tiny.k is a blog devoted to interiors, photography, and anything else I find inspiring. I'm a freelance web developer by day and scour the internet for beautiful things by night. I live in the midwest (nope, not all farmland) with my husband, our daughter, and two dogs.
Photo of our dog, Bird, is by Jay Fram. Check him out, he's awesome!
Photo by Pia Ulin
I have some sort of weird addiction to photos of cozy beds that I can’t resist. Saw this image today while searching through Pia Ulin’s portfolio (stunning!) and couldn’t help but mention it.
Photo by Damian Russell
I have a fear of color, as is apparent by our house and my wardrobe. I love color but mostly when used with restraint and as we are finishing up things in the bathroom, I keep thinking about how white it is in there… we need color. So in response to my phobia, here’s some color-therapy for the week in hopes that this weekend I can slowly start adding just a little bit of color around the house. Just a wee-bit… easing into the idea ever so slowly.
Photos by Earl Carter
The top photo is by Damian Russell, while the bottom two are by Earl Carter. Both are great photographers and I recommend checking them out! If you really want to see some color, check out Earl Carter’s images section… bold.
Have a great weekend!
Photo by Jon Day via House to Home.
Loving these wallpapered cupboards (why do I misspell that word every time I type it?) and am getting excited to try this out at home! Can’t decide between painting and wallpaper but I’ve never put up wallpaper so I’m not sure if this is an overwhelming task or an easy one… ? Anyone ever wallpaper a cabinet before?
Photo on left from Nickey Kehoe via desire to inspire. Photo on right by Robert Wunsch via emmas designblogg
Photo found on DWR; item no longer available
How fun would it be to have a swing inside your room growing up? We spent the weekend indoors with the girl and were wishing we had bought the indoor swing pictured above when it was on sale and available at DWR. It was such a good sale, too!
I also really love the room on the right taken by Brigitta Wolfgang Drejer (found via bloesem kids)—makes me miss the tall ceilings from our old house.
Photo by Brigitta Wolfgang Drejer via bloesem kids
Photo by Eric Piasecki
My hands-down, least favorite room in our house is the living room, which we also refer to as the crap-factory. It is the finest collection of our worst decisions. Onto shelves. I’m tossing around the idea of doing something similar to the shelves from DWR that I love but cannot afford, but I also love the idea of metal library shelves on the wall. The white shelves from this picture and the black ones here are still my favorite but I’m also really loving these:
Photo from Roman and Williams
Then there’s the opposite end of the dollar-and-energy spectrum but equally intriguing low plywood set:
Photo by Damian Russell
Photos by Anson Smart
I was reading an interview of Katie Quinn Davies on Design Files this morning and noticed she mentioned photographer Anson Smart. Hmm… like his stuff! I also recommend reading the interview if you’re looking for good inspiration sources for food and photography, or get inspired by people in the creative industry. On a side note, hooray for the weekend!
Photo by Anson Smart
Photo on left by Janne Peters; right by Ngoc Minh Ngo
A good friend of mine passed along the site from the desk of… which, in their words, is “a site dedicate a site solely to canvas of the Desk.” Now I’m on a desk kick and can’t stop collecting different ideas on desks, work-spaces, and how people work.
Photo by Pernille Kaalund
Of course black and white is still a pretty big obsession of mine since these bottom two are my favorite.
Photos by Pernille Kaalund
Photo by Johnny Miller
When Nathan and I first started rehabbing I’ll admit that I didn’t have the vision that he did. We would look at different properties and instead of feeling inspired I felt overwhelmed. Usually it was from the smell of mold, dirt, and 100 years of decay, but sometimes it was from the paralyzing fear that we could never make something this bad look good. Or even better.
After nothing less than a few years, I was starting to get the hang of it and something changed. I would be visiting spaces and only see the potential. Really see the potential. It’s fun and although I also see the money, time, and energy that goes into projects of that scope, I’m still addicted to the idea of what something could be. It’s exhausting sometimes, but mostly fun.
Photo by Johnny Miller
I was reminded of all this when I was looking through Johnny Miller’s portfolio. It brought me back to here and here and here, which immediately makes me tired, but it also made me happy. Anyway(!), loving these photos. Some other nice photos below.
Photo by Johnny Miller
Photo on left by Jennifer Cawley; right by Ngoc Minh Ngo
This winter has been a particularly long one for me. Could it be having a toddler who only wants to be outside, cooped up all day? The overload of snow, freezing rain, and ice we’ve seemed to be a magnet for? Or… maybe it’s having a new house to fix up and wanting to desperately address the exterior before anyone comes over?
Photo by Kira Brandt, via My Scandinavian Retreat
Either way, I’m in a serious black-phase and have been considering painting the exterior really dark. The only problem is we have an older stucco house, so I’m sure it’ll come out looking charred. Not. Good.
Photo by Damian Russell
“Living in the woods and keeping a journal of your thoughts.” Nathan’s dream, via Homer Simpson. I could do that in either of these spaces.
Photo by Mark Roper
