"Unknown Legend"

There's something very calming and somewhat striking looking at pictures of musicians in their day to day life. No matter how larger than life they may seem, there is still a sense of place for them. 

Located in Woodside, CA south of San Francisco and at the end of Bear Gulch Road is Neil Young's Broken Arrow Ranch. He bought it in 1970 for $340,000 cash when he was 24. It consisted of 140 acres, which he grew into 1,500 acres after buying property around the ranch. How amazing is that? And how much does that make you feel like you haven't accomplished anything? Yeah, me too.

The few photographs of him there depict a lifestyle only people today can hope to have. Money, success...seclusion? As Neil Young himself said about buying the ranch:

“For whatever you’re doing, for your creative juices, your geography’s got a hell of a lot to do with it,” he said. “You really have to be in a good place, and then you have to be either on your way there or on your way from there.”

This Old House

One of my favorite things to do is scour the apartment section of craigslist and peer into other peoples interior design lives. See how they model their homes, what ways they position their chairs in their living room, what KIND of chairs they have.

Another much less creepy thing I do is look on Pinterest or tumblr. I don't have a distinct favorite style of design, it ranges from bohemian hobbit house to American craftsman to tudor mansion. See, I told you. One thing is constant, I love lived in spaces. I can't see the appeal of Kanye-approved minimalistic design, concrete walls, all white everything. Unless it's a swingin' 60's Frank Lloyd Wright construction, preferably in the rolling hills of California with a dirty martini in hand. 

Here is some Monday inspiration, or distraction, for your viewing pleasure.

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