Good MMMMMMORNING! Ready for me to yack this month’s rainbow of my favorite things all over you??
First & foremost: hit play on this jam – which reminds me of still chilly but bright & sunny early mornings in So Cal… and then peace out to your mental happy place while you look at all the pretty things for the next 5 minutes.
PERFECT FOR MY FUTURE OFFICE.
I’m certain I’ve posted about these before, because I’ve had them saved for years. They’re divine, and perfect in every possible way.
WHAT SO CAL FEELS LIKE (ALL THE TIME).
Barefoot, breezy, and in pastel cotton candy technicolor colors.
WHAT I WANT MY FRIDAY NIGHT OUTFIT TO FEEL LIKE.
THIS WEEK’S REAL-LIFE FRIDAY NIGHT OUTFIT.
Whoops.
BUT FOR REAL.
I had plans but they fell through… plus, ya can’t beat a hot date with Gus for Prez, Totinos pizza rolls & Scandal.
STILL OBSESSED.
And may snap this off eBay for a wedding in the South in May.
Karrie and I are both now the proud owners of 3 of the CUTEST MUGS EVER. I posted about these awhile back and had to email the Etsy shop owner aka Santa Claus and have her make more. I don’t mean to be a total weirdo, but they legit encapsulate how life feels. PS I swear I didn’t smoke a doobie for breakfast.
A LESSON ON NOOKS.
This pic makes a strong case for a striped bench seat (vs. solid) and a shallow ledge for mismatched frames (vs. a hanging gallery wall).
WAVERLY FOR THE WIN.
Always. I was trolling the streets of Manhattan Beach a few weeks back and popped into Waverly. So much great stuff, as per the usge.
NEVER HAVE I EVER.
Look how pretty.
TWO TONES DON’T USUALLY TICKLE MY PICKLE…
But this contrasting upholstery situation I could get on board with.
WHY DOES TRADER JOES NEVER HAVE ANEMONES?
TWO OF THESE AT THE FOOT OF A BED WOULD BE AMAZING.
LONG HAIR AND LONG DRESSES = SO PURDY.
KILLER COLOR COMBO.
This picture makes me so happy.
A LITTLE EDGY FOR ME BUT SUPER COOL.
THOSE DINING CHAIRS ARE SINGING TO ME.
Probably b/c they have a sheepskin blankie on them. #allthecozythings
PRETTY IN PINK RUG.
Jenny Keenan always has pretty things in her insta. She’s a designer I’ve loved / followed for a long time.
ALL HAIL THE 90’s.
They’re back. I would’ve worn that skirt in middle school, and I’d wear it again today.
THE CARIBBEAN VERSION OF THE PINEAPPLE BATHROOM AT CASA COVET LIVING.
This is via Julia Hengel’s Insta, and it’s of the bathroom at the Bahama House Inn. I need the source of that pink pineapple wallpaper stat.
ALL I EVER NEEDED.
I design and lust after a lot of big a$$, spendy kitchens… but truthfully, this is all I really ever wanted or needed. There’s something luxurious about a small, simple space; it means you can only really put it in your most favorite, carefully chosen things.
THE WEAVE OF DREAMS.
Color is also perfect. Couch also is not ugly.
HEAVEN ON EARTH.
Otherwise known as Malibu.
I LOVE THIS DINING ROOM FOR 3 REASONS.
The mismatched seating, the bubble chandelier, and the grasscloth. I lied – 4 reasons. Those kelly green curtains are icing on the cake.
HAAAHAHAHDHJKSHDAKHDAHAHHAHA.
Totally me + Karrie during awards season.
THE SWEETEST LITTLE HOUSE.
In the Berkeley neighborhood of Denver, snapped on my morning walk with Gus last week. It’s on the block my girlfriend lives on, and every time I pass it I love it a little more. White brick + a Spanish tile roof + OMG those cherry blossom trees in bloom.
FAVE NEW CAB.
Thoroughly enjoyed by me + a high school buddy this week – to the tune of a raging headache all day the next day, but worth it. This vino is also allegedly exclusive to Il Postino in Denver, which really chaps my hide. I even asked if I could buy bottles from them and they said you have to open it then cork it before you leave. I’m determined to find a work around.
