Pretty taken with Cody Hoyt's geometric planters.
A little bit modern, a little bit rock and roll.
On My Bookshelf // The Well-Traveled Home
October 15, 2013
I have quite a beautiful book to introduce you to today, friends. This one was a bit harder to flip through as someone that has been more or less home bound for the last couple of months...The pages are chock full of fabulously exotic spaces designed by Sandra Espinet.
Holy. Mirror.
As the title would indicate, Ms. Espinet is clearly well-traveled. Her global influence is glorious, and impossible to miss.
Umm. That tile. For serious.
Tell me you don't want to be here with a tropical cocktail and a stack of mags (or this book) right this second! So elegant and so liveable at the same time. Makes me absolutely crave a vaca.
As if the page after page of stunning spaces weren't enough, Sandra also reveals stories behind her best finds, favorite places to shop and shares her professional travel and design expertise in the book.
The rest of Sandra's portfolio is definitely worth perusing as well.
Disclaimer: I received a copy of The Well-Traveled Home for review. All opinions are my own.
On My Bookshelf // Beyond Chic
October 3, 2013
Whaaaaa? I'm posting two days in a row?? Look out!
Sooo...babies don't give you a lot of time to do much of anything. Besides, you know, stare at them...feed them...change them...and try to get them to stop crying, which often requires holding them. Fortunately, you can also read books while doing some of those tasks which almost saves your sanity. This is why I jumped at the opportunity when the fine folks at The Vendome Press contacted me about reviewing several of their upcoming publications. Enter Beyond Chic, Great Fashion Designers at Home.
I'm always into seeing how people live. A lot of times, I don't really feel like I know a person until I've seen their home. It's been that way since I was pretty young. You learn so much about people through their spaces! I love getting a peek inside the homes of fashion's greats...and Beyond Chic covers so many.
Vanessa Seward
This one's definitely coffee table worthy, my friends. And if you're going to be bed- or sofa-bound anytime soon, might as well just go ahead and pre-order now.
Fine Print: The Vendome Press provided a copy of this book for my review. All opinions are my own.
Sooo...babies don't give you a lot of time to do much of anything. Besides, you know, stare at them...feed them...change them...and try to get them to stop crying, which often requires holding them. Fortunately, you can also read books while doing some of those tasks which almost saves your sanity. This is why I jumped at the opportunity when the fine folks at The Vendome Press contacted me about reviewing several of their upcoming publications. Enter Beyond Chic, Great Fashion Designers at Home.
I'm always into seeing how people live. A lot of times, I don't really feel like I know a person until I've seen their home. It's been that way since I was pretty young. You learn so much about people through their spaces! I love getting a peek inside the homes of fashion's greats...and Beyond Chic covers so many.
Giorgio Armani
Franca Sozanni
Manolo Blahnik
Reed Krakoff
...and more than a dozen others.
A few of my other favorites included
Loulou de la Falaise
Loulou de la Falaise
Vanessa Seward
and Nicole Farhi.
This one's definitely coffee table worthy, my friends. And if you're going to be bed- or sofa-bound anytime soon, might as well just go ahead and pre-order now.
I've had lots of couch time, so more delicious book reviews coming up!
Fine Print: The Vendome Press provided a copy of this book for my review. All opinions are my own.
House Updates // Ava's closet + The Home Depot
October 1, 2013
Hey hey hey! I had to stop in today to let you kids know that Ava's closet is up on The Home Depot's blog. I would love for you to check out the before and after. It's quite the transformation.
Promise I'm going to show you the full room eventually. I'm just working on one last detail. In the interest of not holding out completely, here's one of my favorite parts, courtesy of super-talent Jenny.
Promise I'm going to show you the full room eventually. I'm just working on one last detail. In the interest of not holding out completely, here's one of my favorite parts, courtesy of super-talent Jenny.
Ava and I both get great joy out of those beauties when she's getting a fresh dipe.
Now kindly go check out her closet. Because I did a lot of work bossing Eric around to make it happen and that has to be for something :)
Now kindly go check out her closet. Because I did a lot of work bossing Eric around to make it happen and that has to be for something :)
