all of a sudden, everything looks angular to me. there’s loads of geometric shapes, like all those triangle trends we keep seeing around these days, from wallpaper patterns to furniture design. i took a look around and i’m even seeing a lot of a-frame architecture making a comeback too, which i’m thrilled about, because i love those cozy little nooks and... 
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spring is in the air and so with it come the bumble bees, which got me thinking about yellow and black and how great these contrasting colors complement one another. so on this very fab friday i bring you a bit of bold yellow and black. 1. stylist heather chontos helped inspire this post with this great fashion shot for chicago magazine. 2. the pattern in this girl’s... 
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today, i’m feeling bold. it’s a new week, lots to see, lots more to get done. we might as well start our monday out with a pop of hot pink and a stroke of black. it kinda gets the blood going, right? i’m jumping right in to a happy pool of pink! happy monday! the dickinson’s home tour via apartment therapy (above and below) features this amazing dining... 
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i’ve been trying to figure out what the heck to do with my dining room for a while now. i hung the patrick townsend white orbit chandelier, but since i painted over the black walls, it’s been just looking terribly drab in there – lacking drama! so last night, i got this idea — what if i went pale, pale pink and added some kind of statement piece, as... 
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i got it into my head that i’d like to move the little ikea HÅVET sofa bed that was in my office, out into the breakfast nook, because it gets a lot of nice light off the sun porch, and it would be a nice spot to blog from. so i dragged the darn thing (it was like a dead body) out there to the nook, and i think i quite like it. the office has more space for actually... 
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