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Wednesday 09.01.10
next stop wonderland.
oh, how i love the look of this whole place i saw over on emma’s design blog a while back, from a feature in hus & hem magazine. i just can’t get enough of the Scandinavian design sensibility and this is a great example of that easy-going, effortless eclectic style. i can’t read a word about it, since hus & hem is published in finland, but i can soak up all this pretty inspiration. emma always finds the best of this look, so for more inspiration, pop on over to emma’s design blog.
Monday 08.23.10
animal instincts.
oh, let’s just all say “yippee!” right now, because photographer sharon montrose has a brand new animal print shop, and it’s awesome.
sharon’s one of my favorite photographers, not only for her elegant, beautiful photos of all sorts of critters, but for her love for them, too. if you’ve never seen her etsy storque video with a behind the scenes look at a baby giraffe shoot, and how she came to work with animals, it’s a must-see, and truly an inspiring piece of footage.
but back to the new animal print shop! i’ve longed for one of sharon’s prints, blown up huge on one wall, and now they’re available in a range of large (and small) format prints, some as large as 30″ x 40′, which would be fantastic! i’m picturing that reindeer on my big black wall, but i find the donkey and that pony pretty endearing, too.
the animal print shop site is streamlined and beautiful, (with a fun new logo designed by artist leigh wells) and showcases sharon’s work beautifully. there’s even some wonderfully styled photographs of rooms with sharon’s prints on the walls so you can get a sense of how great they would look in your place. i’m excited! moo, meow, woof!
Tuesday 07.13.10
stylishly small in sweden.
i love this adorable and crisply clean studio apartment in Göteborg, Sweden i discovered via digsdigs. The apartment is housed in a building more than one hundred years old, but it’s been recently renovated and this apartment now looks stylish and livable, even though it’s just under 350 square feet.
keeping the decor basics white with beautiful, and colorful accents was definitely the way to go. so warm and cozy, without looking cluttered. i love the super smart looking black & white kitchen floors, and the cute kitchen barstool dining area too. for more, check out digsdigs.
Wednesday 06.16.10
oh, bon jour!
oh, take my breath away, why don’t you? i was checking out the eye candy houses on light locations and came up with this one in nimes, france. i can imagine a month here, reading, cooking gourmet meals fresh from the farmers market, or, not doing one bloody thing at all. no computers, just fresh air and lots of open space. i go on holiday next week, and i think i’m really in vacation mode already!
Tuesday 05.18.10
vintage finds for a modern world: shanna murray.
this is not truly a vintage find. but, it feels like one, and i guess that’s what i mean when i say ‘vintage finds for a modern world’ – these beautiful wall decals from shanna murray are modern, and fresh, and not vintage, but they have that lovely vintage-inspired feel to them. if that at all makes any sense!
i bought a couple of these beauties from shanna murry’s shop and i’ve just got to figure out exactly where on my chalkboard walls to place them! it’s a big decision and one i want to get just right. it was hard enough, just picking out which wall decals, and typographical tidings i wanted! shanna also commissions custom orders, and sizes.
