eeny, meeny, miny, mo

I am not entirely sure why I selected this picture as my Happy New Year post.  Except perhaps that the trims and fabrics shown are similar to entering a new year; festive, fresh and exciting. Happy and Healthy 2015!

Interior designer, Jouin Manku outfitted Le bar at the Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Paris, with a canopy made from 550 yards of fabric. I especially love the color contrast of brilliant blue with pale purples.  Paris has so much design brilliance, it blows me away. Photography by Eric Laignel.

If you wish to infuse a touch of Europe into your home, you now have the opportunity to integrate European light switches. Since 2010, Forbes & Lomax has provided replicas of English switches that are specifically designed to be compatible with our electrical system.

Excited about this unusual circa 1950’s iron garden set… next up for them, restoration, painting, cushions and delivery..  

 ” the greens don’t match, neither do the blues and yikes, beige and white together?”

From slab to countertop…