Every few years, I re-evaluate the half a dozen or so places I publish content to weed out what doesn’t match up with what ’s got my attention. After comparing a few quick lists, I decided it would be so much easier to combine the personal side of my pro-personal blog at www.sophistechate.com with my photography portfolio site at www.lisabrewster.com (which is much friendlier to pronounce), and move the pro side back to www.technarium.com, which is the neglected Web 2.0 think tank blog I share with Dave. I’m also actively maintaining two tumblelogs at the moment, of which I’ll probably keep both (the Project 365 one is automatically fed by a Yahoo piped RSS feed, anyway). That streamlines a lot of content, but I’ve found that I’ve recently started prolifically generating an entirely new genre of home design and management content that doesn’t fit into any of my existing categories (or audiences).
Confession: Martha Stewart is kinda my hero
It’s been slowly trying to surface for the past couple of years, but now that I’m so concerned with eating a whole food diet, then interior decorating once I moved into my new condo in February, I’ve turned into a bona fide home economics nerd. I cook dinner from scratch every night, my sewing machine is out of the garage and ready to learn how to use patterns, my house is slowly filling with a combination of thrift store finds and modern furniture, and I’ve got pages of moleskine notes documenting all the projects I’d like to get around to. I’ve been bookmarking my inspirations from around the web, but now that I’m shifting into execution mode, I decided that I wanted to have a dedicated space to document my progress.
CC licensed from my camera to your wall
So once I started thinking about what I could do with a design blog, it naturally made sense to include my photography as well. I’ve been searching for a few large art pieces for my condo, but have found myself disappointed in the prices for even unframed prints in the scale I’ve got in mind. As an artist, I feel like I should be able to meet this challenge myself, but I’ve found that while I love the images I create, very few are pieces I’d like to hang on my own walls (I think because I prefer the more interpretive nature of paintings). I decided to take this opportunity to give myself a long-term assignment to create more photos that appeal to my interior design tastes. I’ll publish my creations here, and since I’m a creative commons photographer, feel free to enlarge, print, or adapt these images to your own needs.
What does Boundary No. 9 mean?
It’s my address, more or less. I came up with the name when brainstorming for my “pharmacy” name to use on the apothecary labels I’m going to design for the bottles in my bathroom (which really does consist of products like rose water and witch hazel). I wanted something that would tie in to the spirit of place I’m creating, plus have a Frenchy perfume feel. Boundary No. 9 was a perfect fit, and I love how it can be interpreted to have just the slightest twinge of mystery and sensuality (Boundary number nine? What were boundaries 1-8?).
So if you have a love of mid-century urban interior design, small space living, multi-function furniture, San Diego thrift store finds, DIY projects, free art, sustainable (and largely plastic-free) living, cooking from scratch, and laughing at me as I try to teach myself how to sew more than just pillows, please subscribe to my RSS feed or sign up to have email updates delivered directly to your inbox. Thanks for checking out the new site!
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