tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20709275910898171182024-03-05T02:23:06.085-08:00Things Will Fall Into PlaceCome along as I travel the world sourcing goods for my store, dig in while we renovate our 1930's rambling hacienda, watch out as our three young kids traipse through the tale... Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00928544102731080442noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070927591089817118.post-60220540288642061232013-07-05T13:07:00.000-07:002013-07-05T13:09:11.583-07:00Girl's rooms - what fun<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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With only one girl, I wish I could continually redo her room a hundred different ways. Currently it is gorgeous turquoise and hot pink, with a Handira on the wall - but I am dying to start from scratch and do an India princess fantasy of mirror cloth and draped saris. </div>
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Basically one can only do so much with boys - both of mine just want blue, blue. blue!</div>
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Tulu textiles Yejiju print on large pillow - Moroccan wedding blanket on the wall. </div>
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I still love the pink and turquoise the best - but you have to love the riot of color in the India bed I put together at the store - so much fun! </div>
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Kutch, in the northwest of the state of Gujarat, is famous for mirror worked embroideries. These textiles are a study in the skill and design mastery of generations of women. Varying by region, their intricate patterns tell the story of the maker's lineage, caste, and prosperity. As an important part of a girl's dowry, these embroideries are worked on for years by the women of each family. In addition to the usual gifts of jewelry and cooking utensils, a dowry almost always includes embroidered wedding outfits, wall hangings for the bride's new home, and decorations for domesticated animals. <br />
The bright colors of Kutch embroidery stand out in the dusty desert, and celebrate youth in particular. Unmarried girls and young children are often the most kaleidoscopic in any village. Religious festivals are also important places to show off one's embroidery skill - from camels and horses, to the carts they pull, trappings for all to see are often brilliantly ablaze with shocking color and detailed stitches. </div>
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Walking through Tierra since our textile shipment came in, I find it
difficult to keep from lingering all day on the piles of textiles we
just received from India. Anyone who has ever been to my house can
surely attest that I do not, under any circumstances, need any more
pillows - but yet there are a few that are seriously calling my name.</div>
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I will have to remember to post a photo of the pillow forts my kids come up with - you have never seen a more confusing riot of color and cross-cultures. (And expense come to think of it - the things I let them do - ha!)</div>
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Toran, like the four below, are hung over doorways or on celebratory tents during weddings or festivals. The pennants that hang down represent mango leaves that welcome all comers, be they man or god, and serve as good luck symbols. </div>
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For a great article on Toran take a peek at the Cloth and Kind, a fabulous blog about the joy of textiles and the world of design. Krista Nye Schwartz is the curator and created a regular column called Provenance that details the origins and uses of textiles the world over. Jacqueline Wein from the blog Tokyo Jinja researches and writes each column. Take a peek at h<a href="http://www.clothandkind.com/blog/provenance-toran/" target="_blank">ttp://www.clothandkind.com/blog/provenance-toran/ </a><a href="http://tokyojinja.com/" target="_blank"><br /></a></div>
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We finally received our textiles from our last India trip. There are
piles of Gujarati pillows, stacks of Kantha blankets, saris strung up
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A few of the finely embroidered Kutch pillows we had made, as well as a shisha work Toran, a spangly Moroccan Handira (wedding bed cover) and a Portugese style four poster bed.</div>
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Crisp blue and white adds some calm to the hot and spicy mix.</div>
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Cowrie shell tassels in a Moroccan plate.</div>
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Baskets full of Kantha blankets.</div>
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A silk sari draped with a Turkoman suzani.</div>
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A bright pile of printed pattern bedcovers. </div>
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Yes, we get a little silly sometimes - we bought about a dozen animals covered in vintage textiles!</div>
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Our Morocco container finally arrived at Tierra - and I couldn't be happier! Since we were in Marrakech in January I have been holding my breath, hoping that the shipment would get here safely. It was so late arriving I was starting to just pray that it would get here at all! But as the container was being unloaded and I sliced open each cardboard package my heart thrilled at each intact hand-painted vase, each delicate, un-crushed brass pendant, each colorful, un-smashed moucharabi daybed. <br />
