dopeness

Illustrated movie posters by Claudia Varosio.

So cool!!
A collection of these for our upstairs hall might just be perfection.

faux sho

The faux fur obsession continues...

Alice + Olivia Masha Faux Fur Jacket

Ecote Faux Fur Snap Vest

Cozy Faux Fur Vest

nature vs. nurture

I'm loving Belle Maison's nature inspired post today & especially this photo.

100 degrees

Steve Madden Perrin Boot
The epitome of cool.

Report Signature Fitzgerald Over the Knee Boot
Foldover AND over the knee?! Fantastic!

Faryl Robin Elsbeth Wedge Boot
Good for kicking ass.

sunday, sunday

Today was a day of few accomplishments & lots of relaxation, my favorite kind of day.

We did manage to finally hang drapery on the small window in the MBR.

Before

AfterRods: West Elm Metal Rods, Drapery: Target Woolrich Grommet Window Panels

The girls enjoyed their new scratcher.

We caught up on the latest issues of Sunset (Green Apple Sauvignon Blanc Sorbet recipe here) & Whole Living.
And we napped.

We played.

We stretched.

And we napped some more.

Monday will be here too soon.

jeffrey, my love

Jeffrey Campbell's Fall collection is to. die. for.

Mary Roks

Lita

Foxy Wood

Pixie

uniform inspiration

via cafe mode

fortune

You find beauty in ordinary things. Appreciate this gift.

Ordinary things, like corrugate? Today's fortune (or something like that) inspired me to order a Marmalade Pet Sweet Lounge for the girls. The old scratcher didn't make the cut in the new abode, and our brand new carpet is paying the price. The Marmalade scratcher has great form and function. I hope they love it!

mercury rising

Checkout these fantastic mercury glass fixtures from Jamie Young Co.

Mercury Glass Large St. Charles Pendant

Mercury Glass La Fitte Pendant

mood lighting

Next on the list for our master is a light fixture to replace the fan.
Some inspiration from Decorpad....

Yum!

salt

The Book of Salt by Monique Truong

Have you read it?
A random find for me at the bookstore, which has turned out to be really great. It has quite possibly taken me the longest time to read this book than any other. Not because it's long, slow or uninteresting, but because it reads like poetry and I find myself wanting to savor each page.

The Book of Salt is the story of Binh, a Vietnamese cook in 1930s Paris, who is employed by Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. The tale takes us back to his youth in Saigon, his journey to Paris, life with his famous mesdames, and finding his place in the world.

A taste (chapter 3, page 22):
"This is a temple, not a home.
The thought - barely formed, fluid, just beginning to mingle with the faint smells introduced by the opening door - changes so quickly from prophecy to gospel that I am for a brief moment extricated from my body, made to stand beside myself, and allowed to swerve as a solemn eyewitness. Ordinarily, I am plagued, like the Old Man, with a slowness. In him, it was triggered by cowardice. In me, it is aggravated by carelessness. Ours is a hesitancy toward an act that is habitual and common to those around us: the forming of conclusions. We are, instead, weighted and heavied by decades of observations. We gather them, rags and remnants, and then have no needle and thread with which to sew them together. But once they are formed, ours become the thick, thorny coat of durian, a covering designed to forestall the odor of rot and decay deep inside."

An amazing first novel from Monique Truong, a former NYC attorney who gave it up to attend the Yaddo writers' colony and become an author. Her second novel is Bitter in the Mouth, published in August & next on my list.

weekend haps

Missy Foo is back home! She's doing great, but still has low radioactive levels from her treatment, so we're having to limit our exposure to her for 12 days. The worst part is that she can't sleep in our room, which means sleep has been hard to come by. Between scratching at our door, meowing, and tearing up the carpet to try to get in, we're walking around with dark circles under our eyes & feeling bad that Missy doesn't understand why, now that she's back home, she can't continue her normal routine of cuddling, lap sitting, and getting lots of attention. 9 more days and counting.

We celebrated Pipo's birthday! Our first birthday in the new house.

I stopped by Anthro on Saturday and found a real prize on the sale rack, the Mallard Cardigan!

I die.

crispy clean & modern

Checkout this fabulous home tour over on Caitlin Wilson Design Style Files.

Pretty fantastic, right? The crisp white, classic modern pieces, and bright pops of color are perfection.
The Orla Kiely papered powder is inspiring me to turn my attention back to our powder and finally settle on a wallpaper. Something bright & graphic might be just the ticket.

f is for favorite

...and F is for fall. It's almost here!!

To start off the first of many fall fashion posts, we focus on one of my favorite fall trends, the fold over boot.

Report Moroe Boot

I love this look when the fold over is straight & crisp (not slouchy). It's the long jeans over heels kind of feel with an equestrian twist. I'm in love.

1 more day

..until Missy Foo comes home!

horse obsession

Ever since having a drink with the horsies that adorn the bar at Charlie Palmer, I've been obsessed with horse photos used as the focal point in a room. First, because they are rad. And, second, because of the feeling of mystery and power.

Charlie Palmer at Bloomingdale's South Coast Plaza

Turner Davis Interiors

via Decorpad

via Decorpad

The horses in our house -
Kisses by F2 Images

weekend haps

Hooray for holiday weekends!

First annual portrait on our front steps.

Anniversary brunch at the Long Beach Museum of Art.

Evening at home

Dusk from the backyard

The only thing that was missing this weekend was our Missy Foo. She had to go to a specialist to get a radioiodine treatment for hyperthyroidism. She will be there until at least Thursday, which is the longest she's ever been away from home. Luckily, there is a webcam in her "suite" and we can watch her from 8am-8pm. Obviously, we have been watching obsessively.

9:59 this morning, looking uncomfortable and annoyed.

In the cubby at 11:49am

At 2:02pm, back in the open & the catnip toy has moved (yes, these things excite us).

6:06pm, the clinic is dark & she's feeling a little more adventurous.

Lights out at 8pm. Night, night Missy Foo.

Meanwhile, Betty appears to be in heaven as an only child. I thought she was going to be depressed without her buddy & envisioned her wandering around the house meowing and looking for her pal. Not the case.

At least your parents miss you, Missy Foo.