out of office...

Spent most of the day shopping with a client, will have something "fab" tomorrow along with a new "style board" designed around one of my favorite Georgia O'Keeffe paintings.

friday musings...

food for thought...+ wednesday's interior(s)

I figured since I was behind a day on posting, I would combine topics. Plus I don't have any particular "food" on the brain, been too busy! Also, food has to be created and eaten somewhere...This kitchen above is one of my favorites, it is from an old ELLE Decor. While I'm not a "pink" person, it is stunning; not to mention unexpected, with the black cabinets. I have always wanted black cabinets for base cabinets and natural pine, distressed, for the wall cabinets.

I am also a fan of concrete counter tops shown in the kitchen below, Better Homes & Gardens August 2004. They are modern and industrial and would look very cool with black cabinets.

So to enjoy the fantastic meal created in the fantastic kitchen, one needs an amazing dining room. These dining rooms are from Cottage Living and Country Home. They both have a great mix of style, rustic-modern-contemporary-fabulous, simply stylish...

Now I'm hungry!

style board: operation coral pillow

I had so much fun with the style boards for the Fall Color Trends 2010, that I have decided to continue, whether with a trend or an attention grabbing item. This week it is an attention grabbing coral pillow...I spotted this pillow on blissliving.com. I love the color and the subtle quilted pattern. Coral looks amazing with grey, but I wanted to warm it up a bit, so when I found the chandi at Horchow. Hello, Tiffany Blue and coral, a no brainer. The gold tones in the shells led to the bamboo table due to it's warm color, texture and overall fabulousness. I threw the brown in for extra depth, okay, because I had to feature the Zinc Bar from jaysonhomeandgarden.com.

This room has a good color range to shift into Spring/Summer. Toss in some more Tiffany Blue, remove the grey velvet drape, and voila!

Does it work for you?

work in progress...

Still working on today's Style Board with this pillow as the inspiration...

fab find: elle decor, what's hot! october 2010

Elle Decor, What's Hot! October 2010 featured three fabulous goodies that I had to share.59" x 79" striped alpaca blankets from dbryantarchie.com. I have an alpaca poncho that is sooo soft and warm, it makes me warm and happy! I can just imagine how wonderful one of these blankets would feel to cuddle up in.

This chair from American Leather is not your typical wing chair. The Cole has such clean, modern lines, it's more of a mid-century mod wing chair. Available in a wide range of colors, I personally am loving the green! americanleather.com

This gilded Pearson's side table is simply glamorous. The lines, the gild, the black glass shelves... it would make a stunning bar table for a small space, pearsoncompany.com.

friday musings

Heading into a busy weekend. So I think I'll channel Kate Moss channeling one my muses Brigitte Bardot... sans the heels!

Have a fabulous weekend,

TC