It is all so gorgeous in the store! We had a party on the 14th to celebrate. Even in the heat of summer we had a wonderful turnout and we drank to the wonder of Morocco. <br />
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Colorful pottery from Fez. Herringbone zellij tile table top and Moroccan lanterns.</div>
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Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00928544102731080442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070927591089817118.post-52157535554261259232013-06-06T13:46:00.001-07:002013-06-06T13:46:46.457-07:00Projects<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
You might have noticed over the years that I put up posts when traveling, or when some fabulous new thing is done at our house - but not so much the rest of the year. Well, the honest truth is that running a store day in and day out is just not the most scintillating blog fodder. There are days that just seem to repeat themselves - and while we get some fun things in and there are some fabulous customers to help - it can sometimes go by in a blur. <br />
Recently, however, I've had some fun projects to work on with new people - and I thought I'd share a bit about this more interesting side of things.<br />
For an artist in Prescott we are bringing a bit of India into a new home - he is building from the ground up and wants to incorporate architectural elements from his favorite country. After spending college years studying miniature painting techniques in Rajasthan, this client is passionate about Indian design. We are happily helping him find columns and old arches to build into his new living spaces. <br />
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These columns are from south India and will be used to help delineate an open plan great room.<br />
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We are looking for a triple archway like the one above - but with carving on both sides to build into a covered patio. </div>
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Coming soon I will post about a very exciting project we are doing with a client (and great friend!) in central Phoenix. She is incorporating a triple arch like above into her bar area, zellij tile from Casablanca into a star shaped fountain inside her formal living room, and incredible custom painted ceilings we had made in Marrakech in various places. Additionally we have dozens of Moroccan and Turkish lanterns coming that will be used in the most extraordinary ways -- can't wait to see them installed in a few months! </div>
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Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00928544102731080442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070927591089817118.post-36271224360394825992013-04-18T05:36:00.000-07:002013-04-18T05:36:22.524-07:00An India moment<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
On our last day we had a few hours to kill before our long journey home. We traipsed over to Hauz Khas Village and did some personal shopping. <br />
I had to take a couple shots of graffiti and a perfectly India sign at the Deer Park next to the warren of shops.<br />
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But this is classic -- 210 deer, 174 rabbits, 15,500 shrubs? I can just see an army of uniformed park attendants swarming the grounds once a year with little thin papered notebooks, meticulously noting down every tuft of grass. </div>
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Indian Textiles -- a major love of my life...<br />
Today was devoted entirely to all things of brightly embroidered beauty....<br />
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We bought piles of mirror cloth toran, which are wall hangings used over doors or windows with festive trim hanging down like oversize rick-rack. </div>
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Did I mention how much I love these intricate Kutch mirror worked pieces? They are from an area in north Gujarat known for it's incredible artistry in cloth. Often included in girl's dowries, these beautiful cloths take women weeks to complete. Light dances across the tiny mirrors and the brilliant colors seem to vibrate. </div>
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Good old kantha - these blankets made of old cotton saris and other household textiles are an easy thing to overlook. They are suddenly everywhere in the design world and I keep thinking they are done - over-exposed. But then we start looking through the piles - turning over one questionable side to find the most delightful pattern on the reverse. Maybe I'll just open one more, three more, two dozen more -- and that is how you end up with stacks of them -- such fun! </div>
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Speaking of questionable textile purchases... Yes - we bought a dozen or two kooky patchwork critters - from tiny to trottable. Camels, horses and elephants -- we couldn't help ourselves. See how they look like they are making a break for it out the door? That's what shopping for textiles for 9 hours straight does to you...</div>
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And perseverance -- here is Linda in the basement of the third textile warehouse of the day...</div>
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But even the simplest cotton blankets are beautifully rendered in earthy tones, subtle stripes. with delicate hand knotted trim - they are subtle and love to layer.</div>
