Spring, Is That You?

For some reason, this winter felt longer than last winter. We're lucky that we didn't get hit with the insane weather bombarding the East Coast (I mean when do we ever get insane weather or weather at all?), but somehow the record-breaking low temperatures around the rest of the US got us down too... (we're awful, right?) BUT that makes us even more excited that Spring has finally and officially decided to join us. Well, on the West Coast at least. West Coast=Best Coast. Feel free to debate me.

We have a TON of West German Ceramics, large and small, and decided that now was the time to go to the flower market and fill these beautiful vases. We went a little crazy... "we" meaning me.


That's probably about $80 worth of flowers/branches/thistles right there, which isn't bad considering we made all of these! (Below.. and more.) The LA flower market is crazy amazing and I spent about an hour wandering around looking at everything, and trust me, they have everything. I'm also a very indecisive person and ended up buying way more than we needed.

Assorted Large West German Ceramics





This is Carrie. Sorry Carrie, couldn't resist ;) This could be the start to a great modeling career.


We have a few select pieces upholstered in beautiful light and fun fabrics, and shot a few vignettes with the arrangements. Did I mention how much we love Spring?

Birch Dining Table with Set of 8 Van Os Culemborg Dining Chairs, West German Ceramic







Friso Kramer Bench, Dutch Floor Lamp, West German Ceramic Vase
 

Robert Parry Lounge Chairs,  Wim Rietveld 535 "Mosquito" Coffee Table, West German Ceramic Vase, Wood Accessories

(All photos by Sam Zachrich. Thank you Sam!)

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