Friday, August 21, 2009


I decided to close my little shop in the Lower Haight.

Bluebird brought great things to me. All sorts of kind Lower Haight neighbors came into my life - like sweet Kati Kim at Doe, Jean from Xapno, Sarah from Life, Harry from 683 Haight St, Martin and the rest of the Vapor Room Cooperative, the Idle Hand hotties, all the pretty girls from Edo and Wak Shack, and most importantly, that total fox at Groove Merchant. The shop also showed my girls that taking a chance ain't no big thing - and it's always better to try than to think about trying.

So... all in all - it was a worthwhile two year run. I could tell you I'm closing to "pursue other creative endeavors" or "need to spend more time with my family" but really, it's just a feeling in my bones. Time to just relax for a little while.

Although I felt extremely supported and encouraged by the community, now more than ever we need to show our support for local businesses, designers and local artists. Small bookstores, record stores, clothing shops, anything that keeps our neighborhoods interesting. Hells. I know Forever 21 has got cute dresses - and its a sure thing when you're in a pinch, but it doesn't look that good by the end of the night and it's probably made by small children and your purchase doesn't come with friendly conversation.

I'm keeping the ETSY store open. And I'm still doing a number of interior decorating jobs, which I love. Starting September 22nd, be sure to check Bluebird on ETSY every Monday morning for our latest vintage treasures. I won't be adding new stuff for the next 3 weeks - I'm taking a little vacation. But, the online shop will be packed with new stuff on September 22nd.

I love all my customers and everyone I've met over the past couple years at 214 Pierce Street. Thank you all my supporters, all you sexy local designers making cool stuff, all my nice Yelp reviewers and all you lovely ladies who sat and chatted with me.

Monday, July 20, 2009

Please someone explain to me the original purpose behind the victorian double parlor?

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For me, it means one room smack dab in the middle of my house that I can't really use for anything other than walking through on my way to the living room. The girls have been crammed into the smallest room in the house and it's time to give them a bit more space. So, I'm breaking down and doing what all my neighbors have been doing with this no man's land room - closing off the thoroughfare between the living room and dining room and making it into a bedroom.


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Problem is, the girls' twin beds fit only on the wall of windows, and this is earthquake country, people. I love my enormous victorian windows, but not when my precious babes are sleeping under them.

My landlord suggested I put blue masking tape x's all over the windows. For reals.

Design advice, please. I can't afford to change out to tempered glass just yet (and given my landlord's response, he won't be footin' any bills on this) and I don't like plexiglass coverings.

I was thinking of putting one bed under each window and maybe putting up heavy canvas curtains that I would close at night and velcro to the window frame. However, if anyone else reading this blog has a creative earthquake proofing idea, I'd love to hear from you.



Thursday, July 16, 2009

My Vintage Tablecloth Collection

I've been collecting these since I was 16. Up until recently, they had their own closet. To make room for Mr. V, I packed them all up neatly and put them in storage. 7 large bins.


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Vintage Airplane Liquor Bottles

In love and on the lookout for pretty little vintage liquor bottles....


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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

More images of the house that should be mine


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Below is the old stable. Check out the stone walkway - same stone is on the fireplace. In "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" there's a scene where Myrna Loy explains to Cary Grant an exorbitant charge for a stone floor in her flower potting room - I'm recalling this from memory, so I'm not sure I got it right, but.... she explains in her cutest most perplexed voice that she simply asked the workers to lay a little of the "extra stone" in her flower potting room.

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View from the top of the driveway, where it turns to the garage. In the garage is a stack of all the original glass doors belonging to the house.

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This is the downstairs bathroom - and I admit, it needs a little help:

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But this is the upstairs bathroom and I think it is just perfect:

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Kitchen. The window above the sink looks into the downstairs bathroom, which is a bit odd. But I can work with that.

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Fireplace:
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Living Room:
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Barkcloth curtains still hanging on some of the windows.
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Top floor:

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Bottom floor:

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Driveway and some outside views:

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