Hey peeps! Sorry to have been so absent lately. Work’s been crazed and a super duper Media Bistro blogging class I just took has me reeling with the possibiities for the blog. Posts might be scarce for a while longer so please bear with me.
Smooches,
Paulette
“Angel” (Sligo Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland)
Not being one to ever pass up the opportunity to succumb to peer pressure, I’m jumping on the Picture-A-Day bandwagon that’s trending with some of my fave bloggers. I’m not making any masterpiece-y promises, but I can promise an eyeful from moi (most) every remaining day in 2010. To begin with, I offer you the Letter E . . . for E Street Cinema, where this afternoon I saw Young Victoria with M’Rose.
Vintage Va-Voom! There’s a fine line between decorating with vintage items and living in a museum. So much to love in this cottage where they get it just right: quirky lamps; inspired use of colored glass bottles throughout the house; silk scarves turned window coverings, and, of course, the fresh green in the gorgeous, gorgeous kitchen. (via apartment therapy)
Oh, You Swede Talker You! The more I surf the web, the more I realize that in many ways I’m as much Scandinavian as Parisian at heart. Think it’s all that gorgeous wood and pale colors—but not Easter egg pastel—that they’ve got going everywhere. And all the Scandinavian arty types I’ve started following have that cozy minimalism thing down to a science. Like at the Hotel Story–irresistible to this writer who’s clearly coming out o’ ye olde closet about her Scandinavophilia. (via emma’s designblogg)
Read It and Weep. Seriously peeps. Like I need one more magazine to get addicted to. Do you know how many magazines already come to my house on a regular basis? Do you know how many additional magazines I buy at Barnes & Noble or Borders while muttering, “I don’t have a problem, I can stop any time.” For realz! . . . Uhm, so anyone got $10 I can borrow till payday so I can get me a copy of At Your Leisure? Just curious . . . (via Oh Joy!)
You’re Such a Boaster. Don’t quite remember how I discovered this blog, but I love Pickles and Cheese because: 1. It’s named after two things I like very much to eat. 2. She brags about her Goodwill/thrift store finds AS MUCH AS I DO, and that’s saying something. You’ll like her blog because she actually gives how-tos for transforming her finds from trash to treasure as opposed to moi truly. So follow her already. Capisce!?
Flower power. These vases by Diana Fayt are simply stunning. As you can see in the photo shoot, Fayt’s floral-etched vases manage to showcase rather than compete with the blooms they hold. I also love the practical aspects of the design: the vases are narrow-mouthed, so you can get 2-3 arrangements out of a single bouquet of florals. Better yet, they’re just as lovely—and floral—even when they’re bloomless. As I commented when I first saw these: breathtaking. (via Design*Sponge)
Rooms that make you say hmmmm . . . So here’s an insider look at Hazlitt’s in London. Not sure I’d actually want to stay here—it’s a little too museum-ish for my taste. That being said, I could definitely be convinced to spend a blissful hour putting that wonderful shower through its paces. (via notcot)
Non sequitur alert. Uhm, so this blog (by Rainn Wilson) has absolutely nothing to do with home stuff, except for the fact that I am sitting in my home laughing because of it. I suggest you do the same. (via Twitter, I think . . . )
Eat me. This recipe has me downright salivating. Let me know if anyone gives it a try. (via ReadyMade)
You had me at “fruit stand.” As you all know, I’ve never met a farmer’s market I didn’t like. And I’m also the one in the car gazing longingly after every single hand-lettered sign promising homemade pies or fresh produce or lemonade. So no surprise that I’m dubbing this interview the “feel-good story of the year.” Note to those who like moi are of a certain age: Skip the part where they you how old Andrew is . . . sigh . . . . (via ReadyMade)
Detail from Angelique’s Apartment Therapy Home Tour (Photo by Phillip Maisel)A collection of homes that give me a heart-on . . .
House of Treasures. (via Design*Sponge)
Vive le France (via Design*Sponge)
One person’s clutter is another persons, “Ooooh, treasures!” (via Apartment Therapy)
I think I’m having an art attack! (via Design*Sponge)
A lofty goal (via Something’s Hiding In Here)
Behind the seens. An interview with architect/designer Dee Dee Taylor Hannah thanks to Ronda over at All the Best.