YOU KNOW I LOVE NEUTRAL WITHOUT BEING BORING…
cuz I say it all the time. But this I would do on my backsplash in a heartbeat. Backsplashes are TOUGH because they’re like having to choose one outfit that you wanna wear every day (for at least the next 10 years). You wanna land somewhere between doing a classic subway (which can border on boring depending how you do it), and a fun, loud patterned tile (which you may be very well be sick of in a year). THIS, to me, is perfect… the pattern is small and the color is just subtle enough. That hazy grey/blue looks great with everything, and it’s interesting without being overpowering.
MY NEW GO-TO PEDI COLOR.
And, this non-gel color is very gel-like, in that it lasts for WEEKS on your tootsies. I also have it on my fingernails right now and it’s still not chipped, one week later.
ONE PIECE PERFECTION.
And ever-so-slightly 70’s/80’s.
THE MUSHROOM TOAST FROM GJELINA.
Recipe here.
MY FAVORITE ACCENT COLOR.
TICKING = THE BEST FRIEND OF FLORAL.
Pair a ticking euro / larger pillow (less spendy) with a statement throw pillow or pattern and you’ve got a winning combo, yo.
THIS GUY.
Whom I try not to really post about cuz I don’t wanna jinx it. But I adore him.
LATEST OBSESSION = finding a pair of vintage brass director’s chairs, and recovering them in a non-tawny velvet. Those these have a certain charm as is.
HAS THE WOMAN EVER HAD A BAD HAIR DAY?
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO MY DINING ROOM TABLE.
Also from Waverly in Manhattan Beach. #bohoheaven
FAVE NEW WALLPAPER.
About to put this in a kid’s bath. Stay tuned.
OHMYGYAHHHHHHH.
This is me + Karrie’s other bestie’s new nugget, Maddie. I got this text on my birthday, then died.
ART DECO HARDWARE TO DIE FOR.
From Nest Studio.
FJDKL:SFJKDSJFKDSJFKLJDSKLJKLAJDKLAJKLDJA
PICS LIKE THIS ALWAYS MAKE ME WANNA CUT MY HAIR.
…and go buy a pair of white jeans at Target than I can intentionally destroy to look like that.
SO CUTE FOR SPRING.
I gasped when I saw this – the color and pattern and cute is perfect. But then I found it on Revolve and it looks goofy on the model.
WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER.
Another neutral but not boring tile. Perf if you’re scared to do color but want to punch things up a little.
PINK MUDCLOTH IS THE NEW JAM.
I’m pretty over black & white mud cloth (that goes for blue & white batik as well, as pretty as it is), but the pink version feels fresh and delightful.
COZIEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE.
These are from Dovetail and someone had to pry me out of them at Las Vegas Market in January.
WAIT IS THIS REAL?
Saw this in BHG the other day and thought it might be an urban legend. Love some sweet potato fries but they’re a bee-otch to make. Somebody lmk if you try these.
MY FAVORITE NEW OUTFIT THAT I HAVEN’T TAKEN OFF IN 2 WEEKS.
Via my other new favorite store in Manhattan Beach – William B.
SWEET LITTLE COFFEE TABLE.
From a designer’s shop on the same strip.
ALSO FILE UNDER ALL I EVER WANTED.
Takeaways include: a non-stark white, creamy (but not buttercreamy/yellow) cabinet is SO classic.. black & white check marble floors are equally as timeless… and dogs are the stuff of a joyful life – they make everything better.
THIS JAM IS LIKE CRACK.
WHERE I’M BLOGGING FROM CURRENTLY.
The only thing different is that Karrie is snoring next to me with a sleep mask and Chewbacca’s weave.
DAT SCONCE GOT SO MUCH STYLE IN ONE LITTLE PUNCH.
Member what I said up there about simple luxury?
SIGH.
SAMESIES WITH THAT DENIM SKIRT AGAIN.
LOOKS LIKE BROWNSTONE UPHOLSTERY (my favorite vendor) or DOVETAIL, BUT –
…wait for it: it’s from Living Spaces. Who knew?
I’D LOVE AN ISLAND THE SIZE OF AN ACTUAL ISLAND…
But I’d love a wee antique butcher’s block just the same.
PRETTY WEDDING DAY (or EVERY DAY) HAIR.
UNICORN STATUS.
I’ve never actually seen a Chinese wedding textile that is in this color.
CLOSEST LOOKALIKE I COULD FIND.
Still beautiful but not quite the same (at all). Which shows to go ya how perfect the ones above are.
DREAM WHIP.
LOOK AT THIS ANTIQUE ARMOIRE.
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OFFICE I JUST DESIGNED…
..for a power agent in Beverly Hills.
CUTEST ROMPER FOR SUMMER.
