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| I love July 4th! {and the 3rd for that matter}. I was lucky enough to grow up on the ocean, so the July 4th celebration always began with bonfires, cookouts and fireworks on the beach, July 3rd! The 4th has been my favorite holiday since I was in high school! Enjoy! I've decided to hang out in my home town this year! |
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Happy 4th! What's not to love?
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Cheers to a shiny, happy holiday!!!!
{this toast is PERFECT for me right now!! love it. - I'll toast to trust, loyalty and lifelongs any-day! {long story - let's just say I'm looking forward to 2011}
Have a wonderful holiday!!
warm and fuzzy
{would this not look adorable framed in a bedroom? - I'll let you know what i find}
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| My plan was to post something entirely different today but I awoke to a beautiful three inches of snow. I love the power of an image. I try to begin my day on a positive note, these images certainly set the tone for me today! This time of year is so magical isn't it? {aside from the craziness} |
Bummer
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| In a perfect world I would be sipping champagne at the holiday party I was supposed to attend tonight, instead I am home sick on antibiotics! Happy Holidays to you!! If you have a party tonight, Enjoy! |
Dress: Barbara Dress by Tory Burch
simply darling
I love brooches, they're so timeless aren't they? I'm not a huge collector but think I could be happy owning an array of large vintage {or new} brooches. I loved the idea of attaching one to the outside of a wrapped gift. {the gift doesn't necessarily have to be wrapped in a shirt, you could use any simple paper}. even better if the treat inside {like this adorable jacket} went with the brooch.
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Holiday Hit List
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| Besides finishing up my decorating there are a number of other duties I need to attend to! Here's a glimpse into my holiday "hit" list! |
2. Who can go wrong with Mr. Boddingtons? I need to send out my cards very soon.
3. A simply elegant up-do, the perfect look for any holiday party!
4. I'm going with a striped wrapping theme this year!
5. Veuve Clicquot Rose - need i say more?
6. I have a thing for baubles { i mean who doesn't?}...it's been a very rough Fall, good enough excuse for me to buy this ring from Kate Spade! { not sure if i will go with the black or not !}
7. I am having a small family fete on Christmas eve, these gold specked plates from Crate and Barrel are perfect!
images: hair style - glimpse of glamour blog
"beau" or no?
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| I won't be hosting Christmas this year, but I still can't resist a bit of holiday table inspiration! Here I'm honing in on the napkin. Do you like the idea of the bow shape or not? Just curious? More then anything I like the added punch of color these napkins add. images: Coco and Kelley, My sweetrandomness |
The White Tree
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| We're actually purchasing quite the opposite of a white tree this year, I'm off with my little ones early today to the Christmas tree farm. We are going to cut down our own little tree this year! Thought I'd mix things up. But.....I could definitely see me doing a second chic tree in all white some year {it's not going to happen this year - love the idea of a second tree in the foyer - above image}. If you're in the market for a white tree, Target is carrying one!! |
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| Who could forget Lee Kleinhelter's amazing white tree? |
A small white tree is also an option!
images: Coastal Living, Cottage Living, Google.
Gift Guide - a little something for everyone!
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| Hello, hope you're having a great week. Thank god it's Thursday right? now I don't have to feel guilty about having a glass of wine at five on the nose. I'm not going bananas with gifts this year, so I kept my gift guide short and sweet. I also assumed you aren't a millionaire so everything on my list is affordable! |
1. Necklace by Fragments available through Neiman Marcus
2. Letter-pressed {my favorite} personalized stationery through Color Box Design.
3. Enchanted Buck measuring cups - Anthropologie
4. Graphic Tie - Barney's New York
5. A creatively colorful collection of short stories - Kate Spade
6. Yummy - Splurge for the shipping on Laduree's macaroons
7. Adorable horse friend for the kiddies - Anthropologie
8. Handmade Soft and comfy cotton scarf {the only kind} thorough Etsy shop, Knit Frekkles
9. I love the re-imaged vintage photographs available through JKL design.
shining bright
I'll take one of everything shown above, thanks..Blake Lively's unexpected look is adorable...and can I have a miniature version of the Swarovski star that tops the Rockefeller Tree this year! Gorgeous!!!!!
Deck the Halls..Room of the week!
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I can't believe the holiday madness is right around the corner! I actually enjoy the holiday madness! I'm opting to keep my decorations simple, natural and clean this year. I love the feel of Canadian House and Home editor Suzanne Dimma's home. It's a beautiful blend of warm traditional and clean, masculine modernism. I love the idea of hanging an oversized wreath on the inside of the door. I also love the natural looking table top tree and all the pretty gifts surrounding it. I may go with another table top this year. I was very pregnant last year so I had a table top tree. It looked adorable. This year I may do the same. I am trying to make my home environment feel a bit different then what I've done in the past! I'll go all out next year, when my life is a bit more sane. Have a great weekend!!! Images: Nov. 2010 Canadian House and Home. Photo: Michael Graydon |
Going Green
In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I thought I'd be pretty uncreative and pull together some of my favorite green rooms. I'm always a fan of bright, monochromatic (or dichromatic) spaces and green is one of my favorite colors when you're trying to go bright and bold, but still have a "liveable" room. Unlike, say, orange or yellow, Green -- and even bold greens like kelly green -- read as a neutral when they stand alone or when only paired with true neutrals like white or black.
