{impossibly romantic}

Quite adore these pretty floral patterns that remind me of spring blossoms on the English countryside . . . florals seem to exude a relaxed charm, as if staying in a quaint little cottage somewhere impossibly romantic . . .

{see also:}
* the scent of lilacs
* a sunny morning

{images: 1 - shannon fricke; 2 -Perfect English by Ros Byam Shaw, photography by Chris Tubbs via the city sage}

{inspiration: in bloom}

Adore Tinsley Mortimer's Scalamandré floral chairs and have been, lately, embracing the pretty and cheerful, Spring-ness of florals . . .

{detail of Scalamandré fabric chairs}

{pretty patterns brighten an all-white room; Your Home as a Sanctuary by Josephine Collins}

{chintz canopy at Oscar Annette de la Renta's Punta Cana home; Vogue Living, Houses Garden People}

{fresh and floral by chic shack}

{Madonna as photographed for Vogue--from a tearsheet}

{Scalamandré ad campaign}

{a bedroom by Lynn von Kersting; Rooms to Inspire by Annie Kelly}

{Tinsley photographed by Douglas Friedman for Harper's Bazaar; Madonna via Vogue}