WHICH I TRIED ON RECENTLY…
…and need in a bigger size, cuz I’m 5’9″ and you can almost see my Pachanga here. PS I’m blowing a bubble, not making a weird duck face. Cuz I’m 9.
I WISH I HAD MADE LIKE A 9-YEAR OLD AND MADE A BIRTHDAY WISHLIST THIS YEAR.
Cuz I would’ve put this horseshoe necklace on it. From the Rolling Hills Flower Market, of all places.
SO BEEP-ING CUTE FOR SPRING.
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NEED.
CAN WE MAKE THIS INTO WALLPAPER?
I was helping a client style an antique hutch in her breakfast room on Friday, and decided to prop one of her old books up on plate stand… was flipping through some of them and flipped to this page of an old copy of the Velveteen Rabbit. How sweet would this be as wallpaper? Or just blown up into a print.
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL ENTRY WAY.
It really is true – an entry way is kinda like your home’s first impression… like a little preview or the Cliffsnotes for what people are gonna see in the rest of your house.
LOVE FOR A FLOOR PILLOW.
Or dog bed. From LiveSTYLE in Santa Monica.
SEE YOU THIS SUMMA.
And mind you – this table is SUPER easy to recreate – it’s called $10 strings of lights from Tar-jay, plain-white-plates and clear glasses you can scoop up from Goodwill, and save your empty clear bottles from now till then & just soak the labels off. Scoop up some old mismatched dining chairs from Goodwill while you’re at it.
ANOTHER WHIP O’ MY DREAMS.
Via a Sunday morning walk through Karrie’s new hood a few weeks ago.
I WISH THIS WAS WALLPAPER.
But it’s a painted mural. I’m literally dying to put this in one client’s master bath, in the little nook above the wainscoting / above the freestanding tub. OR in someone’s nursery. But that means I gotta call the little Picasso who did it.
LOOKS LIKE EUROPE BUT –
It’s the flower fields in Carlsbad (about 30 min up the road from San Diego).
WORN LEVIS + CHUNKY KNITS.
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THIS KATE SPADE CHAIR %#@&*^!
It’s also a stupid amount of money (like, get serious – Serena & Lily would sell this for $450), but I love it nonetheless.
I LOVED GROWING UP IN INDIANA.
But truth be told, while I adore my family, it would be hard to imagine ever moving back. Pics like this, however, make me SUPER nostalgic, and make me yearn for the heartland in the summer – when everything smells green and sounds like cicadas in the trees. Also reminds me of my Grandparents, or mornings eating breakfast at my Dad’s house out in the country, looking out at the back 40 – which looks like this. And just a simpler time.
ON EITHER SIDE OF YOUR HEADBOARD???!!!
I’M SURE I’VE POSTED THIS BATIK BEFORE.
But it’s such a good one. From Quadrille.
DO Y’ALL FOLLOW ERIN GATES FROM ELEMENTS OF STYLE?
This amazing little Kate Spade sofa is in her new office. But more importantly, she is amazing, and hilarious. One of the few I still follow. And in a world where Instagram has more or less taken the place of blogs where people actually used to have the patience to read text, I would still read anything she wrote.
YES.
As seen on my friend Jessie’s Insta. Couldn’t agree more.
SO MAD MEN.
And so comfy.
AT THAT WONDERFUL WILLIAM B PLACE AGAIN.
$72. Call ’em for deets.
OLDIE BUT A GOODIE.
I hadn’t seen this pretty shot from Vincente Wolfe for a few years, and then I saw it again and it felt new to me. Love it all.
BEEEEEEEEEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP.
These are so precious. And so Indiana. From Waverly.
REMINDS ME OF ITALY.
And something you’d see on one side of a simple, all-white bed. Like, in a little boutique hotel by the beach in Positano.
I THOUGHT THIS BASTIDEAUX PRINT COULDN’T GET ANY BETTER.
And then they made it in a new colorway: lagoon.
LOOK AT THAT PATINA YOU KNOW I LOVE THE WORD PATINA CUZ I NEVER SHUT UP ABOUT IT.
That’s all folks! We’re off to the beach for the day, then yoga. Followed by fish tacos for dinner, Monopoly, then the cloud + more Netflix. OMG I HAVE THE BEST LIFE EVER.
PS: comme toujours, imma post this and then be editing and adding links while y’all are reading… cuz it’ll take me till Monday & then it won’t be Sunday morning musings anymore.
xoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxo
(and Karrie)
