{two lovely things: chalkboards & garden sheds}

. . . a grand and gilded chalkboard intermingling with dusky olive velvet and always elegant chevron floors . . . and a charming gardening shed with wonderfully ornate bracketed shelves and a porcelain sink overflowing with delicate late-spring blossoms . . .

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{p.s.} recent two lovely things
* a paris apartment & hermès
* green & white
* open shelves & elegant black
* bar carts & blossoms
* books & bouquets


{images: 1 - original scan from côté paris via belle vivir, discovered via head over heels; 2 - country living via brabourne farm & also seen at the french tangerine}

{hello from paris}

"Paris is always a good idea."

~ audrey hepburn

. . . hello! . . . things have been rather sporadic around here this week, with valentine's day on monday, finishing projects, last-minute preparations, and an ever-overflowing stream of emails, but most excitingly, cases to pack and a flight to catch, and now, a few beautiful days in paris . . .

uncertain when there next will be a moment to say hello, and so, for now, a fond farewell and à la prochaine,
xo

{images: one | two}

{an enchanted forest}

. . . nearly always drawn to bright spaces -- white and sunlight -- that is, until happening upon these moody and atmospheric chandelier-filled rooms that feel as if you've fallen into an enchanted forest . . .

{jamo associates via desire to inspire}

{inspiration: weathering winter beautifully}

good morning! a wonderfully late start & a brand new week and as it goes, next to white floorboards and french doors, rooms flooded in sunlight seem to be just the thing to weather winter beautifully; a few bright bouquets or a gathering of flowering plants and everything begins to feel like spring . . .

{p.s.} stunning transparent butterfly

{image: martha stewart}

{holiday inspiration: artful arrangements}

Recently came across this unusual and unusually beautiful arrangement of baby flowering kale {above} and was reminded of a Swedish florist who created wonderful wreathes of fruits and vegetables . . .

Amazingly creative wreathes made of everyday {edible} objects such as artichokes, Brussels sprouts and fallen apples that, after careful arrangement, become anything but ordinary, and add a charming twist to festive tradition.

{mustard leaves and green kale in a dramatically dark vase}

{images: 1 & 4- domino september 2006, photography by mikkel vang; all wreathes via the lovely swedish blog blomsterverkstad}