“The discipline that ballet requires is obsessive. And only the ones who dedicate their whole lives are able to make it. Your toenails fall off and you peel them away and then you’re asked to dance again and keep smiling. I wanted to become a professional ballet dancer. “ – Penelope Cruz […]
Artistic
Home Sweet Home: A Touch of Pink
—-because PINK makes me HAPPY! Ethan Allen Furniture At Home With: Skye McAlpine, London Ali Hassan rose print settee yellow and pink – bright and cheerful Ethan Allen Furniture by Sandy Welch via:inspirationsdeco Photography by Julia Zierer by @casadeperrin pink tufted pretty Xu Bin Blossoming Sakura in a Jar, October 2009, oil on canvas, 61 x 61 […]
House of Charm
“When I have come to you, at last (as I have always done), I have come to peace and happiness. I come home, now, like a tired traveller, and find such a blessed sense of rest!” ― Charles Dickens via:completelycontrived via:sommerfliederhome “With friends, one is well; but at home, one is better.” […]
ELEGANTE’
“She had a flair for doing things in a very elegant way. At the same time, you felt like you were right there in her living room. She paid attention to people so that she was seeing to it everyone’s little needs and egos were met.” – Harold Brooks Clandon Park : The […]
Ballet Beautiful
© Darian Volkova Дарьян Волкова Elena Trushina Елена Трушина (Lenni Try), Mikhailovsky Ballet Миха́йловский теaтр Stunning Alena Kovaleva, Vaganova Ballet Academy 2016 graduate and member of the Bolshoi’s corps de ballet, photographed by Katerina Kravtsova. via:13allerina Dorothee Gilbert as Dulcinea. Ulyana Lopatkina in Swan Lake Alina Cojocaru Alena Kovaleva, Vaganova Ballet Academy 2016 graduate Ekaterina […]
Home CHIC Home
Chic and Stylish home and art inspiration today, enjoy. Home of Heather Clawson Clever “Gallery Wall” Photo by Manuel Rodriguez Pablo Picasso, Three Dancers (Trois danseurs), 1925 – ink on paper The Menil Collection Island built to look like a French chopping block Painting by Stuart Shils Vintage Charlotte Perriand chairs, found at a Paris flea. Mickey […]
Enchanting
“Through the forest have I gone. But Athenian found I none, On whose eyes I might approve This flower’s force in stirring love. Night and silence.–Who is here? Weeds of Athens he doth wear: This is he, my master said, Despised the Athenian maid; And here the maiden, sleeping sound, On the dank and dirty […]
Home and Art: Elegant Neutrals
Decorating your home in a neutral color palette doesn’t mean it has to be boring. Neutrals can be elegant, artistic, soothing and simply beautiful. Some home and art inspiration today to get your creative design juices flowing. Luxe Interiors and Design Kit Reuther Home Emerson Bentley Furniture Gorgeous kitchen, Veranda David Cook – Garden Study […]