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Other pieces beg to be touched and examined. These Afghani Zazi textiles are the perfect size to traditionally cover your tribal tea table while having a cup of chai. The little hand embroidered squares have clusters of blue seed beads completely surrounding their borders. </div>
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Last but certainly not least - a delicious double sided Pashtun pillow cover - these are from the Swat Valley in Pakistan and are covered entirely in the most delicate silk hand embroidery. </div>
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This incredible craftsman is rebuilding the antique ceiling panel behind him - one teeny, painstaking puzzle piece at a time - and still has a grin for us - wow</div>
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There are endless treasures in Rajasthan -- we bought beds and benches, buffets and birds, bajots* and brackets... Containers full of fabulousness soon to be heading the AZ way. Our last day in Jodhpur we even got out into the daily markets piled high with vibrant veggies - the lush garden colors competing only with the bright kaleidoscope of saris on the shoppers. We hiked up to the fort overlooking the blue city below and had a moment to ponder the ancient history of this city we've grown to love over the years. It's been 16 years now that we've been coming here - crazy. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Dramatic new carved bed out of old wood - we have one in this creamy finish and one in "medium antique finishing, madam" as they say in Jodhpur -- it means a dark mahogany basically.</div>
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Linda in a metal warehouse</div>
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Spooky old carousel weathering away</div>
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Once again - back in India!<br />
It is so familiar - sitting here at the Inn Season in Jodhpur. Quiet evenings after a long day of shopping. The dust and grime of centuries crusted over the day's clothes, tucked neatly into the hamper for the laundry wallah to take away later. We stalk through warehouses and yards acres wide for days here looking for the treasures we send back home to the store.<br />
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The slight electrocution of my computer as I type - whenever plugged into the makeshift sockets here the voltage ever-so-slightly quivers through the metal casing of the keyboard.<br />
A Kingfisher beer in a colonial era cut crystal glass.<br />
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Trilling horns from passing Tata trucks, the wisk-wisk of the bundled stick brooms the yard boys use for leaves, the faint melodies of temple music -- all wafting in the window.<br />
Awkward five course dinners served in the tiny dining room downstairs -- the only dinner service at our guest house -- soup, half a dozen delicious Rajasthani veg dishes, and even ice cream - I think it all costs around $6.<br />
Waking up again the next day - before dawn to realize the power is out again and the room is still and hot -- what to do until the light comes in again...<br />
And starting the hunt again - new warehouses piled high with remnants of colonial powers, ancient villages, tumbled down towns' worth of goods... <br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Oh Morocco - How I missed you. It's been 8 years since my last trip through your labyrinth, treasure filled, donkey-cart/motorbike strewn, dusty, caravanserai lanes. A walled city built simply for the joy of trade - splitting the distance between sea and sand - nearly a thousand years ago... it still makes my heart beat faster. There wasn't a moment in the eight days we were there that weren't spent shopping, talking about shopping, or drinking to recover from shopping. But we filled a container with untold splendors and had a hell of a time doing it... </span><br />
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But others we certainly could! Lanterns, trays, pots, moucharabi, handiras, SO much -- can't wait til it arrives!! </div>
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Amazing large brass lantern -- we will have a pair of these lovlies </div>
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Gorgeous old doors snapped up by our very dear friends visiting Marrakech with us for the first time - cannot wait to see their new house decorated with all the goodies we found together</div>
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Me, Linda and our lovely and wonderful friend Ale in Cafe des Epices with the spice market out the window</div>
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Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00928544102731080442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070927591089817118.post-75285826929044227332012-06-29T12:47:00.001-07:002012-06-29T12:47:52.490-07:00Sandy Koepke<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Pinterest and Houzz are two of my favorite obsessions, as any of you that know me can surely attest. <br />
One of the first "finds" back when I started spending time on the sites was Sandy Koepke. Her livable, eclectic designs are built around intimate, comfortable gathering spaces. Outdoors lush succulents mass around dramatic fireplaces, vines drip off arbors, and ethnic textiles decorate cozy seating nooks. <br />
I was absolutely delighted when I came to work this morning and found an email from Sandy herself saying she is coming to visit us here at Tierra Del Lagarto in the near future -- all because she found us on Houzz after I started following her. Yay! I am so excited -- I honestly think she is a kindred spirit and I cannot wait to meet the woman behind such lovely work. <br />
