UNE SEMAINE TOUTE EN VERT
image via pinterest
au revoir.
7.29.2011
7.28.2011
7.27.2011
7.26.2011
7.25.2011
7.23.2011
CHAIRS IN MOROCCO
DES CHAISES AU MAROC
images sylvie pellet
Tangier always has a welcoming seat for its visitors...and a glass of hot mint tea.
image le figaro madame
au revoir.
7.22.2011
7.21.2011
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
En voyage une fois de plus...
ALBERT MARQUET- Tanger, La Citadelle.
Today I fly off to Paris, then to Tangier and back to Paris and then it's the much dreaded (1st of August in France...) voyage to the Ardèche. Just my usual circuit, I know, but in the summer all this is always more compliqué.
The schedule:
The same painfully short stays in Paris
The same painfully short stays in Paris
(we absolutely need to get to Tangier ASAP this time: new exciting project- more news in due time).
The non-stop week in Tangier
(re the above comment...)
(re the above comment...)
Finally a somewhat relaxed stay in the south of France.
(somewhat, is the correct word, yes: there will be a lot of looking for, miraculously finding, inevitably buying/ordering and then hopefully convincing some dear available soul to deliver/install/position a lot of "stuff" like garden/pool furniture and lighting, flower pots and plants, bathroom fixtures etc. all of this in AUGUST in France, the month EVERYTHING grinds to a halt...)
Why not have planned all this beforehand and have it waiting for us upon our arrival?
Excellent question!
Short answer:
By the way, I would not miss this trip for all the olives in Morocco, bien sur.
Excellent question!
Short answer:
The last trip was too short to get everything organized as the actual work was the priority, plus: ordering anything online is great but it has its limits; I don't know about you, but to judge the color of a lounge chair on a computer is IMPOSSIBLE! they call it gray, it looks perfectly brown to me! best to wait and hope for the best.
one last thing:
I will not be able to post in my usual way until the 22nd of August. Realistically, there will be so much to do and I am thinking that some of my time needs to be spent happily doing NO.THING!
I leave you with a scheduled daily shot of color.
You'll see.
Have a great month while I wander.
à bientot.
7.20.2011
7.19.2011
WHITE STREETS SOMEWHERE
LES RUES TOUTES BLANCHES ICI ET LA
Andalucia, Spain
Asilah, Morocco
Sidi Bou said, Tunisia
Greece
all images via pinterest
au revoir.
7.18.2011
7.16.2011
7.15.2011
THE WHITE SUMMER TOPS
LES PETITS HAUT BLANCS
Everywhere you look in NYC, someone is wearing a pretty white top this summer. Some are soft and flowing, some romantic and embroidered, others crisp and simple with a little "architecture" to them. What ever shape one chooses, white is always sure to look fresh and clean and striking.
I LOVE white in the summer and most of all white tops. They look great with anything: straight city pants, jeans or wide linen trousers, any style you like.
the pared down gypsy look
the romantic Ophelia look
The crisp couture look
the very basic urban boho look
images theory, carolina herrerra, saks 5th avenue, the satorialist, catherine malandrino, style hive, fashioncatalogonline
au revoir.
7.14.2011
OUR NATIONAL DAY
C'EST LE 14 JUILLET!
Amusez vous bien aujourd'hui, mes amis.
au revoir.
7.13.2011
ZEN MOMENTS
LES MOMENTS ZEN
images via pinterest
Wouldn't it be positively pure heaven to slide into an "almost" indoor pool on a hot New York summer day?
au revoir.
7.12.2011
HOME SLIDES
DES TOBOGGANS à la MAISON
I never thought of adding a toboggan to my house. I don't know where it would have fit but I also do not see how I would have justified the expense and the effort for something sure to be used for 10 years, tops! They seem a lot of fun, yes, no doubt. And these look great BUT...
images via pinterest
In my next life.
There is one more, right?
Whew!
I am sort of counting on it.
au revoir.
7.11.2011
SERGE MOUILLE LIGHTING
LES LUMINAIRES de SERGE MOUILLE
Serge Mouille was a well known French designer of the 50's, the contemporary of the likes of Charlotte Perriand and Jean Prouvé, Isamu Noguchi, and Jean Luce. His playful design, called generically floor lamp or ceiling lamp etc., is one of the most iconic designs of the middle of the 20th century and is still produced today. Only 600 are manufactured every year.
The versatility of the fixture enables it to be installed almost on any surface of a room. Serge Mouille's beginnings as a metallurgist must surely have something to do with it.
It comes as a small table lamp, a wall fixture, a ceiling light and a floor lamp, with many "tantacles" (it is then called the spider) or simply as a one, two or three arm piece.
I especially love it in custom order white.
images luxuryh-home-design, sergemouilleus/blog, oliverayaph, metropolitan home
I will need to seriously consider one, one of these days...well, dream about considering one.
au revoir.
7.09.2011
MARBLE+1940'S GLAMOUR+ BALCK AND WHITE = SUBLIME
MARBRE ET NICKEL+GLAMOUR ANNEES 40+NOIR ET BLANC= SUBLIME
I love these two bathrooms designed by Jacques Grange, one of my very favorite designers, for the Mark Hotel in NYC so much, I could scream.
Bon, je me calme...
bon weekend.
7.08.2011
SO MANY BEDROOMS, SO FEW NIGHTS
TANT DE CHAMBRES, SI PEU DE NUITS
images milenachka.tumblr, natalieedgar.tumblr, elle decor all via pinterest
I would sleep very well in any of these exotically attractive bedrooms, thank you very much!
au revoir.
7.07.2011
PURE AHHHH MOMENTS
LES INSTANTS DE PURE BONHEUR
image via a gift wrapped life
This would definitely qualify as a place to have a nice long ahhhh moment, I believe; don't you agree? NY has been incredibly hot and muggy- no, dependably hot and muggy...- and all I could think of yesterday was a long dip in a pool and a nice spot to just re.lax!!!!Patience, patience..
au revoir.
7.06.2011
SUCH FUN SUMMER BAGS
DES PETITS SACS D'ETE TELLEMENT SYMPAS
I fell in love with these bright hand crocheted bags I found online. They are part of the Susu line of slouchy, easy, stunning bags made by the Wayúu Tayá Foundation.
(The foundation) "was founded by Wayúu model and actress, Patricia Velásquez. Since its creation, Wayúu Tayá has concentrated its efforts in assisting the Wayúu, an indigenous group of over 450,000 people, located in the Guajira Peninsula of northern Colombia and northwest Venezuela".
I immediately imagined them worn with simple T-shirt dresses and espadrilles (they are 2 must-haves this summer), adding a big punch of color to a maxi tank worn with wedges or a shorter striped number with matching flat espadrilles.
Bread and Butter
Michael Kors
Stuart Weitzman
J. Crew
Kurt Geiger