this place in space
bonjour mes amis! thank you for your notes today, j’adore you so much! what a marvelous place this is, cyberspace. we’re taking it down a notch today and working on the site and the upcoming buying trip in paris this fall. this is one of the photos and just thought maybe a dose of paris was a bit overdue. by the by have you seen the woody allen movie? did you love it? i sure did!
anyway i just wanted to stop by and say hi and share a pic of the place in the day. after watching million dollar decorators, it’s not coming along as fast as i’d like but taking some time has forced me to really think things through.
anyway my most precious possessions (shells and books)! are now off the floor so that’s a good start :)
well, back to it, hopefully tonight i can come surfing by. till then, have a great day and nuit!
the sum of small efforts
Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out.
Robert Collier
hi guys, how’s your summer so far? sorry i fell off the earth for awhile but you know how easy it is to burn out. i’d say it was a little laziness but also being physically unable to touch my laptop after being on it all day. plus nothing seemed exciting enough to write about. yet so much happens in a day it’s a shame not to notice it, even if it seems like change happens in slow motion. so here are a few of today’s highlight:
my storage unit has had goodies from paris untouched for close to a year. we’re finally making progress with everything including organizing and shooting it all. not to mention listing it. amazing how much i’ve been letting slip thru the cracks.
not much has happened with the apartment, especially in the kitchen. the colors are uber icky and i’m thinking of ways to change it without upsetting the building.
the highlight of the day was when liz took the reigns and decided not to wait for the assembly guy to come and help us with the shelves we got last week. she put them all together in just over an hour. it was a feat that surprised even me!
it was too late to make them pretty or even get a lit shot but you get the idea. we’re still debating what’s going in the center but we do have a piece she’s threatening to build tomorrow.
which reminds me, tomorrow is another day :)
hope whatever you’re working on is working out. sweet dreams, see you in the stars!
the summer wind came blowing in
happy summer everybody! how’s everything in your world? i’m finally sneaking in some blog time so all’s right in the world here for the moment.
i’m basically just working hard during the day and sleeping hard at night. today was the first time we were able to get out and take a road trip to some favorite haunts and we found a gold leaf cocktail table.
you’ll be happy to know my sconces are up. now i’m on the lookout for a pair of slipper chairs to sit under them.
well you know how the days are, they start out with big talk, plans and good intentions but suddenly it’s late and it’s all i can do to write these last few words. sweet dreams and wishing you lots of lazy days and a summer to remember!
i’ll never get over it
hey guys, happy sunday, at least for 3 more minutes :)
guess i’ve been surfing longer than i realized but i got pulled in to to worlds of friends who stopped by yesterday. it will never cease to amaze me, the women who come through, say hello, leave a sprinkle of a love note and carry on to their next destination. tonite i’m sharing their blogs, homes, work and lives. the following links are from last night’s comments. i haven’t had a chance to surf and visit or even answer comments so i’m looking forward to going back and going thru them. tonight, enjoy these lovely ladies’ lives. have a great night!
cleartheclutterwithcarol.wordpress.com
home alone
hi guys! happy friday!
wow. it seems like forever since i’ve been alone with my home. i wish i could tell you it was really coming together but it’s slow going. a comforter here, planter there…i should have hung these sconces tonite but hey, tomorrow is another day, n’est pas?
i did indulge in the feng shui perscription to add elements and metals to each room so these gold pillows were my first go at it.
when the armoire came i started organizing but that came to a standstill with the daily grind. i thought there was light on the horizon but it’s still been days and days of catching up after months and months of running around.
this summer will be the first time staying in one place and i plan on loving every minute of it.
i can’t wait to nest but for now i’m just living with the space, looking for what belongs, a vanity or slipper chairs? bench or entry table?
total non sequitur but we were fabric shopping and found luscious this silky teal stretch remnant yesterday. it’s been such an inspiration color for us that i had to shoot its richness. who knows what we’ll do with it but every once in a while we indulge in $3 fabric!
anyway life’s a lot different now than when i was ny or running to paris every few months, but i’m happy here and it gets better every day. here’s my attempt at a self portrait of my bliss tonight! hope you have a fantastique weekend!
what’s beyond the horizon
hi guys! it’s been a while but i needed to retreat, get down and just work. blogging would have taken the last ounce of energy i had and that was needed for sleeping! i know my blog buds know what i mean :)
i’ve been at it till the wee hours just to keep my head above water for way too long but thankfully those days are over. there’s light at the end of the chunnel where days are not spent chasing UPS (and my own tail) and i can get back to ma vie!
liz and i just wrapped another full day and found this shot in an old notebook and i thought you’d get a kick out of it. it was a shoot we did with elle magazine at my store in nyc. a truly magical day, now a million miles away. makes me think about where i want to go in the future with tpa. traveling of course tops the list! now that we’re tackling the business side we can get creative and start to put the next trip together!
well a girl’s gotta eat, so off i go to catch a sunset and a salad. have a great night and dreams of a bright future to you!
