MetroShip

The very cool and modern 48-foot MetroShip, inspired by New York loft spaces. Click here for more info.

Images: MetroShip

Santorini Sleeping Nook

Oo, to escape the heat for this cool, white sleeping nook.

(Thanks, LJ and CC.)

Image: Wayfaring Travel Guide

Unexpected Blue Wall

Great unexpected burst of blue.

Image: Paul Raeside

Japanese Aquarium

There's something about this video of a Japanese aquarium that's mesmerizing.

Josie Curran's Houseboat on the Thames

I'm drawn to the white walls and colorful accents of British author Josie Curran's houseboat/floating home.

Images: Jake Fitzjones/TimesOnline

Missing You Photograph

Photo by Jose Lampreia.

Image: LampreiaFineArt/Etsy

Dock Steps

My newly gifted heavy fiberglass dock steps make me happy. Much better than carpeted wooden steps -- fine when the boat was in a covered slip, but gross and unappealing after a single rainstorm here.

Silver Tin Ceiling Tiles

I bet tin ceiling tiles painted silver would be way too reflective on my ceiling. Shucks.

Images: James Merrell/Inside Out, James Merrell

After: Cruise-a-Home TV Cabinet

Decided the vintage cabinet didn't work. BS sawed a hole in the wall at the bow of the boat, extended the existing cupboard, and added a door and a pull-out shelf. Hidden is good. More floor space is better.

Before: Cruise-a-Home TV Cabinet

My original plan was to attach my TV to an articulating arm at the bow of the boat. Instead I found a vintage cabinet at Alameda Flea. And, of course, misjudged the space needed for the satellite box and modem. Sigh.

Matchstick Blinds

Perhaps I'll do matchstick blinds on my windows.

Image: James Merrell via Remodelista

Night Heron

Rumor is that the night heron that hangs out here at the harbor is dumb, but I like him anyway.

Image: ricmcarthur/Flickr

After: Cruise-a-Home Seating

Driving along in my car one day, I had an epiphany about the seating in my salon. I called BS right then and there and we arranged to build a settee along the port side of the boat.

Giveaway Winner: Bold Colors Book

The winner of the Bold Colors Book giveaway is sweetsue. Congratulations! (Thanks for entering, everyone.)

Before: Cruise-a-Home Seating

My plan was a simple platform daybed, but being poor and impatient, I tried a Craigslisted Danish Modern chair and my mother's hope chest.

Floating Shelf

Floating shelf love.

Image: lovely design

Fourth of July

On the Fourth of July, they set fireworks off from a nearby barge. Since I'm, ahem, smarter than the vet, I decided to ignore her suggestion of giving Lily Benadryl and tried Calms Forte, a homeopathic remedy, instead. Lil stayed wide awake and became so upset by the noise that she crawled in my lap. Turns out I'm not smarter than the vet, after all.

Image: xandert/morgueFile

After: Cruise-a-Home White Paint

I'm seriously in love with white paint.

Before: Cruise-a-Home Wood Paneling

"Before" photos, complete with cringe-worthy dark 1970s wood paneling.

Mediterranean Bed Nook

Bed nook obsession.

Image: Debi Treloar via The Style Files

Tracey Falk's Vancouver Apartment

If I ever have to live in an apartment again (dear God, please, no), I want it to be like Tracey Falk's 450-square foot Vancouver apartment.

Images: More Ways to Waste Time

My Cruise-a-Home

The houseboat, when it was still located in the Sacramento/Stockton Delta, before it was mine.

Vintage Linen

Vintage French linens are the best thing since sliced bread.

Image: Jane Sacchi Antique Linens

Simple Settee

This was inspiration for the settee in my salon.

Image: Livingetc.

Before: My Cruise-a-Home on Craigslist

Pics of my boat from the Craigslist ad. Pretty darn different from how it looks now, I'm happy to say.

Patchwork Jute Rug

Pottery Barn's jute rug is similar to the strips of matting that you can buy at Cost Plus/World Market. The matting that was my original intention for the boat but looked too dumb. Sigh.

Image: Pottery Barn