tastes orangey.

i've posted before about the tastes orangey etsy site. clare elsaesser's style is right up my alley. have a look and see if it's right up your alley too!

"a cabana in the shade,
drinking cool lemonade
on a winter holiday
tropical vacation come my way!"

i love this little diddy that reads below this particular painting. if you are in the market for some additional christmas gift ideas, check out tastes orangey. they are prints of original paintings but then hand sewn back onto textured watercolor paper for that "very substantial feel." love. enjoy!

wanted. pattern & color. full time.

i'm not sure what it is? perhaps the long winter in new england? the fact that i can seem to wear nothing else besides every shade of grey and black clothing at the moment? hmmm. anyway. today i'm completely & utterly craving pattern & color. bigtime.

so much going on in this small space it's fabulous! from that standing light base to the artwork to the completely yet perfectly crowded coffee table to those pillows. one stop pattern & color fix here. via bolig.

so many living plants and what have you are tempting me these days. succulents, terrific hanging aparatus's like these. and have you seen the new anthropologie catalog with those translucent droplet hanging terrariums? yeah, like i said, tempted. almost hypnotised! via gardening in heels.

of course i've always been drawn to artwork (i have an inner artist in me that comes out from time to time) but stripes? they are secretly, softly seducing me these days!

ah and sorry but i seriously now need a herringbone mirror. don't you? via rue.

ahhh...can you just smell them now? and remember how timeless and perfect the addition of flowers (they must be real!) are to any space? residential or commercial. they add texture. they add color bursts. they add life! via mixr.


from the sharp angles & texture of this antler display hovering above the soft flowing striped chair with it's lipstick colored throw, this space begs you to plunk and ponder. really great!

this kitchen/seating area had me at the blue artwork. oh and the dog! ;) via mixr.

i'm still seeing tons of geometric patterns & shapes as in these chair legs. i love how there is this weight, not only in color but in density of this table, hovering above these fragile in appearance chairs. really an interesting layout. this and the one below via bolaget.

and this robin's egg blue chair. i'm happening upon much in the way of robin's egg blue regarding furniture fabric & painted woods these days...trend?
what about you? for your residential or commercial spaces are you pattern and colored out? are you currently on the hunt for neutral tones and soft soothing surroundings? well, not that i have anything against our friends, the neutrals and the softs you understand. it's just that every now and then, a shock of color, a boost of texture or pattern. something unexpected is just what the doctor ordered. enjoy!

full of roses, and jewels.

ok, these lights by brand van egmond have me stopped. thinking i'd had seen much of the pretty that is out there already, and being reminded that indeed i have not.








william brand and annet van egmond founded brand van egmond "with the sole intention to create art without restraints." the jeweled chandeliers and other brand van egmond lights are inspired by the necklaces coco chanel used to wear. the roses, inspired by the spiritual roses at st. servaas basilica in the netherlands. so there you have it, even more amazing lighting my friends. thoughts? i think in the right place, the right space whether residential or commercial, these are big impact lights. or soft impact. however they are incorporated, they can be either. love. and roses. and jewels. and lights. oh my! enjoy...

some simple design pleasures.

what are your design pleasures? is it a certain color palette? how about adding in pattern or texture? is your pleasure to fill a space, to warm it, cram it with all things you love? or is your pleasure to have clean, crisp spaces? i've posted some of my simple design pleasures, of all kinds really. a little of this, a little of that...
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hoping this mid~week finds you happy, creative, somewhat relaxed (even if you are working :) and looking forward to friday. enjoy my simple design pleasure picks, i'd love to hear what yours are. do tell! enjoy...

spring tempted.

ok friends, so i ran from class to class last night, jumping slushy puddles of mucky snow, slipping and sliding in my converse high tops (why didn't i wear boots by the way?) and cursing the fact that winter will just not go away already! i decided this morning it had to be about spring. it just has to!!!

let me tempt you with new spring lovliness from pottery barn...i need this...

set your table with these bird salad plates. so subtle, so soft, soooo springy!
these curtains had me, well, at curtains! smocked drapes in sheer cottong voile, so springy romantic!

on my run yesterday, there where robin birds all around me, here, with this spring sparrow bedding, they really can be :)

wrap me up in these fern towels!
spruce up any space with fresh new lighting like this bristol accordion sectional lamp, oh and it's on sale!

i want a flock of these pillows completely covering my couch! don't you? :)

sure signs of spring with these pretty bird candles.
dainty villa footed bud vases.

aaah, now as i look out at my frozen tundra lawn, i will remember the robins that flew all around me yesterday as i ran and realize, with the help of pottery barn, spring is right around the corner. it better be :) enjoy!