Pinterest / Airbnb lobby

Hey-o! I realized I never shared these. They're the lobby for the new (second) space for Pinterest's HQ, also shared with Airbnb. Lucky ducks. It's so gorgeous in there! I may work from home there one day, or work from lobby. WFL ; )

Pretty things...from the weekend.

After gushing over their Instagram and owner blogs and artwork for a while I finally made a stop at General Store in mellow, sea salty Outer Sunset- holy moly. That's a beautiful shop, like, I'll take everything, backyard too. (So many links to link to, but it cannot be helped, it's such gorgeous stuff). And revisiting Flora Grubb to get inspired all over again by palm trees and succulents for the garden makeover T and I are tackling (and to plan imaginary super expensive parties!). But the very best part was spending the day with my friend Morgan who is so rad, and whose blog Pandahead is one of my very favorite sources of inspiration, recipes, photography, style, humor and (so much) more. It's also just a damn good read. So check it out. So great to see you lady!! Too bad we are on opposite coasts because I want to hang way more, but hooray for social media. Sunday was a great day too, as T and I went to a (twins!) baby shower for our good friends Laura and Damien. We are totally bummed that they are moving to Portland in a few days but so excited for them and their new adventures. They were among our first friends out here and are now a very good excuse for a road trip to Oregon...

Pinterest Tour!

Yesterday I had the good fortune to invite myself (and be told yes) to a very cool, private tour of Pinterest's headquarters around the corner in San Francisco. Along with two coworkers from New Relic happily bounced along on a two hour tour Pinterest's HQ. Our lead was their head designer, Jen. Pinterest's offices are famous for being inspiring and unique, all thanks to Jen, and it seriously did not disappoint. Luckily they're also just a 10 minute cab ride away. We arrived for lunch (which was all healthy and awesome, and offered daily along with dinner and endless drinks and snacks - it's like a little Google!). While we ate, Jen gave us the vision for the office and how it all came to be. Interestingly, the space was a strongly considered contender for New Relic but in the end NR turned it down, because it's a little too edgy and arty for our crew, but ideal for Pinterest. After lunch, Jen filled us in on all the stories behind each space as we walked along, from the conference rooms, craft table (fully stocked and oh so tempting) bike parking, laboratory, all manner of common areas, desks of course, the "top pinned items" display, a badass garage door conference room, pictures of pinners, a sweet lending library, red English public phone, lunchroom, coffee bar, game room, mother's room, zen room, wine room, yarn bombs... on and on....it was impressive. It was rad not only to hear how each area was conceived, but how the actual scouting of materials went down - auction houses, made-to-orders, commissions, and funny stories like Ke$ha trying to make off with one of their couches at a flea market. A lot of the moveable designs and decorations in the space were created by Pinterest employees, who are all super talented and creative (natch). They do monthly "makeathons" like our "hackathons" where they get together and make what ultimately gets displayed.

Anyway, here are some pics. I obviously had a great time, was really inspired, and would love to do this for a living! I didn't take as many photos as I now wish because I was asking lots of questions and trying to keep up, but I did take some. These are from the first space - which they have already outgrown. I wish I'd taken a photo of the center common area, right when you walk through the main doors, past reception, and where the lunch was taking place. Great space. No wonder it's next to impossible to get a job here. 

We also got to check out the unfinished space where they're building out the next offices next door. The second Pinterest building has a lobby so beautiful I think I took about a billion pics. I'll post those later.