new apartment!

it's about time i posted about

our new place! it's been a work

in progress since we moved, went

off to europe, and came home to a

crazy month of work, visitors, a

photo shoot, more visitors, a napa 

weekend, a stop through dallas, and 

even more visitors! whew! life hasn't

calmed down. we've slowly but surely

put our tiny studio together, so that it's

starting to feel like home. i posted a

little bit about our building here when 

we moved in, but now here are some

pictures of the inside. we may pay the

equivalent of a salt lake city home 

mortgage for a little box studio in san

francisco, but the location and experience

are what we want right now. (and, we did

get a really good deal for san francisco :)

here's to making this little city studio feel

more and more like home...it is a little

small and crazy, but we're livin' up this

 fun time in our life when we can fit 

everything we own into one room!

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before the studio tour, i have to say that this

has made me nostalgic for our first apartment.

chase and i just looked at all these pictures from

when we had just moved in and signed our 

first lease together as a little married couple!

we still feel like newlyweds, but thinking of

that time makes me see how much we've

done and experienced together already.

the places you live become part of you & i

have loved the places we've lived so far.

here's to adding this place to the ranks.

we've now lived in 4 different 

apartments in less than 2 years 

of marriage...never a dull moment! 

^^^ this guy is definitely the best part of our place.

so is that little courtyard behind him...i love the

window showing the brick with the vines! 

^^ in love with these classic glass doorknobs

^^ everything in one room! we have since

put up curtains around our bed, so our visitors

have a little bit of their own space...and the white

couch rolls out into a full bed, so friends-- don't

let this little space keep you from coming to visit! :)

^^ see the difference? the curtains transformed

the place. thanks, husband + shelley!

^^ chase's cute mom helped me hang these over

the kitchen when they were in town last week...it

was quite the project but she is a pro and i love them!

lucky to have an interior designer for a mother-in-law.

^^ getting creative with space and 

hanging pots thanks to kendall!

^^ new place = reorganizing pantry items into cute jars

^^ the white damask wallpaper in the 

hallway kills me. my favorite!

^^ for valentines day, chase surprised me and painted our

bathroom tiffany blue color. so much cuter. love him!

^^ just our street. we are living our DREAM!

i need to remember that when i miss our

old neighborhood in the south bay or feel

cramped in our little place...we have the whole

world outside our doorstep and it's right

where we want to be right now. the big house

with the yard and dog and space can come later :)

^^ we only have one little closet, so we got 

creative with space and chase built this wall

unit from ikea...brilliant! it's now covered by

the curtain we put up, so it works! city livin'.

^^ friends, hope you are knocking

on door #27 soon! more visitors please!

^^ chase made this for me when we were dating. 

so true and love that we live right here.

it is definitely an adventure!

xo

life lately

^^ i feel good about doughnuts being the first 
picture in our "life lately" post. this means
that life has been pretty good lately.

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i love "lately" posts on other blogs and
on our own, because sometimes i just want to
remember the little things. so as i go through
my phone pictures from the last month
and find these little moments i've
captured, i post! enjoy the randomness.

^^ we now live 2 blocks from this famous 
SF ice cream shop. convenient // dangerous!

^^ i can't resist either of these things. stock is

perfect and better than any fancy flowers.

also -- even though we are downsizing, 

somehow i walked out of crate & barrel 

with these new bowls. that color is a dream, 

+ they were made in portugal and we just 

fell in love with that country 

so...i had to. love them!

^^ oops. more treats! i'm sensing a pattern.

^^ sneak peek of our little studio, we've made some

more progress and pictures coming this week!

^^ love march in california. ♥ it's been so warm

and lovely, but with some refreshing 

rainy days too. couldn't live without those!

^^ my life currently = commute. not cut out for it.

luckily it's only temporary! and luckily this

view is a good one to come home to.

^^ just a new view we discovered on our sunday

walk by going into a random hotel and riding

the elevator up to the tippy top...ummm wow.

i think we'll hang out here more often!

^^ don't worry, we are getting some healthy food in

our bodies with our friends' new food truck he opened.

mahalo bowl makes all different acai bowls, and they

are killer! right now he is all through the south bay, so 

find them on twitter or instagram at @mahalobowl.

^^ got the best package + i can't wait to stand

by my stunning friend on her wedding day in july!

^^ a mid-week slumber party with my 

favorite girl kendall called for these. 

^^ chase's best friend came down from seattle

for a visit. thai food, running, catching up,

and long walks around the city included.

we love sam!

 
^^we've discovered a favorite 
breakfast place. can you see why?


^^ juice bar regulars.

^^ one of my favorite places to be at dusk.

^^ i love the location of our new

apartment. we can walk anywhere

in SF! usually we use this benefit

to go on fun walks with a stop for

dinner or treats. love this cute guy.

^^ runs through the city are so much easier because

you don't feel like you're running...just enjoying

the busy city! ALSO- we discovered the most

amazing tennis courts with a view of the

golden gate bridge...can you stand it?

^^ trying (key word--trying) to get back 

into healthy eating. too busy to eat healthy lately!

good thing we also live close to these stairs...
and lots of hills to make up for all those treats!

^^ chase is my personal trainer and says i 

need more arm strength (i think it's because 

he realized how weak i was during our 

move last month! :) so he makes me 

lift kettle bells with him and took this 

picture to show me my "lifting form." haha 

^^ new monogrammed gem from marley lilly arrived,

and one of my favorite parts of SF...people leave darling

furniture on the street for free! i was walking home from

the gym and called chase to meet me to take this...

it is now in our studio! (after lots of cleaning off...)

^^ we celebrated kendall's birthday

with the cutest outdoor party.

^^ and treat wins again at making the perfect card.

^^ i'm now obsessed with their personalized

cards and can never go back to any

other greeting card! happy birthday to

kendall, she is our family out here.

^^ and so is dusty.

^^ rainy weekend view from our bed all saturday morning,

and a rainy walk home from the gym in chase's jacket.

^^ bread pudding date.

^^ our street..................

^^ it's unfair that we have to walk by the best doughnut 

shop in the city on our way to church every sunday...

^^ we finally paid a visit to the new exploratorium
in the new location on the embarcadero. it is pretty 
fun, but probably more fun for people with kiddos :)

^^ this was my favorite wall...all the 
words made in their literal material!
also, yay for pi day for getting us in free!

^^ outing with these two cuties

after a photo shoot with the

talented kristen...pictures to come!

^^ k. whyyy are there so many good treats in this

city? i need to start walking around with a blindfold.

and, there's that view again.

i told you we'd be coming back often..

it's our little secret favorite spot.

cheers to a fun march, i am 
counting down until april! 
xo