I went shopping...

It's no secret I am in love with my city, Portland Oregon.

Besides being beautiful, funky, quirky, a great place to get

both a glass of good wine or good coffee, Portland has 

some fun home decor shops.

Yesterday, I was shopping with a friend/client and 

snapped a few photos with my iPhone that I thought

I would share....just for fun.

 We started at Cielo Home - a sweet shop that specializes

in gorgeous special antique pieces, custom upholstery and lamps,

John Derian pieces and other small decorative items.  For me,

this shop is for inspiration......it is pricey....but hey, a girl can dream!

We also ventured to Jonathan Adler - this is a new

store for Portland - opened about six months ago!

Overall, the Adler look is a bit too contemporary for my

personal home, but as a design fan, I was in heaven!

The store is so inspirational and full of COLOR!

I loved the whimsy and the messages on the 

walls of the store - all about living in 

beautiful, fun spaces.  Obviously,

Jonathan Adler believes that more than anything,

design should be fun!  Amen!

Cargo - an import store was our next stop.  Cargo has a bit

of this and a lot of that....Asian pieces are plentiful, including 

all the blue and white porcelain pieces pictured above.

The also have a large selection of Santos cage dolls -

I happen to love these, but I know lots of people

who find them slightly creepy.  What do you think?

And more wise words from Jonathan Adler........

My friend/client purchased a couple blue and white

porcelain pieces - including that LARGE jar

pictured above and will have them converted to lamps.

I can't wait to show you this project - it's going to be beautiful.

Enjoy your day!