I was going to save this post because it has been out on the interwebs lately. But I cant stop obsessing over it. This space! I need a reason to get to Shanghai quickly and stay at this hotel. I love everything about it.
The entrance. I mean, come on! Look at that door. That place is huge! All the recycled wood, the textures. Amazing.
I love the modern chairs with all the rustic and industrial elements.
The chandelier. The vast spaces and that chandelier.
So much natural light and I love the concrete stairs.
This morning is a housecleaning/dancing around kind of morning. Listening to the wonderful, bluesy and soulful music of Ray LaMontagne and others on Pandora. Perfect for this morning. Video below, enjoy!
I have a new catalogue obsession. Toast! The clothes are beautiful, the styling is beautiful, and the locations are beautiful… I want all the clothes in this collection!
The simplicity and beauty of the photographs below takes me to another place. A misty, dreamy, ethereal place. The photographer is a blogger I follow, and I love visiting her page and seeing life through the lens of her camera. She sees so much beauty in life. And it is true you know. Life is beautiful…
I promised I would post about the two French movies I watched recently (I believe one is French-Canadian, but in French with subtitles). Both great. Especially if you are feeling artsy, moody, melancholy, longing, amorous — and French! Both are streaming on Netflix and both are visually and emotionally stunning. Enjoy!
“I dig flowers” is an understatement. A huge understatement. I love flowers. Flowers make me happy. Arranging flowers is a meditation.
In a former life I worked in a flower shop. I actually wound up there out of a pre-life crisis. I was in my mid-twenties. Aimless. Wanted to be an interior stylist, tired of assisting on fashion shoots. Tired of ironing tee-shirts (all stylist assistants out there are feeling my pain right now). So I decided to quit it all, bought a plane ticket for Jamaica and had myself a soul-searching holiday on the island. Being near the ocean and waterfalls and nature really guided my decision, when I got back to Texas I went and got a job at a flower shop. I learned so much there.
But after a year, my need to be back on set shooting and styling was too strong and I made the decision to get back in the styling ring. But I still have a real soft spot for plants and flowers and I use them for shoots every chance I get. I often troll the internet looking for floral inspiration. Here are some lovelies for you to look at. Anything wild or involving succulents makes my heart skip a beat…
I have been looking for an old filing cabinet for some time now. And I found one. But it wasn’t exactly right. It was a little too… yellow.
I like yellow, but it didn’t really look like my house. So I decided to give it a little makeover. First I cleaned it and roughed it up a little with some medium grade steel wool. I took the handles off the drawers pulled everything out and gave it a heavy coat of Rustoleum Dark Walnut in the satin finish. Then the boring part happens. Waiting for it to dry. I want instant gratification! After it was finally dry, I put the whole thing back together and admired the results. Only one thing missing. Tags for the drawers. I cut tags for the drawers out of white card stock and then did a simple tea stain to them to make them look aged. And voila! The final product.
I’m getting ready for a photo shoot at my house, so my place is kind of a mess. Im wishing it looked more like the house below right about now. So fresh and clean. I have also been working on a little DIY project and I’m really happy with the results. I will be sharing that with you soon! But for now lets enjoy all the clean lines and contrast of dark and light in this beautiful Danish home. Now back to prepping for my shoot! Happy Sunday!
