When your husband keeps coming home and telling you about some awesome, fun-loving, bow-tie wearing guy who is super creative and inspiring, the obvious next step is to simply invite yourself over to his home. Which is exactly how I ended up at Claus Christensen and Brian Jensen’s home in Copenhagen, Denmark which they share…
When Your Favorite Shopkeeper Opens Her Home
If confession is good for the soul, then let me just get this off my chest. I am FREAKING OUT over this home tour. Not only is Artilleriet one of my favorite shops in Scandinavia, it is one of my favorites in the whole. wide. world. And now it’s lovely founders have…
The $5 DIY Mood Board | Beauty on a Budget
If you think all beautiful things cost a lot, forget it, ‘Cause I’m about to make a liar out of you. (Respectfully, of course!) Start by buying a wood board for $5 at the hardware store and paint it with whatever color you want the background to be. (I had some black paint on hand but spray paint,…
You Want To Bring Back Poolside Glamour?
Glamour at the poolside? Isn’t that an oxymoron? If you have kids then the last five minutes before you walk out the door to go to the pool are hectic… “Moooom, Where’s my bathing suit?!” “I don’t know honey. Try your bottom drawer!” (Oh, man… Where’s my bathing suit??) “Mom, I…
Gonna Make You BEG for Beige, REALLY.
If beige were a person, we’d have to start a campaign to save it… ’cause the name calling it has endured over the years hasn’t been so great. Take the “Builder Beige” title. I mean, really, how mean is that? What did beige ever do to deserve such nasty verbal abuse? It’s not like…
EVERY SHADE OF PACIFIC BLUES…
Summer is all about the color blue, represented through water, the sky, and endless play and what better inspiration can one find than the Pacific Ocean which carries every shade… GO BLUE & SILVER SEA YOU SOON GO FOR A BLUE TOP + WHITE SHORTS + BLUE BAG SEEK OUTDOORS (BOTANICAL GARDENS BY VALENTINA) Choose BLUE…
How To Do Themed Without Being a Theme Park
Disney and Las Vegas have one key thing in common. They both know a thing or two about creating themed destinations. And while you may prefer that every object in your room has the word “Bombay” written on it in your Indian themed and curry yellow painted room, there might just be another…
How To Fake Natural Beauty
There are some people who live every day without a lick of makeup, hair dried in the wind, and barely a thought to their clothing…. and they look amaaaaazing. They are one some people call a “Natural Beauty.” England has even created a restaurant for people who love their natural self so much…
Future Trending: The Green Kitchen
Why consider green in the kitchen, you ask? Besides the fact that it will instantly make you awesome (unless you choose lime green. That’s still not cool.) Green is perfect for the kitchen because it represents life, renewal, nature, and energy… and if we are lucky, might remind us to eat our veggies… or…
Proof that Black and Blue TOTALLY Coordinate
I am working with a client here in Atlanta who happens to love a balance of light, darkness, and shades of indigo. She just naturally gets that black and blue totally go together. The old days of not wearing white after Labor Day (Is that an American tradition only?) and never mixing…
A Blue Phase :: Am I depressed or just American?
Have you ever noticed yourself veering towards one color? I’ve been craving the color blue lately. I bought a blazer, more jeans, a denim shirt, a blue vase for my mom… and then I started to wonder. Am I depressed? Isn’t that what a blue phase symbolizes? Or is this just an…
Watch Out For The Tiny Ones :: A Tiny House That Packs A Punch
“It’s the tiny ones that’ll get ya.” That’s what my mom always told me. (I like to pretend that she is not referring to her adorable 5’1″ daughter!) Whether you adhere to my mother’s advice or not, this tiny apartment is sure to make you want to join the tiny fad (or is this just an American obsession these…
