Hello Lovahs

(dauville gold-brushed bowls at Jayson Home & Garden)

(vertical garden from Flora Grubb)

(arteriors large brooke canister via Quality Bath)

(apro chic haze mimosa pillow)

(honeycomb sheet set at Anthropologie)

(geneva sound system model L from Geneva Lab)

(c-thru table from PB Teen)

(lemon drizzle cake candle at Cox&Cox)

Friends, please accept my apologies for the lack of inspiration boards this week. Between crazy deadlines, record-breaking heat and frizzy hair from Hell, I am a walking disaster. Nearly one of the Lohans, if you will. Until my sanity, pride and semi-straight hair make an appearance, let's look at a few things I'd love to max my credit card on, shall we? You know, just for fun.

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My Home is my Castle

I’m loving Rosetta Santucci’s vibrant paintings these days. Even though my home is full of more muted colors, I’m drawn to this bright piece and think it would feel perfectly at ease in my living room. The vintage opera hats not so much, but I love them regardless. I think they’re really interesting not to mention they’d make great conversation pieces during a cocktail party. Especially after a not so sober friend yanked one off its base in order to declare him/herself king/queen of my castle. Or challenged someone to a duel. Or demanded to be knighted with a spatula. Not that I’ve thought about it in depth or anything, but seriously, stranger things have happened. (Lady in the cow costume, I’m talkin’ to you.)

(painting by Rosetta Santucci, vintage opera hats from Jayson Home and Garden, large brass numbers via Present and Correct, chelsea bench & stool set by World’s Away at Tonic Home, myrica sue ellen bar trolley at Huset)

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Frugal Fridays - Junk in the Trunk

I realize the issue of the clear trunk has kind of been beaten to death in the "blogosphere" (also a term I feel has been beaten to death, for the record) but I can't help myself. It's kind of like having too much chocolate/great sex/delicious wine/rich cheese. I mean really, is there such a thing? I've had the Lucite debate with my interior designer mother who feels when empty, the look can be beautiful. But when full of, well, crap, it's "unequivocally hideous." Thank you. Personally, I'm on the fence. I can picture it now, under my console table with a perfectly folded stack of gorgeous blankets tucked inside. Not that I 1.) own any gorgeous blankets or 2.) have ever folded my mediocre blankets perfectly, but whatever. Now I'm picturing it under the same table sitting empty. Instead of my mother's voice it's now my husband's, and it kinda sounds like this: "We spent how much on a storage trunk that doesn't store anything? Perfect." Obviously, I haven't figured out the CPU of this item yet. If only the thought of filling the trunk with TV remotes, mail and newspapers didn’t make me itchy. Sigh.

(Plexi-craft trunk, Serge de Troyer trunk at Vivre)

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In the Mood for Mod

I can't explain it, but my love of mid-century modern furniture runs VERY deep. My parents' house is filled with the most amazing "Palm Springs" pieces that always seem right at home in their space. It's a look that's harder to pull of in my condo, so I've taken to mixing styles in order to be true to the original structure and my mid-century love. If my husband could stomach pink, you'd better believe we'd be rockin' those sheets by Rubie Green, and thanks to the living room image from Oh So Beautiful Paper, I'm thinking of redecorating my living room. Joy!

(lucite desk from Pieces, custom white scalloped chandelier from Pieces, east village sheet set by Rubie Green, journals via Hable Construction, druggist soap dish from Jonathan Adler, image via Oh So Beautiful Paper)

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