In our office, we’re all quite excited about the new AZ Magazine, featuring Kristin Alber — the unofficial prom queen of Mesa — on the cover. (Alber owns FOUND, and this is her happy house. )
She gave her Mesa bungalow a greige makeover and shared a sneak peek with us:
Her desk:
Vintage sink:
I love that LOVE print.
Read the story and see the rest in the September AZ Magazine, which you can find at AJ’s Fine Foods, Albertsons, Barnes & Noble, Bashas’ CVS, Fry’s, Safeway and Walgreens stores. *Photos of the Alber home by Sierra Studios Photography.
September is our home issue, so I love it especially, particularly the story about a couple East Valley bloggers who amaze me: Jilly and Mia, The Girls With Good Taste. I bought a chair from Jilly through Craigslist, and so that’s how we met. Then she told me about their blog, and then I had to read it every day, and then I realized that I went to high school with Mia. (It’s a small, small world.)
Jilly and Mia could inspire Craigslist faith in anyone. They take cruddy castaways and turn them into things like this:
(Before)
After:
Before:
After:
And they made this headboard:
So, you now have many happy things to read: the new AZ magazine, and the entire archives of Mia and Jilly. Enjoy.
(P.S. Big props to AZ Magazine’s talented designer, Andrea Heser, for making it look so great.)