I'm Vanessa, a graphic designer living in Portland, OR, with a penchant for beautiful things, tea, learning to bake, tattoo collecting, dreaming of far away travels, and capturing life through photos. Here I share bits of my life along with things I find inspiring and delightful.
Category: Our Home
About a year ago we bought this table at Value Village for $15. We painted it once and I repainted it again a couple weekends ago since we’re now using the table as a desk. It’s nice to have a clean white surface to work on. I picked out a black and white paint color and got a small amount of each. I used frog tape to mask off a few areas and came out with this look. It now has the cute terrarium we made last week sitting on it.
Hope you’re having a good Monday!
I’m realizing with my photo a day project that one of my most frequently photographed subjects are textures. Magnifying the details in common surroundings seems to catch my eye. These photos were all taken in the last week.
On our drive home from a night with friends we pulled over at a park near our house to take pictures of the frost & fog.
Parking the car on NW 23rd.
Checking the mailbox, a neighbor has an interesting home made fence. They also have a pretty cool mailbox with the name “Luzader” written like it’s from the cover of an 80′s metal record.”
The details of my favorite scarf that is draped on my mirror. One day I’ll learn to knit so I can make this beautiful stitch.
We’re in the middle of the Portland winter season. Limited light and lots of moss growing outside of our home. I’m looking forward to the next few days of warmer temperatures and more sunlight. Hopefully I can take advantage and spend some time outside. I’m hoping to take advantage of our location in the Pacific Northwest and do more exploring. On top of my list is a visit to Mt. Saint Helens.
I feel like this week has been a roller coaster and I’m not really sure why. Maybe the winter gray is getting to me or it’s just the stress of the unknown. I’m having a hard time pin pointing what is bothering me lately and that’s just adding to my level of annoyance. Hopefully things simmer down soon. Last night we got a bit of the big “Northwestern Storm”; a couple inches of squishy snow that was gone by noon today. I want more!
We’ve been having many quiet winter mornings around here. Morning fog, geese flying over, and puppy cuddles.