This is one of several Yes Spaces interviews in which we snoop through the homes of my real life and internet friends who have used ingenuity and budgets to create sweet living spaces.
This tour comes from Amy of Starfruit Cafe fame. She lives in San Francisco where she's a software engineer at Airbnb.com. Her favorite color is mint green, and when she's not riding her bike, she enjoys using it as decor.
Internet homes: blog // twitter
Length of time in home: 2 years
Who do you share your home with?
I share my home with: out of town friends who come visit or local friends who want to have a girly sleepover!
This tour comes from Amy of Starfruit Cafe fame. She lives in San Francisco where she's a software engineer at Airbnb.com. Her favorite color is mint green, and when she's not riding her bike, she enjoys using it as decor.
Internet homes: blog // twitter
Length of time in home: 2 years
Who do you share your home with?
I share my home with: out of town friends who come visit or local friends who want to have a girly sleepover!
What are the three things you love most about your space?
1. Light! so much natural light
2. French doors that close to separate bedroom from living room, or open to make the apartment feel more roomy
3. Big Kitchen
What's the least awesome, must-work-around aspect of your space?
Whoever laid out the kitchen put the fridge in an odd place-- the door rubs against the window frame any time you open it-- and this has resulted in the handle falling off.
Tell us the story behind one of your favorite pieces in your space?
Once while living in Tokyo, I got food poisoning and feel and sprained my ankle and knee in one afternoon. My friend Erek came over with homemade apple sauce, a giant goomba (like a get well bear but you know, awesomer), and cables and an adaptor for my super nintendo so we could play mario kart. Once I got better, we had a goomba stomp fest near Nakano station. So that’s how I ended up with a giant goomba plush! (For the record, they are as stompable as they appear).
What are some of the DIYs you've tried here?
DIY teepee from A Beautiful Mess!
What's the strangest place you've found stuff for your home?
Literally ALL the furniture in my apartment comes from IKEA, but as for decorations-- I have a stuffed robot from the convenience store inside of the HONDA research building in Wako-shi, Japan.
What are your top five sources for design inspiration?
1. The Selby
2. MUJI
3. Finnish interior design
4. Hello Sandwich
5. Martha Stewart Living
Thanks so much for sharing, Amy!
1. Light! so much natural light
2. French doors that close to separate bedroom from living room, or open to make the apartment feel more roomy
3. Big Kitchen
What's the least awesome, must-work-around aspect of your space?
Whoever laid out the kitchen put the fridge in an odd place-- the door rubs against the window frame any time you open it-- and this has resulted in the handle falling off.
Tell us the story behind one of your favorite pieces in your space?
Once while living in Tokyo, I got food poisoning and feel and sprained my ankle and knee in one afternoon. My friend Erek came over with homemade apple sauce, a giant goomba (like a get well bear but you know, awesomer), and cables and an adaptor for my super nintendo so we could play mario kart. Once I got better, we had a goomba stomp fest near Nakano station. So that’s how I ended up with a giant goomba plush! (For the record, they are as stompable as they appear).
What are some of the DIYs you've tried here?
DIY teepee from A Beautiful Mess!
Literally ALL the furniture in my apartment comes from IKEA, but as for decorations-- I have a stuffed robot from the convenience store inside of the HONDA research building in Wako-shi, Japan.
What are your top five sources for design inspiration?
1. The Selby
2. MUJI
3. Finnish interior design
4. Hello Sandwich
5. Martha Stewart Living
Thanks so much for sharing, Amy!
I love all the white and natural wood color, and now I really want to turn one of my cupboards into a cute coffee and tea nook like that.
ReplyDeleteI love this space, the natural light & wood make it look so homely!
ReplyDeleteJust a quickie - I was struck by your refrigerator comment about the doors hitting the window. Have you ever considered making it so the doors open the other way. It's not hard. I switched mine. Check out this link or google your specific fridge you'll be amazed at how much sense it makes when you switch it.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ehow.com/how_4695692_change-direction-refrigerator-door.html
Great idea - thanks for sharing, Pam!
DeleteI switched my door once too but then the spring broke because we flipped it, so be careful! But for the 3 months that it was switched, it was life changing!
ReplyDeletePS I love all the light in your apartment!
Aaaaand now I want some cafeteria lunch trays.
ReplyDeleteRight?!
DeleteLoved everything! Need to see you place someday. Mine is a mess... :(
ReplyDeleteI love all of the stuffed animals, so cute!
ReplyDeleteDid you know...it's pretty easy to switch what side of the door the fridge handles are on? The Internet is an amazing place :)
ReplyDeleteLoving two things especially: the mint green bike and the lace teepee! Very sweet place.
ReplyDeleteI also love the mint green bike, so much!
ReplyDeleteI love the bookshelves full of toys and stuffed animals! I lived in Japan for three years and definitely collected my fair share of UFO catcher and gachapon toys. Sitting them amongst the books is a really cute idea.
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