The chicest: Stripes

Nina Garcia home

I'm back at it!  It's double-checked that I can't get tired at wearing them, painting them and/or looking at them, stripes that is!  Have I ever posted about how chic and prominent they are?  Probably a million times by now… and I know there is still more to come because stripes is for sure the chicest of the classics.  Enjoy!

Dolce and Gabbana Spring 2013

Richard Mishaan's Colombian home.

Jonathan Saunders Spring 2013

Elle Decor

Tommy Ton photo

French Elle Decoration

Ordered section by Lee Clarke

The Greenbier Hotel

Tommy Ton

Keith McNally's Martha's Vyneyard home

Celine racer stripe luggage tote

Elle Italy

The amazing Jim Lambie taped floor,

St James Sweater

 God! have I forgotten this gem blog this week?  Not in my heart though.  I've been running around and this post has been sitting there for two days now.  Yesterday was a hectic day, running around from one work site to the other and when I noticed it was too late to make it to the Kips Bay Decorator's cocktail party to which I was invited.  Oh well these are the days! 
Without even knowing it was going to rain today I prepared this post on Sunday night, but it seems too appropriate since nautical inspirations many times have to do with loads and loads of rainy ports.  Enjoy!

 Picasso

 Coco Chanel

images from Tumblr, The Sartorialist, pinterest

Six things you should have for Spring

Good Morning bellas and bellos we are in Brazil now, house hunting and I'm feeling the samba and the caipirinhas.  This is a happy country indeed.  Since it's almost Fall here I got to skip Summer and Spring.  Not really! I'll be back in the US soon to get things started for warmer and nicer days. Below are six things I would like to have for Spring.

A Citrus tree because spring is awakening, revitalizing, and energizing which is everything a citrus tree will do for your home.  If you like that top picture as much as I do then you are just a better person.  There are a number of websites that sell them online (search for "indoor citrus tree") and they'll come up, although, I think the best way to get them is in person at a local nursery.

A Spring modern jacket or blazer because it's time to put that trenchcoat on hold for the moment.  Really!  It's a classic, you  know it, so you'll wear it next year.  Layer that blazer on top of a cardigan and blouse or add an oversize scarf if you´re like me and get cold in a temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit.

Espadrilles.  Besides signaling days of sand and beach, espadrilles are also very comfy on your feet.  They'll be perfect for those flee market strolls.

A flamboyant pair of pants.  I don't usually go by what others are wearing or thinking, but if it´s Olivia Palermo then that´s another story.  Just by wearing them, you´re already proving your strong personality.  People with strong personalities go far in life!

Anything with stripes on it because that's a classic that you never want to put on hold.  An umbrella will come in handy for Spring season.

Anna Wintour

A neon clutch because they're easy to carry and they pop.  Don't forget your sunblock!

CYBER KISSES 

Julie

Kitchen of the week: Luis Bustamante

Before this kitchen it was hard to imagine a home kitchen that would look like a cozy country club restaurant.  Love love love the way the open leggy banquette makes everything look more open.  A fantastic way to lighten up the closed cabinets.  If it weren't for the two fridges in the back I would not think this was a kitchen, perhaps a bar area... or part of a family room?  I don't know... I'll take whatever was left over from it!
Designed by Luis Bustamante, spotted at VT.

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.

Checking in...

 

We've been having a great and relaxed time, thank you for your beautiful wishes. I promise I'll be returning emails next week. Our days have been full of early coffee, strolls around charming downtown areas and gorgeous and romantic sunsets. Just what I needed. I, of course, have already visited The Hampton Designers Showhouse and have lots of images for you next week. Pure delight! I am posting from my iPad and I can't upload any images to the blog (don't think there is even a way or an app). But I had these more than appropriate images of blue and white rooms somewhere in the bottom of my blog's draft and thought they would be great as an improvised postcard. See you next week!

via Photographer Morten Holtum via Una Mosca en la Luna, Mario and Anne Grauso via Elle Decor,