did you know the always affordable, and very often ahead of the curve, Swedish IKEA, has a blog? it’s called Life at home or livet hemma in swedish. i’ve been hitting ikea since the first one in california opened in the mid-80′s — we’d make the trek out to riverside, and marvel at the stylish bargains. i like how easily you can mix up IKEA’s... 
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Sweet Nicole of Making It Lovely is headed to an art gallery event this month; let’s dress her up, shall we? Whenever I think of Nicole, I think pattern and color, so this dress ($228) would be sheer perfection. I’d add a quirky pendant ($18) to break up the pattern and balance the top half with navy tights and these great suede navy peep toe heels ($50). Top top... 
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as far as i can translate i think freunde von freunden means something like friends of a friend, or something close. anyhow, that’s kind of how i feel about berlin-based blog freunde von freunden — they feel like friends who inspire me endlessly. and i mean endlessly — i linger and look at their site all day long. i get happily stuck there all the time, and... 
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i absolutely love this home of fashion stylist kirsten hermann. effortlessly chic, in that thrown together european way i can’t get enough of, and have a hard time pulling off myself. how do they do it? i like the uncluttered rooms, with very few mid-century modern furniture pieces, and that the focus seems to be on the large format photos kirsten’s framed and... 
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yet again, i find myself on a blog, with no clue how i quite got here. but i could spend a lot of time of les composantes, gathering inspiration for some pretty fun little fall ensembles. this tuesday’s girl, i found myself down the rabbit hole that is les composantes, a boutique & blog all written in french, so i cannot read it, but nonetheless a very stylish place... 
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