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color story: spring has sprung.
spring has sprung everywhere i look — the sun has made its glorious appearance quite evident and my garden is blooming beautifully because of it. it’s my happy place so i’m extremely grateful for it...
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make mine mediterranean.
i’ve been hooked on watching stanley tucci’s new streaming travel tv series discovering italy (on hulu) and in the latest episode he traveled to sicily, the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea,...
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friday finds.
i think we’re almost out of the woods and vaccines for all are coming this month (hurrah!), but for this week’s friday finds, i thought i’d round up a few ideas for all this homesteading we’ve doing...
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an easy kitchen update.
as you may already know, i rent my cottage in laguna beach and it’s registered with the historical society as a spanish revival built in 1929. i couldn’t love it more, but my small kitchen needed just...
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friday finds.
i’ve really gone for the bold and the beautiful for this week’s friday finds and why not? it’s spring of course, so why not go a little nuts and add a few bits of color around the house? even if...
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a conceptual new york apartment.
i keep seeing this beautiful west village apartment pop up on the internet and had to explore and investigate further. i’ve come to discover it’s the brainchild of interior designer and dealer Olivier...
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understated surf style.
i think sometimes when people think of ‘surf style’ they might envision tropical prints and too many palm trees. but i like a more understated and unexpected surf style with natural earth tones, an...
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friday finds.
i don’t know about you, but the closer i get to my second vaccine next week the more my wanderlust kicks in. i’m just itching to travel again, but at the same time i admit to some anxiousness, too....
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color story: mediterranean blue.
maybe it’s my relatively new life near the beach, but this week’s color story is all about living among the deep blue Mediterranean sea. there are many shades of aquatic blue, ranging from turquoise...
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color story: may gray.
it’s been very, very gray lately when i wake up and i can’t say i honestly love it — i do much better rising with a bit of sunshine. but it’s what they call in the beach communities as may gray and i...
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friday finds.
welcome to this week’s friday finds — a very eclectic mix of design indeed. the sun has finally come out this week and it’s really improved my mood, so i hope your weather is cooperating, too and...
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let’s take a trip to maison acacia.
located in the historic center of La Ciotat, a town on France’s Mediterranean coast close to the port, beaches, creeks, and the gateway to france’s picturesque Calanques National Park we find maison...
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friday finds.
bonjour mes amis! i’ve been trying to learn french on duolingo — have you tried it? i’ve found it’s quite a cute and easy app to study with. and i’m doing this because i really hope to get back to...
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color story: green day.
green is such a happy, cheerful color, don’t you think? and after coming off a long holiday weekend, i felt like we all might need a little lift. so this week’s color story is all about the many, many...
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friday finds.
happy friday one and all, and happy pride month! in honor of pride, let’s get colorful with this week’s friday finds! i for one could use a little cheer in my life right now and what better time than...
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instagram worthy: @ladoublej.
well, if this instagram worthy account doesn’t make you smile, then I’m sorry but you may just be a lost cause. because oh-my-goodness @ladoublej is simply nothing if it isn’t pure joy. i don’t know...
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color story: the color of love.
as i was writing this color story post i found out i lost a dear friend to her long, 20 month battle with lymphoma this weekend. my incredibly talented friend jesse chamberlin-marble loved color, she...
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color story: french blue.
i’ve shared all about blue before in color stories, but i just love the well-known shades of very provincial french blues and i’d definitely say they’re a range of hues that are always en vogue. think...
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friday finds.
i’ve rounded up some somewhat quirky and funky finds this friday — not sure what got into me! but i did watch a pretty fun little flick last night starring michelle pfeiffer called french exit that...
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color story: classic black & white.
again, i insist black is a color, and my perhaps my favorite. i wear it almost primarily and my home is full of both black furnishings and accents. it’s bold and statement-making, and it goes with...
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