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This is one of my all-time favorite shots -- the arbor, the lanterns, plants just exploding out of every corner -- love it all.</div>
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This Manhattan Beach patio built around a stucco fireplace is dramatic and fun. The cascading succulents softens all the hard lines of the mantle and bench. I would love to do something like this out by the pool. </div>
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This barbeque set up is ideal for the back of our house... </div>
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An old jali window from India adds interest to a stucco wall in this outdoor kitchen. </div>
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Glorious agave tumbling down a tiered elevation. </div>
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All photos linked through to Sandy Koepke's great website - here it is again if you can't get the links to work - definitely check it out!</div>
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</div>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00928544102731080442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070927591089817118.post-67302016807660423412012-06-20T12:00:00.000-07:002012-06-20T12:00:09.839-07:00Exploring the living room with the new camera<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Two extraordinarily unusual events are happening today -- half a day off with NO kids around (!!) - and our first DSLR camera just arrived. Geeking out the last two hours with the camera has certainly not gotten my house any cleaner, the laundry remains in piles, the agaves I need to plant outside are crisping up in the heat -- but I am having a fabulous time. And so far all I've done is take shots of my bookshelves. Well, it is midday -- the light is not so good and its 110 today or so - thus the relatively boring subject matter - but man does this thing take some nice shots! I am falling in love with my crap all over again since I can take pretty pictures of it -- yay! <br />
Now -- what I really need to do is learn how to make real websites - not just little blog pages and Facebook posts -- I would love to use this for the good of the store. Poor Tierra Del Lagarto has never had a real presence online -- so if any of you dear readers have any advice on web development software I would love to hear it. Just simple, beginner stuff... I'd love to hear from you! <br />
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Turquoise beads I just brought back from Istanbul -- thank you for pointing them out e! At right are some of the little stone feet blessings I collect in India. </div>
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Recognize the suzani on the wall? It is the same on I used as the border at the right of the page -- it just arrived from Turkey this week -- so lovely. My reason for including this shot is to point out the hideous pale green beam at top right. Our painters are coming in the next week or so to FINALLY paint them -- hallelujah! A year and 3 months is way too long to have lived with those minty beams -- I will repost with new pictures when they are gone - can't wait. </div>
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- A giant fiddle leaf tree in a glazed red or plum pot </div>
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- Window treatments?? High sheers? Color? Bamboo blinds with colored sheers? There is no privacy issue -- the yard is quite closed out there - but just to filter the light? So unsure.</div>
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Thanks for the indulgence of all these photos -- so fun -- now maybe I should get something done before the horde returns!</div>
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Phoenix, this time of year, is all about pool time - we have been able to enjoy the water even with the twins this year since our new pool has one of those shelfy-things -- (Baja shelves I believe they are called?) We splash around out there and cool off -- it's fabulous -- except for the fact that the back of the house is a wasteland. We spent the last year pulling out the endless stretches of deal oleanders and replacing them with stuccoed walls. Thankfully we now have lovely walls the same rusty orange as the house encircling the pool part of the yard - but there is literally nothing else. Gravel and blank walls are all we are looking at out there as we swim and lounge. (Well, not much lounging happens in our three kid reality - but you get the idea...) <br />
I have been tinkering with the idea of building an outdoor fireplace as a focal point. I also want to put up a large shade arbor -- but it needs something more - thus the fireplace idea.<br />
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This peaked opening fireplace combined with arbor is lovely.</div>
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This is from Maine Design in House Beautiful recently. They have mirrors flanking the stone fireplace - a fun trick with reflected light to make things look more expansive.</div>
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This has made the rounds on Pinterest a lot - Sandy Kopeke -- those succulents cascading over the wall are so luscious -- and banquette seating might work in our space as well. </div>
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Quatrefoil fountain is pretty fab too -- peaky fireplace is perhaps a bit theme-y?</div>
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Kind of monolithic - but I like the raised firebox and mantle idea. </div>