I've been coveting these Ava dining chairs from Annie Selke for months. I also love how Amanda carried the green onto the heavy beams, creating a real architectural feature out of what could otherwise best be described as bulkheads. I also love the soft brass fixtures with the green, the warmth lends a richness and depth to the room that I don't think nickel or silver could.
With its cheerful color palette and midcentury touches, this room is classic Jonathan Adler.
This room feels classic New England to me, with the roaring fire, heavy moldings and quilt on the bed. The color, however, really pulls it into the 21st century. I don't know if you'd call this color a blue-green or a green-blue, but I love it.
I typically try to avoid competing shades of a single color in a room, but the lime green walls and turquoise chairs really works together here. The overall effect is updated Palm Beach, without the hyper-coordination that can often make a room feel stuffy.
Ah, another set of dining chairs that I'd love to own for myself -- anyone know the source on these? All the major elements in this room are neutral, but the room feels very colorful thanks to the green curtains, seat cushions and plates. In a few years the owner could easily switch these elements out with a different color for an entirely different look. It just goes to show you that you don't need a lot of color to make a big impact.
The mix of modern and traditional elements in this room is wonderful, but the best feature by far is all that gorgeous natural light streaming in from the floor-to-ceiling window.
I think I'm increasingly obsessed with grass cloth -- if only I could find a place to use it in my own house! In any case, I love the mix of patterns in this room. The graphic rug, the cheetah print chairs and the grasscloth on the walls all lend different but subtle patterns, the combination of which is really greater than the sum of its parts.
Using a great print as a jumping off point for a room is a sure-fire way to achieve a cohesive design. The lavender and lime color palette is pulled from the fabric used on the ottoman and side chair in the foreground. The fabric is then repeated in the pillows on the sofa, ensuring a balance between both sides of the room (after all, it would feel a bit "off" if all the print were on one side of the coffee table and all the solid fabrics were on the other).
These forest green leather doors with brass nailhead trim make me realize that my hollow-core doors are such a missed design opportunity. I also like how the hallway stands on its own design-wise, yet still works with the adjoining entry as it picks up on the greens in the wallcovering and generally harmonizes with the browns that dominate the adjoining space.
I love the tight brown and lime color palette in this room -- it really enabled John to mix prints with abandon: plaid, Ikat, butterflies, geometrics...and yet it all harmonizes beautifully because all the prints contain the same colors (and when they don't, like in the plaid and Ikat prints, Willey added the missing color in as trim). I normally shy away from floral or butterfly prints as too girly, but the color palette and the great mix of other prints makes this room feel gender neutral to me. Also, did you notice the trim on the ceiling? What a great (and inexpensive) way to bring some interest to your fifth wall!
Pink and green is such a classic, preppy color combination, but it's one that never fails to make me happy. It's even better when the colors are turned up a notch as with the hot pink drapes here. The softer neutrals in the rug and chairs help the room from feeling too much like the inside of a Lily Pulitzer store. I will say though that the composition feels a bit unbalanced to me, as all the saturated color in the green sofa and yellow pillows isn't set off by anything. I'd perhaps have included brighter pillows on the neutral side chairs and the white flokati pillows on the sofa...but that's just me.
More fabulous pink and green, but this time both the pink and the green are in bold, saturated shades. I particularly love the contrast of the modern pop art with the very traditional handpainted wallpaper. Such a great contrast really makes this room stand out for me.
As much as I love a serene bathroom, I can't deny that this bright green bathroom from Sixx Designs is tons of fun. The salvaged pharmacy sign is a great touch and picks up on the retro black and white tiling. I really love the strong blue of the pendant light fixture. It's an unexpected, but brilliant touch in this room.
Tobi is definitely a designer after my own heart. She's fundamentally traditional, but she's fond of bold color schemes, patterns and tightly edited spaces, all of which is perfectly exhibited in this green, white and gold living room. It's unusual to see two side tables that are actually taller than the sofa arms, but I like the built-in, cozy look that it lends the room....Oh and I would give my right arm for that coffee table. My only complaint? That Tobi karate-chopped the throw pillows. I hate that! Why do people do that?! Fluff, don't chop, I beg you.
I love the sophisticated, yet tropical feel of this bedroom. Again, I love the grasscloth wallpaper and its chartreuse hue is a very modern touch against the cottage-style bed as almost any other color green could have read as too country here.
Green is, ultimately, a natural color choice in interior design. It pairs well with both complimentary colors (like pink) and analogous colors (like yellow or blue) and is a great accent color for predominately neutral palettes. Green can read as energetic or calming, intense or calm, glamorous or laid back. Green also works in a variety of design styles, from traditional to modern. But whichever direction you choose to take green in your design, you can be assured that you'll be bringing in a little bit of Irish luck into your home.
Happy Easter!
For those of you who celebrate Easter: Happy Easter! But even if you don't, enjoy this gorgeous Spring weekend.
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