National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees via cabin porn. yipee! it’s the long holiday weekend. gosh, i love long weekends — that extra day is something i personally think we could all use every darn week. i know i could do with that many days of r & r all the time. i think it’s much easier to have a mini holiday when you’ve... 
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Tucked in the southwest side of Chicago is the charming shop, Yearbook. Store owners, Jef & Noel, have created a unique collection of academic paraphernalia mixed with essential home goods. It’s almost like they walked into the movie set Dead Poets Society and took all the beautiful props. It’s meticulously merchandised in a way that you can’t... 
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one of my very favorite shops in paris, merci now has an online shop. Merci is a dreamy little shop in the heart of the historic district of Haut-Marais. Bernard and Marie-France Cohen, founders of BONPOINT, the charming children’s fashion label, realized that Paris lacked a place which would bring together the best of the world of fashion, of design, and of household... 
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have you ever spent time in cinque terre, italy? it’s one of my favorite places on earth — five (thus the cinque) little villages along the italian coastline. i spent a summer here and dream of going back. you can hike trails from village to village, through vineyards and orchards with stunning views of the mediterranean. or you can take the train, or if you’re... 
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welcome to GRDN — a charming specialty garden and home store located on Hoyt Street in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. so, perhaps you’re wondering just how i’m able to share such lovely, close-up and personal photographs of it? well, we got very lucky, readers, because new york-based lifestyle and food photographer Ilenia Martini took these for me to share with... 
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