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This was in House Beautiful a while back - Dana Lyon - an old customer of ours with exquisite taste -- I love the soaring chimney and the arched firebox -- and the lanterns are from Tierra Del Lagarto.<br />
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This angled fireplace could work outside if we placed it by the existing garbage area -- someday outdoor shower! <br />
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This is Rachel Horn Interiors - kind of huge but a nice courtyard.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Moroccan Zellij Tile </span> </div>
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Moroccan tile - or zellij - is one of my favorite materials to use in kitchens and baths. In our last house we did our backsplash in the border above with a similar field tile to the amber 2x2 shown below. At Tierra Del Lagarto we import these direct from Casablanca from Ait Manos - a company that uses centuries old techniques to create beautiful new tile in a rich assortment of colors. </div>
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When using even a simple solid color field one gets a lovely difference in tone as each tile varies slightly from the next. </div>
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Some of their newer field tiles are a bit more modern - here is one, a nod to the trend driven yearning for chevron everything. </div>
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I am still a sucker for the traditional motifs like below - but I can see that fun ol' zig zag in one of our upstairs bathrooms.</div>
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The borders below are two of my new favorites - fun for fountain interiors or wainscoting rails. </div>
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I've been thinking about all the materials we don't end up buying when we are on our trips - things we just can't sell as easily that I would still LOVE to include in our collection. These marble pieces are warehoused in central Turkey where we buy our old, Anatolian pots. (See the link below for that post.)<br />
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Our friend Yusuf carries old fountains, Hamam basins, new and old sinks - all in lovely aged marble. It's fun stuff - a little more formal than a lot of what we do at Tierra but it certainly has it's place... in particular one of those old fountains, some roses - my side yard -- sigh... <br />
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"Why take your kids? They'll never remember the trip..." I have heard this countless times over the years from customers and acquaintances. </div>
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So far I have 6 1/2 years of memories of traveling with Oliver that I wouldn't trade for any uninterrupted "adults only" vacation I know of. And <i>he</i> gets to look back over photos like this and really believe he remembers it all too. </div>
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Getting a lesson in axe grinding at the depot in central Anatolia where I buy old Mediterranean pots. </div>
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Our friend Elizabeth's fabulous apartment - we will be getting these light fixtures on the next trip to India this July. </div>
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Elizabeth's glorious turquoise pottery collection. How it pops in that charcoal colored room -- ooo!</div>
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Sick of shopping for textiles, Ol stands in front of a giant split tulu (shaggy woolen rug) that looks like giant's pants from the 1970's. He didn't think my little joke about the pants was funny AT ALL -- can you tell?</div>
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Happy our last day in Istanbul - with his new tiny chess set -- I love this boy. </div>
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Some of my favorite things we found in Turkey this trip... </div>
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A fine pile of treasures that will come by container in about two months -- pots, old bread boards, dough bowls and old rusty iron...</div>
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New Suzani pillows done on vintage silk - we have 18 of these in stock -- gorgeous!</div>
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Unusual old iron window grates with moons... might have to have one of these for myself!</div>
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Clay chimneys - doesn't he look like a very alert owl?</div>
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Measuring vintage kilims to cut into pillows -- hundreds will be on the container!</div>
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Dagar- or open mouth - pots from Konya - make great planters.</div>
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Potential fencing for my own house -- each panel would be separated by a stucco post -- for the front at 7th Street...</div>
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New lanterns we will be importing from Turkey - due to arrive with our container load of old Mediterranean pots in the store in about 10 weeks. Cannot wait as these may be the perfect thing for the powder room re-do chez nous...</div>
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Springtime in AZ means soon the summer heat will be upon us. Already the days are getting longer with not so many visitors coming in - soon it will truly be a ghost town. It does give us a chance to clean up at the store, however. Tierra Del Lagarto gets its annual cleaning -- and we may even paint our yellow wall-- we shall see... <br />
