Home & Design

Coco Chanel’s Apartment

  A fabulous peek inside Coco Chanel’s Apartment through the eyes and lens of Jamie Beck of Ann Street Studio, NYC.     Coco Chanel’s Apartment 31 Rue Cambon Paris   Jamie Beck, Ann Street Studio: “It’s hard to imagine walking in the footsteps of a legend… but on this most recent trip to Paris that is exactly where I […]

Industrial Chic

 Cool, modern, spacious, industrial style glam.   Swedish Restaurant, designer Richard Lindvall Photography by Mikael Axelsson     Photography by Jim Tschetter     Krisvanassche Office designed by Ciguë.     Swedish Restaurant, designer Richard Lindvall Photography by Mikael Axelsson       Swedish Restaurant, designer Richard Lindvall Photography by Mikael Axelsson     Thai design firm party / space […]

English Country Decor

THE DRAWING ROOM: English Country House Decoration by British historian and writer, Jeremy Musson     via: Jennifer Boles, The Peak of Chic   “As the title of Musson’s book implies, The Drawing Room explores “one of the defining spaces of the English country house.” The author’s introduction gives a concise history of this room, which […]

French Home Fabulous

PRIVATE HOUSES OF FRANCE: LIVING WITH HISTORY   Author:  Christine de Nicolay-Mazery Photography:  Francis Hammond * * by Jennifer Boles:  The Peak of Chic * “Moving on to France…. I’m an ardent fan of author Christiane de Nicolay-Mazery, whose books give readers an insider’s view of life in aristocratic French residences. Although the concept of her […]

Home Sweet Home: Bright and Cheerful

  “Homes should mean something to us humans. They are a basic instinct. A home, with a life that centers only on food and sleep, is not really a home, it’s a house. Beauty and graciousness, joy of living, being used in every part, these are the things that make a house a home.”    […]

House Beautiful: Fresh and Classic

    Some lovely home inspiration today with the accent on fresh, clean, classic and traditional styles.   I love this white furniture from Shabby Slips, it’s traditional with a contemporary twist. Shabby Slips     Classic elegance. Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles   Clean, fresh bedding.  eclecchic.blogspot.com.au       Shabby Slips     via:thevirtualbuilder […]

les fleurs

Hare Flower Power by Linn Warme           via:decoresflores     via:madame-flor     via:himerense     via:zsazsabellagio           Leftovers     dries van noten s/s 2014     Beautiful advert by homework dk     via:madame-flor     alice gao via instagram         via:hone-ytea   […]

Rustic Charm

  via:soulstratum   * “How quietly we endure all that falls upon us.”   — Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns   *   via:faflodine     Boston Ivy covered cottage, Dartmouth park, Sandwell, England All Original Photography by vwcampervan-aldridge.tumblr.com     Royal Design Studio, Artist Johanna Annable     via:faflodine     You can always hold my […]