Architectural Inspiration
Sonoma arts and crafts home
This is a beautiful arts and crafts home I photographed last week in Sonoma. This weekend I’m hitting up the Alameda Flea market and I will share my finds with you! Property listed by Nancy Gillespie, photos by Indra Fortney. Classic shingles with white trim. Simple, sweet lawn. An ice tea sipping porch. The black [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Sonoma Style: Beautiful wine country home
Continuing our home tour from last week. This house is listed with Kirsten Lindquist. Photography copyright Indra Fortney. Vineyard across the street. Cozy bedroom. Lucky guests get a glimpse of vineyards from their window. Delicious yellow bathroom. Simple white pull down roller shade is the provides a nice clean look and feel in the bathroom. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Sonoma Style: Beautiful wine country home
This handsome house is located down a quiet street bordered by country. I stopped my car to admire the interesting architecture and then realized that this was the house I was hired to photograph! Next Friday look for a new blog featuring the rest of the home – get bedroom, bathroom and garden inspiration! This [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Early 19th Century Estate Home: A peice of Napa history
This week I was invited to photograph an estate home that looks like it’s been many years since it received visitors, in a nut shell an antiquated gem. A long driveway escorts the visitor to a large white mansion, discreetly tucked behind large palm tree’s. Currently this home is listed with Elliot Faxstein of Pacific [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )M is for Modern
My latest obsession are porch ideas. Currently we have French doors that open to a four foot drop off of our bedroom, and it’s been like this for many months. But, in the mean time we have had other distractions, such as exploding toilets to occupy our time and money. This can only mean one [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Petaluma get away
Winding down the road, on the outskirts of Petaluma town. I pass small, simple Victorians with weathered wood siding. Homes that belonged to the local barber, iron-smith or laundry merchant. The bigger, grand daddy Victorians that grace the alphabet area, such as D and E street, were homes to some of the successful ranchers in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Scandinavian architecture: From the country to the city.
Life in the country. A walk inside Seurasaari, Helsinki’s open air museum is a step back in time, although many of these simple buildings still exist in the countryside today. The squirrels are extremely tame here, they run up to boldly eat nuts from your hands and yell at you if your empty handed. It’s [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )My moms boyfriend is a genius
He is. This 71 year old man looks a bit like Einstein. His hair is a wild pouf of gray which seems at odds with his proper British accent. Tall and slender you would not believe this man can move mountains, but he does. He creates beautiful structures from scratch in a seemingly effortless way. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Unusual spaces and storage ideas
A slanted ceiling forces your mind to work harder to come up with creative solutions. These designs give the room a quirky ambiance which I find appealing. All photos by Indra Fortney. This is a vintage metal basket from Finland; it once held a giant glass bottle -now a perfect place to store my growing [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Architectural Inspiration
Stairway to heaven; a modern, man -made version. Trendir Freshome cubeme Six different ways Boston Architects
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