Meanwhile the good thing about summer is travel -- we are off to Spain and Turkey next week -- can't wait!! <br />
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We've gotten so much at the store recently I haven't had time to send my new container emails, update our Facebook page, or even think at all about telling our little world about what all we've received. I just today got a chance to walk around and take some pictures finally of what has come in. Looking through the pics and sorting them here has helped me know what to mention in the mailer and post online - and it's a nice reminder that it is a cool place. Sometimes it is hard to remember in the day in - day out...<br />
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Vintage Mirror cloth pillows with fine embroidery</div>
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Moroccan tile table with Indonesian deer, Sumatran wedding boxes, and one of Gennine's bird prints</div>
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Old corbel on stand, Turkish pot, Moroccan zellij table</div>
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Old teak bench, great woven throw from India, Lombok basket vase</div>
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Timor style horse and rider, Sumatran wedding boxes</div>
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Carved capital, corbel in background, wooden yogurt pots - India, river stone vessels - Indonesia</div>
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XLg Lombok baskets - great Peruvian chair</div>
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Beaded Sumatran wedding boxes</div>
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It is nearly planting season here in the Phoenix area - and I can't wait. Literally - I can't - we are plating some non-native privet this weekend. We still need to hold off on delicate frost sensitive things like bouganvillia and succulents -- but I am dreaming... Soon we will be able to get cracking in the backyard which was recently scraped clean of old rangy Bermuda grass. While the funds for the flagstone patio are not yet with us - we can certainly start getting some things in the ground and watch them grow. <br />
In this month's House Beautiful there are some gorgeous pictures of garden rooms done by landscape designers at their own homes. These pictures from Elysian Landscapes's website show gorgeous use of green on green - big architectural agaves mixed with soft grasses and the blues of trailing sedum forming blankets beneath burgundy spears of leaves. <br />
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Things are finally getting going in the new year at Tierra Del Lagarto. We have received a number of containers back to back and have two more coming in later this month. I love it when we are full and getting ready to get MORE full -- ahh - stuff! </div>
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I am feeling a bit nostalgic today - starting to do our annual
Shutterfly album for the grandparents, looking through the year in
pictures... The incredible baby-ness of our twins, the still
round-faced sweetness of our then 5 year old, has me reeling as I look
back on shots of them from a year ago - but house-obsessed as I am,
these shots of our old home taken January 2010 have me feeling almost as
wistful...<br />
While I love our new place - and it will indeed be the
house of my dreams someday, our home of 9 years back on 27th Pl had
achieved the kind of us-ness that can't be conjured up in the few months
we've been here. I long for that Viking stove too, dammit! Anyway -- I
need a place to be able to see these shots all together too as we have
some new clients doing a more Moroccan themed house and some of our old
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The living room above and below. Old Indian door surround as fireplace mantle.<br />
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The guest house above and below - Indian bed and breakfront, Turkish kilim on wall. <br />
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Out back - Indian cabinet, and antique arched window over Indonesian sideboard made with old bed panel.<br />
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Below - the breakfast nook with Indonesian daybed and Moravian star. <br />
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Our Indonesian four poster in the master -below.<br />
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The master vanity with it's damachiya chest, urli sink and Moroccan zellij and bone inlay mirror. Barbara Cosgrove lamps in lieu of sconces.<br />
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Old Indian window as mirror in guest bath below-- wish we'd done a copper sink there. <br />
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The master bath below - Moroccan tile. <br />
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Ol's room - - simple - but fun -- need to redo something like this for Finny. <br />
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The guest bath below - with Mexican tile and an old teak vanity from India.<br />
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The guest house Doug built.<br />
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We need to replicate the lattice arbour behind our new pool area.<br />
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The guest house 3/4 bath below with Indonesian stone floor, open vanity and cool woven pendants.<br />
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