couverture and the garbstore.

couverture and the garbstore is a super cool shop in the heart of london's notting hill...

and even more cool is how they describe what they do and what they sell: we are "fighting hard the monsters of the corporation, standing up for quality and better days." right on!

couverture and the garbstore is chock full of interesting and hand selected (you can tell) items for the home and a few things for your body, like jewelry and some unusual t-shirts. it's a store that if you stumbled into it, straight off of the street, you'd know it was different. i love that! i hope that your weekend was amazing and that you sucked up some summer like i did! enjoy...

have a summer weekend!

man oh man i've been soaking up summer this year...

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and it's not like i haven't other years. but for some reason this year i've truly been trying to take in every minute, every last drop of sun, feeling warm breezes, running in the mornings as the sun rises. this year seems like it just has an extra special summer to it. i love that!

so get outside this weekend, in your part of the world, feel all of those things. in my part of the world, it doesn't last long. enjoy!

the pondy table.

i'm drawn today to this "pondy table" offered up by the french company colonel...

it's really a table and bench combination, designed by isabelle gilles. isabelle pairs wood & metal and then flirts with intense color, just little bits of it, enough to make her designs just about down right fabulous. enjoy!

allied maker.

in my attempts to simplify my life, my design style or essence of style has also become that much more simplified...

so when i set my simplified eyes on allied maker's contemporary lighting designs, i had locked in. as allied maker states, they are "a design studio with heavy influences in geometric simplicity, serious craftsmanship and high quality materials."

allied maker's lighting designs are quiet yet so incredibly expressive. can lighting be expressive? oh yeah...enjoy!

pinkish pins.

some pinkish pins i'm loving today...

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what color palettes/pins are you currently coveting? i'd love to hear! enjoy...

some summer sweet things.

koromiko, founded by tracey george is offering up some sweet summer things...

tracey writes on her site that she promotes slow shopping, mindful purchases and minimum consumption. and koromiko and tracey support artists creating items in small batches. i love that.

i also love many things on koromiko's website, but these were a few of my favorites. check them out here, to see what you'll love too.

paris lights.

i'm loving the look of these "paris lights" offered up by the spanish company fede...

especially the new up and down spotlight fixture which must cast a super cool glow...enjoy!

robert cray.

so this is where i'll be tonight...

robert cray is one of my favorite musicians. an amazingly talented guitar player for sure. but that voice. crystal clear, full of passion, full of stories and emotion. and if you've ever seen him live, it's even better than all of that. he's playing outdoors this evening, in my part of the world and i have tickets. oh yes!

if you love robert cray here's a very good "tiny desk concert" from an npr visit. if you are not familiar with robert cray, well then here you go...enjoy!

happy 4th of july!

happy long weekend friends!

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we just finished watching our local village's fourth of july parade (very cool cars, very cool WWII veterans!). check out my instagram picture of it all, here). now...sipping coffee on the deck. eggs are cooking now too. happiness is! i hope that you all enjoy a long weekend of fun and relaxation!

pillow love. mintsix.

i'm currently loving these summer patterned pillows offered up by the very cool shop, mintsix...

mintsix is a new zealand based company started up by co-founders ella murdoch and talia o'connor who travel often and are inspired by the sights, sounds, patterns and color palettes that surround them. and while that's good and all, they also sell great pillows. so there. enjoy!

3 legs table.

ok, so i am in LOVE with these tables...

artist and designer david tarcali forms these "3 legs" tables from one single sheet of 3 millimeter thick steel, creating an abstract illusion & perspective of floating powder coated metal objects. oh yeah, and they're a functional table to boot! don't you just love design & designers like this? me too! enjoy...

the sea.

i'm not usually a big lover of prints, (i prefer original artwork) but this very limited edition photographic print of the sea (only 35 up for grabs!), by artist kara rosenlund...well let's just say i could stare at this image all. day. long.

just saying...enjoy!

in white. belta & frajumar.

sorry for the disappearing act, it's been a hectic beginning to my week! but i wanted to share a really sensational new-to-me line of furniture offered up by the spanish company belta & frajumar. oh, and i happen to like much of what they offer, in white.

sometimes, as i'm really looking at a company's product line, which might be chock full of pattern, texture & many color palettes to choose from, for some reason that i cannot explain, everything they design or manufacture seems perfect in white.

does that ever happen to you? would i order a white couch and be able to subdue my obsessive compulsive nature to protect it at all times? probably not. but a girl can dream!

i hope that your week is beginning in creative and positive ways! enjoy...