Photos du Jour and Work Stuff

These sweet shots were captured at a recent(ish) work event

Speaking of work, I'm still loving it!

Feeling proud of some good teammates and team work! So grateful to be a part of it!

 

See a bit more and learn more about our biz here on Design Milk. Pinch me, I heart Design Milk! Both photos below are from Design Milk. 

Did you get a spring catalog?

 

 

Schoolhouse Love

It feels good to do good. The schoolhouse family has a lot figured out - such an honor to play a small part in it all. It's so much bigger than lights. 

January!

Once a month seems to be my blogging pace these days.

This is how I spent every weekend of January (and december). On the mountain, in the snow...how we like it!

Pro tip: don't try to buy, build and sell a house in the same month. That is our February plan. Feb is not even here yet and it already scares me. 

Our house is pending, and will go to a very sweet deserving family who will love her like we have. Our new house should close 2/22. And the chalet on the hill should be done 2/10. Yikes! That is a lot of moving parts. 

So weird to think of not living here...also so weird to see her in the snow. Did you hear about our snow? It was nuts. My kids missed about 10 days of school for snow, ice, and associated flooding. 

The chalet isn't done yet...but it is close! And it was done enough to have our first party! A twister party for 4!

Luckily...with all this change, some things stay the same...like this guy - my rollerblading amsterdam love...thankfully my early morning running buddies still see him regularly and snap photo evidence. The shot below may be the best full frontal shot of our collection....well done girls, well done! I miss you!!!!!

One final nugget for this random post. If you are wondering how and where I spend my days...here is a backstage tour! I cannot believe I have been in this job over a year - it has flown by and feels like a dream.

Vanmoof wins my heart again

The best last-minute souvenir I grabbed from Amsterdam was my Vanmoof bike. No question. She lives at my office and I ride her almost every day to get lunch. She even got a special place in our Fall Catalog (hello cover girl). 

Vanmoof is innovative in so many inspiring ways. Most recently, they have wowed us all with their elegant simple solution to a major problem. Brilliant. 

Jungalove

So much to love about all of this...

Launch Love

Our Schoolhouse Electric Fall Line has launched and it has been very well received. It is so fun to put your work out into the world and hear what the world has to say...

We have had a bunch of fun good press, nationally and internationally...but my most favorite take on the fresh line, came from a local fave, Portland Monthly...

I adore their copy, esp the bit below, which makes my heart smile. Because...don't we wall want something that could fit equally well in our rustic cabin and our spaceship?!

They get it! They get that our line and styling are the opposite of boring and they understand our efforts to avoid taking home decor too seriously. Yeah! It feels good to be understood, so well.

PS - I loved this coverage as well, it is a very thoughtful and thorough review

Carpe Diem! Big Picture Calendar

If you know me at all, you know I adore planning my entire year on one page. I have made my own such planner for years...I even remember doing it in high school...

It brings me so much joy to share that I will no longer be making my own.

Schoolhouse has partnered with Egg Press (who is awesome and conveniently located one floor below my office in the Schoolhouse HQ) to introduce - The Big Picture Calendar. 

Go buy one.

Carpe diem sweet friends, carpe diem!

 PS - they come in this great tube packaging and make a fab gift...

Lucky Me

Remember this darling home tour? Yeah, me too - I dream of striped walls!

Well, I have another mad-talented coworker with a hip sense of style, so natch the blogosphere was eager to give her some house tour love...

Lucky me, I get to work with the cool kids, every single day.

Lily Love

As soon as I saw the job posted, I knew just the gal for the gig and I let them know. Sure enough Amsterdam Cycle Chic scooped sweet lily right up!

Bedtime Story

His and hers copies. We feel so much inspiration and gratitude when it comes to this genius.

Dreams come true

Some dream of a corner office. I dreamed of a corner office that has polka dots. Pinch me. Have I told you lately that I love my job?

Seek your chaos, find your calm

Welcome to Spring at Schoolhouse Electric. If you want to see what I have been up to at work for the past many months...check out our new Spring line.

If you don't already get our catalog, you probably should...sign up here. 

Summer Time

My darling coworker Summer had her home featured on DS yesterday. It nearly blew up the internet, because it is just that sweet. What an honor to work with such stylish, smart, fun people. Ahhhh....

Interns

On occasion I take my kids with me to work. This time I took them to the roof! 

LinkedIn

Life is good when you have a job where your linkedin profile picture can be something like this...

Run With Me, NYC

I love hotel apples. Especially sweet in the big apple. 

View from my bed, which I crawled right back into after a crazy early run. Loving the city.