Monday Inspiration

Another rainy Monday? sigh. Today I'm working on some ideas and plans about our next phase... project: putting-life-back-together-after-a-year-of-wanderlusting. More on that later. ;)

 

J'adore Kishani Perera. I've blogged about her before, I know, but today, I just love this image. It's so perfect for the rainy drizzling day. I love the greyish-white cool background; I love the arched window; I love the white painted brick fire place; I love the dark (is it navy or is it black) front door; I love the restrained splashes of yellows, teals, and purple-y pinks. 

I love the simplicity of it all.

 

I'm dying to make these: Coconut Milk Fudge! (from Smitten Kitchen)

Apparently these are chocolate/coconutty dulce de leche little treats. The foundation being sweetened condensed milk... a Southern thing, isn't it? Add cocunut milk, butter and corn syrup (don't let the "it's made from corn and is fine in moderation" crap fool you into thinking this is healthy), boil, reduce heat to low until you get  a fudgey texture (mmm), then refridgerate. The fun part looks like the rolling into balls and dipping into pistachios or toasted coconut or sprinkles. 

(Really. I'm heading out the door to the grocery store to grab the ingredients as soon as I'm finished with this post)

This room is killing me. 

After scrolling through my ridiculously long blogger reader, I came across these images (from Design Dump) and saw that they're from a furniture manufacturer IN SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE!!! 

I LOVE San Miguel! We went for New Year's this year and it was FABULOUS!

Anyway, the furniture makers/artisans are called Casamidy. 

Go there and drool. 

Lovely things.

this is where we stayed in San Miguel. 

You need to go there.

Really, you do.

Happy New Week!

xoxo,

Cheeky Color

 

Jonathan Adler for Liz Lange

 

 

  

  

  

  

  

 

Liz Lange's airy beach home designed by Jonathan Adler. 

Photos from House Beautiful.

Jonathan's design approach: "We painted all the floors white, which is something I always love to do for instant happiness. Color is a great way to express playfulness. Throughout the house, we used turquoise, yellow, lime green, black and white, with nothing toned down. One of the nice things is that it's a light-filled house, and the colors just crank that up to the next level...

"We went with a programmatic approach — the black and white foundation infused with single punches of color. 

"In the foyers and living room, it's black and white with a splash of turquoise. 

"We built on that in the dining room, adding lemon yellow to the mix. 

There's a purity to the colors and a purity to the nature of the design that reflects Liz's strong sense of who she is."

Since one of my strengths is color consulting, I completely LOVE Jonathan's approach to color for this project!  The dining room is one of my favorite dining rooms maybe EVER! Look for a Designer CopyCat post on this room!!!

What's your favorite room? Do you like this bright palette with fun splashes of color? Or would it overwhelm you?

xoxo,

Thomas Paul for Duralee

Thomas Paul has done it again. This New York textile designer offers his own line of home accessories as well as fabrics through Duralee. And his new collection is fantastic!

 

Reminds me of the Dwell Studio comforter of my dreams.

 

  

 

Gorgeous, aren't they?  Throw pillows, comforters, curtains with ribbon trim... so many possibilities.

xoxo,

I love Paris in the Springtime

 

I love Paris so much. SO MUCH!

 

It's my favorite place on planet earth. 

My hubby and I honeymooned there in the summer. I've never actually visited Paris in the spring time, let alone early spring, but I imagine it's magical just like these pictures, by Carter Smith for Zara Fall/Winter 2006. Joe Zee styled models Anja Rubik and Will Chalker IN Paris. Love. 

 

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

Found these via dressdesignanddecor from dustjacketattic.

Do you love these images as much as I do?

xoxo,

Etsy Find: Tastes Orangey

 

 

Sewn Prints by Tastes Orangey are sew cool! (Eeew, what a lame pun!) Aren't these cool, though?

xoxo,

Monday Inspiration

Today is a rainy day. 

Not the kind that is dark and depressing and makes me wonder if I'm experiencing Seasonal Affective Disorder. No, it's the kind of rainy day that's delicious. The sun keeps peeping out from behind the clouds in between showers. The air is chilly but not freezing cold. And I'm in the Texas hill country- one of my favorite places. 

It's where I grew up. I think the winters are the best here. It's usually sunny, windy, and moderately cold- happy winter weather. So I'm in a good mood for a Monday.

Back to the rain... aren't these adorable? My friend Lauren just got them. I think they'd make a gloomy rainy day a happy one. Everyone should have a cute pair of wellies, don't you think?

The other day I googled "Westies on a walk" and this picture popped up. Really?! These Westies are definitely not walking. But how adorable is this little old man on his moped!??!!? Guess some people have their own definition of "taking the dog out." LOVE it. :)

Do you know about Dezeen? One of my old friends from interior design school sent me a link to it the other day and I can't seem to stop looking at it. It's a design and architecture blog featuring cutting edge projects.

Lately, I've really been missing Domino. sigh. I was visiting my friend Katie, who still displays old issues on her coffee table... I leafed through several and was transported back to pre-economy failure days when I took for granted my favorite shelter magazine. I was a faithful subscriber since it's very first issue, but stupidly threw most of the old issues away. I think I still have 2007-2009 in a box in my storage unit somewhere. I'm a little excited to think about digging them out. They're like old friends.

 

Speaking of Domino magazine, photographer Anna Wolf, whose work often graced Domino's pages has an incredible portfolio. I especially love her portraits and travel images.

Quite the feminine perspective, I think. 

I hope the rest of your Monday is wondeful!

xoxo,