Hide and See

Some people prefer closets where everything is on display, maybe for better and faster access, where as others prefer to have their clothes neatly behind doors and drawers.  I think I prefer a combination of both or maybe doors that can easily open up the space.  I like to see everything I have because I always think I'm forgetting something.  I love the top closet via Elle Decor, everything about it speaks to me but mostly the lighting.  The three closets below are via Architectural Digest, first belongs to Alberto Pinto in his Brazilian home and third to Alfredo Paredes and Brad Goldfarb, are more masculine and austere, but both have great lighting as well.  Lighting is an element we all want when getting dressed. 

This closet, above, has a well lived feeling via Architectural Digest.

Food for Thought

"You must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don't know what was in the newspapers that morning... a place where you can simply experience and bring forth what you are and what you might be."  Joseph Campbell

 Images source: Unknown, Poppy Talk and Pinterest.

Without TV for a week and a few chic spaces

I'm sorry for the sporadic posts, I've been very busy.   Hopefully I can go back to my regular post schedule next week.  Our TV got fried with the thunderstorm last Friday and we've been having surprisingly a lot of fun.  TV is fun and I enjoy it but it takes so much time and presence from us.  Instead, we have developed a few and unknown creative qualities of our personalities that it's so fun to see.  We paid a visit to Blick last Saturday and bought a bunch of creative materials.  As a result my hubby became an artist and started painting left and right, according to him, we need a lot more art on our walls and he is right.  I'm not sure if we're going to hang his though! My father-in-law who is a true artist, painted an over scaled whale and with my suggestion, covered it with shells we collected last week along in Shelter Island.  It'll go on Lucas's bathroom and it's going to look pretty cool!
Fortunately or not, we got a TV last night but this time we prepared ourselves and got a surge protector so the much stronger and scary lightning and thunder coming our way this weekend don't ruin this new TV as well.  If you live in one of the areas where this angry Irene is going to hit, keep safely calm and buy a few board games, and a lot of them!

all images from Elle Decor Spain.