a little sneak peek of the new loft. I’m sure I will be talking about it a lot more… I need lots of room inspirations, new furniture… so stay tuned! :)
Happy Friday, everyone! xo