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I love beautiful things and thoughtful design. I also live in one of the most expensive cities in the country, and our family lives off a single income so that I can be at home with our kids. Patience and persistence have been the key to finding stylish things on a tight budget.
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![[ SATURDAY EVENTS: HOUSE TOUR & FLEA MARKET ]
This Saturday Docomomo WEWA, a non-profit organization “dedicated to the Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement in Western Washington,” is hosting a house tour of architect John Rohrer’s 1949 home. The cost is $5 at the door, and no reservations are required. Stop in anytime between 1 and 3pm. I am really hoping to make it to the tour (and really, really hoping they let me take pictures).Also going on this Saturday is the Meridian Park PTSA flea market. I’ve never been to this event, so I don’t quite know what to expect. It’s just down the street from us though, so I’ll probably take a quick look around. It is from 9am to 3pm at Meridian Park Elementary.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l594vzwdQf1qc7v1bo1_500.jpg)
[ SATURDAY EVENTS: HOUSE TOUR & FLEA MARKET ]
This Saturday Docomomo WEWA, a non-profit organization “dedicated to the Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement in Western Washington,” is hosting a house tour of architect John Rohrer’s 1949 home. The cost is $5 at the door, and no reservations are required. Stop in anytime between 1 and 3pm. I am really hoping to make it to the tour (and really, really hoping they let me take pictures).
Also going on this Saturday is the Meridian Park PTSA flea market. I’ve never been to this event, so I don’t quite know what to expect. It’s just down the street from us though, so I’ll probably take a quick look around. It is from 9am to 3pm at Meridian Park Elementary.
![[ DESIGN GEEKS ]
For those of you who don’t already know this, my husband Patrick and I are total design geeks. We met eleven years ago in art school; both of us were planning to be illustrators, and both of us came out of school as graphic designers instead. We are not just designers as a profession—actually, I’m not really working as a designer much at all these days—design is a part of nearly everything we do.Our conversations vary from graphic design, to fine art, interior design, architecture, film, and product design. We love it all. If you were to visit our house, you would probably catch one of us staring at a wall in our house and studying it intently because we are constantly remodeling or rearranging in our heads. In fact this morning’s conversation ranged between track lighting and the popularity of slab serif fonts.But, back to graphic design. Today Patrick drove down to Portland to hear the Designspeaks lecture by Frank Chimero, one of his favorite designers. Frank is a talented illustrator and designer and a gifted writer. Patrick has a few of his posters in his office and we purchased these prints that are in our kids’ rooms (note the $2 thrifted frames). They are from his “States” series.I’m looking forward to hearing all about the lecture tomorrow. Check out more of Frank’s workhere, and be sure to read his design philosophy here.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l59btsL0vm1qc7v1bo1_400.jpg)
[ DESIGN GEEKS ]
For those of you who don’t already know this, my husband Patrick and I are total design geeks. We met eleven years ago in art school; both of us were planning to be illustrators, and both of us came out of school as graphic designers instead. We are not just designers as a profession—actually, I’m not really working as a designer much at all these days—design is a part of nearly everything we do.
Our conversations vary from graphic design, to fine art, interior design, architecture, film, and product design. We love it all. If you were to visit our house, you would probably catch one of us staring at a wall in our house and studying it intently because we are constantly remodeling or rearranging in our heads. In fact this morning’s conversation ranged between track lighting and the popularity of slab serif fonts.
But, back to graphic design. Today Patrick drove down to Portland to hear the Designspeaks lecture by Frank Chimero, one of his favorite designers. Frank is a talented illustrator and designer and a gifted writer. Patrick has a few of his posters in his office and we purchased these prints that are in our kids’ rooms (note the $2 thrifted frames). They are from his “States” series.
I’m looking forward to hearing all about the lecture tomorrow. Check out more of Frank’s workhere, and be sure to read his design philosophy here.
