threebeans's Profile

I live in a 1910 craftsman and it is a datum-lovers dream (or whatever term best describes an ultra-consistent line)!

I showed this to my 9-year-old daughter and she literally screamed with delight and glee! Absolutely adorable! She also asked, "Can WE go glamping???"

We recently painted the inside of our bathroom door a nice bright yellow (Benjamin Moore's Yolk). It is a fun surprise in an otherwise airy pale turquoise & white bathroom.

I've used several of these and love them. They have this sink at my children's school so that multiple kids (they have a 3-faucet one) can wash up at the same time. They are charming and useful. I have a friend who painted the outside of hers a cool lime green and put it in a bathroom with light turquoise walls. Wish I could afford one for my 4 kids!

So colorful and lovely, and all those amazing Potted touches (the hanging planters, the long planter on the dining room table, the chairs & tables outside, the outdoor rugs...) just make it even better. It is one of my favorite stores and I only wish I could afford it!

Hi Fi, we've met a few times (at Sequoyah and around town) and I'm proud to see your South Pas home represented on AT! What a sweet little oasis for you and your daughter.

We did this to the ugly dark brown billys that came with our house; added trim and painted them white...this was 9 years ago, before AT was around...hard to fathom a world before Apartment Therapy!

Potted in the Los Feliz section of Los Angles. Their plants, fountains, furniture, lanterns....love it all!

Check out door sixteen for lots of black wall inspiration! She's also used black-on-black wallpaper to great effect in an office, and the pattern adds interest to the dark color.

Hi everyone, and thank you for the nice comments! We are blushing! To answer questions:
-The green chairs are indeed IKEA from last summer. This year they did a similar design but in blue & red. Maybe next summer they will bring back the green!

-My husband and his brother laid the pavers last summer during the big fires in the San Gabriel mountains. It was 100 degrees and smoky out; they are my heroes. First they removed the sod and leveled the dirt as well as they could. Then they used sand to create a stable base. It took trial and error to get each paver to sit level, but this got easier as they went along. They used 2x4s to make even spaces between the pavers. When they were finished we filled the spaces with Mexican beach pebbles.

-As for the shade, we had an existing mature tree that overhangs the L-shaped bench, providing afternoon and evening shade. In another area we put up a triangular shade sale (IKEA again!), a great solution for those who don't have a big tree handy.

Thanks again!