Tess Canfield's Blog

One of my very first decorating projects resulted in this little vignette. I have that planter in my own apt and four years later I still love that guy. I remember driving a town over to save on shipping costs and picking it up from the maker herself. #design #minimalism #simplelife #californialiving #shoplocal (at Burbank, California)

A little #designinspiration and #tbt all in one. This is the kitchen from Pena Palace in Sintra, Portugal. But like, I would take everything in this photo for my own if I could, amirite? #oneday #design #kitchen #vintage #style #travel (at Sintra, Portugal)

At least this heatwave is giving us skies like this? 🌅 #nofilter #basic #sunrise #santamonica (at Santa Monica, California)

Me and my RBF in Bagan. 📸by @stevecanfield #takemeback #tbt #travel #myanmar #bagan (at Myanmar)

A living room I decorated aaaages ago for one of the coolest couples I know. @ida_kay @aframes . . #design #decor #interiordesign #losangeles #surf #surfstyle #midcenturymodern #work (at Santa Monica, California)

Since I am wanderlusting hard these days, I think I am going to use each #tbt to share some of my fave trip memories. Just last weekend, I was reminded of the time @stevecanfield and I were on our honeymoon in Bali and we were invited to a local wedding! We stayed in a small village outside Ubud called Melayang and turns out that it's customary to invite everyone in your village for a wedding. Since we were part of the village that week, that included us! I was so in awe of the bride's hair. And her awesome shoes. . . #travel #bali #honeymoon #travelersnotebook #passportready #weddingdress #takemeback (at Ubud，Bali)

Y'all, truth is, my poor website is neglected and I go thru phases when I forget Instagram exists. But I am going to try to do better at at least this and start posting more of my work and past projects whose poor little photos haven't seen the light of day. ANYWAYS, here's an adorable nursery I wrapped up a few weeks ago for a more adorable baby. . . . #decor #design #babyboy #neutral #nursery #portfolio #decorate #werk (at Los Feliz, Los Angeles)

#tbt to the first time I floated down the Bosphorus in Istanbul. That was dreamy. 🚢 #takemeback #passportready (at Istanbul, Turkey)

Long overdue day trip to Santa Barbara. ✔️ #puppylove #socal #wine #summer

Holy @#%$. Yes please.

got some listening to do

Meet Ginger! My bike and newest member of the fam.👫 🐶🚲 Who wants to cruise the #westside with me now? #bikelife #fixedgear #abovethebars #solebicycles (at Santa Monica, California)

Anyone else geeking out over this?

And now we're in Porto! The second largest city in Portugal. Port wine is named after this city as hundreds of different kinds of grapes come here from the Douro Valley to be made into Port wines. 🍷🇵🇹 #porto #portugal #travel #tourist #views (at Porto, Portugal)

Another #latergram: the Douro River cutting through the town of Amarante. #charmingAF #thatsdarling #travel #tourist #portugal (at Amarante, Portugal)

I've learned that Lisbon is known for their amazing bookstores. This one at the LXFactory is no exception. Not pictured here is the massive old printing press inside the store. Cooler than the world's oldest bookstore (for real) that we were in the other day. #travel #lisboa #bookstagram #vintage #lxfactory (at LXFactory)

An artsy AF #nofilter photo by @stevecanfield. This was taken in the Embaixada -- a XIX century new-Arabian Palace turned into a shopping & food gallery that hosts brands and artists focused on Portuguese design, craftsmanship, fashion, gastronomy and culture. 👍Take my money, #lisbon. 💸💸💸#lisboa #travel #yes #moodygrams (at Embaixada)