Steven Gambrel Kitchens

Steven Gambrel is really, really good at what he does. If you are at all interested in interior design, you already know his name. What we love about Steven Gambrel is his ability to design a room that never looks too cookie-cutter or too much like a room that would be featured in a big box store's circular. :) Mr. Gambrel is adept at creating spaces that look like they've evolved over time; rooms that really make you want to live there. Here are three kitchens we like---all by Mr. Gambrel.
Consider this a little Sunday eye candy. :)
See you back here tomorrow!

(all images from Canadian House & Home, here.)

Happy Weekend (& sorry we've been absent!)

So sorry we've been absent! We've had a wonderful, memorable week in New York, visiting with our parents for the first time in a year. We miss them in an aches-so-bad-it-hurts way, but we are proud of what they are doing in Liberia (check out their story here). It was really special to steal away for the better part of a week to hang out with them---and now they are back in California for a brief visit, so we are gonna be spending as much time as possible making memories and sharing laughs with them before they head back to the continent of Africa.

New York was wonderful---mostly because we got to hang with Dad and Mom there, but also because it was the fantastic grimy fabulousness that only New York City is...

Alas, now we are both back to our lives in California and we are both dreaming of a having the time to spend in a garden like the one shown above. (Sorry about the tiny photo! This was in one of our archived files from the lovely-but-now-gone magazine Domino).

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and we'll see you back next week!

---Jill & Kari