in the mood for pink + red

Pink + Red.
The colors of Valentine's day,
The colors of love.
It should be used with caution, however, because the colors evoke romance.
 Nobody can deny a little romance in their home...its much too blissful!
Hope you are all having a happy weekend and getting your home ready for the month of love.








images via apartmenttherapy, sarah kaye, sunnysblog, practicalprincess, makingitlovely

flowers can be a girls best friend too

via adaanddarcy
Its pretty obvious I love pretty and beautiful things in my home. 
Flowers are no exception.
I have been on the search for different ways to add beautiful floral elements in my home.
Sometimes the smell of a fresh bouquet makes me feel complete and other times I stumble upon a pillow, chair or even wallpaper whose floral pattern makes me feel blissful!
For now I will luxuriate in the ever so amazing inspiring images found on the web. 
love them.


via sarah kaye + domino

inspiration...for the little ones.

I can't get over the anticipation of having a new member to our family.
My little brother will be having my parents first grandchild...this is huge!
Nothing on earth is more exciting that me getting a baby girl to spoil and obsess over.
My mom is over the moon! expectedly...

In light of this occasion, they are in the process of decorating the nursery.
A lot of moms I know haven't the first clue of how to begin decorating this room.
I am going to make it a little bit easier with some 
images of inspiration
for my baby niece's new room.

Allow me to share some of my favorites...

via nestegg



via livingetc


decorpad

cookie magazine

image via chikaustin


image from decor pad via storm interiors

bedroom inspiration: romantic bohemian

So my sister's bedroom is my first plan of action.
She wants lots of color, floral motifs, a boudoir feeling, art + lots of books.
I kinda am feeling a coral color...mixed with white bedding, candles, displays of jewelry and feminine art. 
Here are a few images that are going on the mood board.
Now its off to shop for fabrics!
I plan on starting by making her curtains + pillows with my sewing machine
so I can get the perfect look...
shopping for the perfect pair can be so hard sometimes.
Now...if only I could make them with scalloped edges like the ones below.






inspriation: WALLPAPER + Colors

Such a rainy day here in Los Angeles and I am loving the fact that there is no way I am missing a beautiful sunny day while indoors and blogging my heart away.
i love the rain!

On another note...
Wallpaper or not to wallpaper?
This is our question of the day.
Tuyet, my client + sister, wants wallpaper in her bathroom...
something bright and fun. 
So, we are on the hunt...she likes yellow.
I like purple or blue or something very flowery and fun,
something like these below.
Nothing says feminine like flowers, right?



working for the weekend...


hope everyone is having a happy weekend!

My sister and I finally picked out her new digs in Brentwood.
She has hired me as her designer, and we got full permission to upgrade her new 
cottage rental any way we choose to, or should I say...I choose to.
(my sister and I have exact opposite taste)
Yahoo!
(i'm dreaming it could be like the inspiration photo above)
So...
Designer mode is kicking in and we are off to the bookstore to buy way too many
inspiring design books.
I can't wait to get started!!!

well... I kinda already did.
...been brainstorming and sketching all morning!

wanting to be 'guild-ed'

I am so digging on Tricia Guild's latest fabric collections.
If I could, I think I would cover an entire guest home in her wall coverings + fabrics.
I love love love anything floral...flowers make me happy.
These particular fabrics would complete me.
Check her stuff out.
p.s. she also have amazing inspirational books that I keep around the house for fun.








The Art of Living...dressing a dresser

I have recently been working on a project for my new bedroom makeover.
I got a freebie dresser that I decided to give a new fresh look.
(pictures to come soon)
However, I am having a dilemma finding just the perfect items on the top.
I want it to look luxe and feminine at the same time.
I need some inspiration quickly.
I have found a few images online that have captured my interest.
Wondering which of these styles I like best...hmmm?
Any advice?





Click on her link to get tips on how to dress a table.


image via ISUWANNE




in need of inspiration!

