Happy 8th birthday to Lobo!

I was planning on getting a comfy leather love seat for this empty corner of my apartment. Instead I decided to go with something a little more budget friendly (and dog friendly.) Lobo is eight years old today and I thought he deserved a comfortable new place to relax close to my desk.

Lobo checks out his new bed

Lobo eagerly enjoys a B-day bully stick in his B-day bed

Post-bully stick relaxation

I think he likes it

Well, maybe it's quite not close enough to my desk

Cute dogs in New Haven and the Ziggy Stardust growth report

Old Berkeley friends Lobo and Leila in East Rock Park. (Lobo exhausted and Leila crazed as ever)

Little Puppy Ziggy

Ziggy a little bigger

Ziggy at 5 months hardly fits on my lap

Lobo meets Bianca, samoyed puppy

Lobo gets a hug from Bianca

Lobo doesn't mind being used as a climbing structure

Bedroom beginnings

The bedroom is the most personal room in in a house. I like to keep items that  have high sentimental value, but may have little interest to guests, such as family photos and little collections. Art is just as important in the bedroom as the more public rooms in the home.  Above my dresser is "Yield Field" by Seuart Pittman. I chose this piece for this location because I find it minimal and calming, providing balance to an area that becomes cluttered often. I also find the unique shape of this piece inspiring to look at in the morning.

 

The Dresser

wedding photo, rock collection from Iceland, and crystal spike necklace

"Yield Field" by Steuart Pittman

Finally the sofa has arrived!

Living room Before with rug from West Elm

We Finally have a living room! I worked on designing this sofa for TrueModern, and it is so great to see it in my living room. I ordered walnut legs to go with my original walnut TreeHouse Coffee table. Im not sure of the exact placement of the furniture in the living room, but I think this is a good start.

I would say the best thing about my living room is not having a TV. (The TV is in the guest room/ Jeremy's office/ work out room/ everything else room. I will get to it in a later blog post.) No direct focal point allows for so many more options for furniture placement. I positioned the sofa back to the kitchen, facing the window. This way, even though the kitchen sink is basically in the living room, (don't know whose design choice that was) you don't have to look at it while sitting on the sofa. I'm not sure I will keep it this way but I will live with it for a couple weeks and see how it feels.  

Living room with True Modern Diggity Sofa

Living Room

Another thing that makes home feel like home is plants. When  we moved across the country we were unable to take any of our plants. At first this made me very sad, but luckily I found them a new home with my sister in law, who is clearly taking very good care of them. I went out and bought some more. I couldn't help picking out similar ones. I placed the plants on the round table in the turret, but I'm undecided as to whether or not this is a good use of the space.

Previous plants in the care of Beck May Kaplan and Andrew Kaplan

New Plants