The cat’s out of the bag. Uhm, not really sure how I’m going to keep my tote bag (it’s-almost-an) addiction under control when people (like Oh Joy!) keep pointing me to (easy-on-the-wallet) cutie patooties like these from MAPTOTE. Go Queens!
Icy hot. This is the coolest housecleaning (by which I mean, of course, making a humongous mess while I move the furniture yet again) tip ever! Thanks for giving me a clue Shelterrific.
Picture this. Do I really need to explain why I think this is the coolest idea ever? Hmm, wonder if I can barter for this using my roll of 4th-of-July-in-the-neighborhood photos I never developed by which I mean uploaded or even downloaded from the camera . . . . (BTW, this is thx to Shelterrific.)
Full House. I’m a little in awe of this house which mixes country, vintage, and Old Hollywood elements (check out the chandelier collection!) with aplomb. This is the kind of place I’d never get invited to simply because they wouldn’t be able to get me to leave. I’d be too busy ogling, groping, and otherwise interfering with all their treasures. I particularly like how well their collections are integrated into the decor and the folk art elements that are scattered throughout so they add a bit of sweetness rather that kitsch. Yep, I’ve definitely got a heart-on for this habitat. (Thanks to style/swoon for sharing.)
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Any artist whose motto is “I live in France . . . in my head” is destined to be my new artist crush. Meet Francine Turk who I know nothing about except I’ve been drooling over her work since I discovered it five minutes ago thanks to Apartment Therapy. You can check out some of her new work at Chicago Art Source. (I haven’t yet gotten up the courage to ask how much her work is.) From her moody Matisse-like nudes to her even moodier mashups of visual and print language, Turk’s work makes me consider what’s hidden in the gray areas, in the smudges, in the lines left undrawn or smeared beyond the point of recognition. What do we choose to say or to not say or to un-say? Turk’s work also makes me remember wandering in the Marais spellbound by that peculiar heaviness of ancient time and hidden things that seems to permeate Paris’s former Jewish quartier. If you’re actually in that great big town by that great big lake, you can visit Chicago Art Source in person at 1871 N. Clybourn Avenue. Bon Pensee (which I hope means Happy Thinking . . . or Pondering . . . or something along those lines)!
You can dress’er up. . . . I’m in serious heart with this vintage dresser, which I discovered courtesy of an Apartment Therapy house tour.
Take a breath. Okay, so I have two air purifiers that I never use because, well, they’re ugly. Maybe I can trade them in for enough cashola to buy this gorgeously organic-ish model, which I discovered by way of Cool Hunting.
Wallflower? So I’m still traumatized by the pink/green plaid wallpaper that hung in our kitchen in the house I mostly grew up in. Not to mention the hunting scene paper in my room and the oversized foil floral in the master bedroom. (I liked the flocked shades-of-olive stripes in the dining room cause they felt nice.) But if I ever do splurge on wallpaper-aversion therapy, my first stop after I’m cured will definitely be Hang & Paste.
Guinness is good for you. Two of my faves in one–Hugo Guinness’s beautiful drawings and John Derian’s store. (And yes, I’m excited even though I’m really only catching a glimpse of the Derian store wall here.) Rumor has it that Mr. Derian now has a store in Provincetown, just one more reason why I need to get another fellowship there soon! (Thanks to dear ada for giving me today’s guinness fix.)
Don’t let the door hit you in the . . . A gallery of colorful and gorgeously rusted door hinges curated on Flickr by the fabulous ArtbyChristy. Can’t decide which one I’d actually want to hang on my wall as they’re all so evocative. Talk about “significant objects!” Think I may print them all and use them to jazz up my new office digs.
Domino redux? Launching this fall is Lonny magazine, an online-only decor mag from a former Domino editor. I’m keeping my fingers crossed!
DIY to die for. Easy peasy how-to on creating a fabu fabric-covered headboard thanks to Grace the Groovy over at Design*Sponge.
Shady Lady. My friend Meaghan Mountford, who usually riffs on excellent edibles over at The Decorated Cookie, just bought a new house. Which means we get to “eavesdrop” as she puts her formidable DIY skills to use decorating her new digs, like making these nifty roller shades. Given that this woman can draw Elvis on an Etch-a-Sketch, I’m planning on paying careful attention.
Modern Economy’s having an online sample sale till tomorrow morning (9/11) at 9am. Run don’t walk to your keyboard and get your sale on!
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