vtwonen stylists douglas & jones. you know me (well, at least if you’ve been reading awhile), i like an eccentric eclectic look everytime. i don’t wanna see any of that cookie-cutter, ordered it from the latest catalog look. while, there’s nothing wrong at all with ordering from your favorite shops, just please promise me you’ll mix it up a little,... 
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elle interiör by emma persson lagerberg and petra bindel. they tell me mad love is in the air this week. my cynical side says this could be a conspiracy theory put out there by the folks at hallmark or the chocolate making industry, but hey, i’ll roll with it. if nothing else, no matter what your romantic status is, valentine’s day is certainly one of the prettiest... 
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perhaps you may have guessed from the dress forms above that we’re visiting a fashion designer on unexpected guests today. well, you would have guessed correctly — but not just any designer. we’re visiting melissa fleis — last season’s project runaway finalist, and my personal favorite. probably yours, too. melissa lives in san francisco’s... 
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one of my favorite furniture stores, h.d. buttercup has a brand new destination, and it’s a super cozy one called in bed. hd buttercup has recently launched a new bedding store in hayes valley — dangerously close to makeshift society, so i keep roaming over there to see what’s new in their well-curated collection. this last visit i asked if i might snap a... 
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today on unexpected guests we’re headed up to chilly calgary, canada, but this home is anything but cold. it’s the warm and cheerful home of Janine Vangool, publisher of UPPERCASE magazine, her husband novelist Glen Dresser, their toddler Finley and Percy the dog. Janine publishes the beautiful Uppercase magazine, as well as incredibly inventive books for the creative... 
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