I have a few projects this January.
My sister just turned 30, got a job promotion is looking for a condo + the man of her dreams. She wants a grown up apartment and she has hired me as her decorator.
Exciting...? YES!
but...I have a blank slate and I need some ideas.
I am loving all the inspiration I can get right now...

Z is for Zebra

Each new year I find so exciting...
because it means my birthday is right around the corner, 8 days to be exact!
While looking around + searching for the perfect new handbag
 to start the 29th year of my life off right, 
I found an amazing  zebra skin handbag at Coach
I guess its going to be all the rage this year, along with the color gray.


It looks beautiful.

It also brought me to searching interiors for the delicious zebra pattern.
There is something so hip about zebra, 
I don't know what it is...but I am loving it.

how rockstar would you be with this bathtub in your home?

If I am ever fortunate enough to buy a house with stairs, I am sooo doing this!
{above images: source}

{you can buy this here}
{image:source}

shades of blue

Everyone remembers this photo, right?

I'm sure you are missing Domino as much as I am. I know, I know...don't remind us.
I was smart enough to have subscribed to Domino, so I have every single issue that ever hit the shelves. I have collected tear out pages from each one and I put all of the pages into huge portfolios that sit right under my bedside table. Every so often I pull them out and devour the pages. I recently looked at the pages with this tiffany blue kitchen and i remember feeling love at first sight. 
So...now I am inspired and loving blue kitchens, makes me want to repaint mine and start all over again. Health tip: I heard through the grapevine that the color blue turns off the appetite. This means that painting your kitchen blue could help you lose weight. Maybe its just a myth, but color stories are usually true. What do you think?



{images from countryliving}

loving it: Molly Sims home office

Molly Sims has homes that have every girl lusting after them.
Kishani Perera  (check out her site...its brilliant)
has helped Sims achieve this by giving her homes the Perera touch.
Fun, funky, vibrant, femininity + brillance...that is Kishani Perera.

Molly has recently expanded her career to jewelry design. 
(This is a personal dream of mine as well)
Perera has helped transform Sims office into to this wonderful setting...
(i think i am going to attempt to replicate this huge collage in my bedroom)
...from this fantastic fantasy of a home office that it was. 
I am so loving both focal points...
the black frames collage + the one black collage of photos.
sooo loving it.

{images via: shopolive}

merry christmas eve...

Having finished stuffing my self silly, unwrapped all of my presents, watched a billion youtube videos and played enough board games, I find myself browsing the world wide web.
It's like a mini-world that doesn't close on Christmas and most of my favorite online stores are already having sales. I love this part of Christmas. 
In addition to shopping, I have been broadening my mind files of art filled interiors.
I am fascinated by art and how art is placed within one's home.
I found this image over at apartment therapy, and while searching for more, 
I couldn't keep myself away.
I think this art is so funky, and I really love how such different forms of art are placed on the wall and make a cool mix. I'm always looking for cool contemporary art.

And now just a few more images that look like art to me...






{images via: apartmenttherapy}

having a 'gray day'

Gray is so the hottest color right now!
I bought a gray dress today to wear to my friend Meghan's birthday party at The Village Idiot tonight. 
It is one of my favorite places to go in Los Angeles, the perfect place to sip some wine on a cold night. 
I am loving gray right now, it's everywhere. It seems to be the new color of 2010, not only in the fashion world...
but in the interior design world as well.
Here are some ways to add a little gray into your world.

2. Gray circles lamp from West Elm.
3. Gray Nairobi throw from ZGallerie
4. Rebecca Minkoff bag Hobo
5. Stockings from grace home
6. Alexander Wang Daphne Duffel
7. Mark Rothko, Blue + Gray 1961 from Art.com



my gray inspirations:
victoria beckham, of course...
elizabeth and james Fall 09 collection...
molly sims 'gray-tastic' home
{images via people + instyle }