I couldn’t resist these stunning photographs – the work of photographer Michael Eastman (who’s work was featured in the Summer 2010 issue of ARTNews). This is architecture with an eerie quality – stunning spaces, strangely empty, and luminous, guaranteed to make you wish you were there: I’ve been thinking about tiled floors lately, especially cement ...
Getting ready for the Rodeo – red white and blue springing up in Makawao: and in Paia – provided by human hands: and by nature, too: And in case you thought I didn’t go to the beach at all, here’s another kind of red, white and blue in action: Happy Fourth of July! Related Posts:Haiku’s ...
I happened upon this amazing tin ceiling on a coffee run in Haiku the other day: I hadn’t realized that I was getting my coffee in the the historic Bank of Hawaii building – a hidden treasure just down the Kokomo Road from the Haiku Cannery (opposite the post-office). The building has gone through several ...
I’m still on my Spring color fling – don’t worry, I’m sure I’ll soon be over it and back to sober and restrained hues. If you’re still shivering in some Northern clime, think of this as an appetizer. If Spring has sprung where you are, then let’s celebrate. And if you’re in the tropics, well, ...
There’s no question nature has all the best color palettes. Well, probably nature has all the color palettes, full stop. But the acid green and yellow accents in this John Lewis of Hungerford kitchen are the exact colors of Spring here in Northern California: It may not be officially Spring yet, but it certainly feels ...
I’m sure you know how important it is to select your flooring material carefully if you are a dog owner – you have to consider the damage your floors can sustain when the pooches dance, jump and spin with excitement, and you have to consider the damage your dog can sustain from floors that are ...
Or at least I’m thinking about it. This is the room I’m working on I painted these walls several (too many) years ago, and believe it or not I was inspired by recurring dreams of rich purple and gold (which I suspect were a deep subconscious reaction to too many years of rental house off-whites). ...