you and i would pass the house talking aimlessly

I have had the following pictures on my desktop for some time, but have been too bogged down with school work to really look through them. The design team of Mark and Sally Bailey have released 2 books thus far, the first being Recycled Home, and then Simple Home: Calm Spaces for Comfortable Living, which the following are from. I dream of having an uncluttered but inviting space, and feel it is something I have always struggled with. It is so easy to add more things, but it takes a very discerning eye to know when to eliminate and let a few simple, understated pieces speak for themselves. I adore the patina and serenity found in these rooms, but especially love how they don't seem to take themselves too seriously, and have occurred just by chance {even if they were the result of much time and consideration}...

come out to meet me, run out to meet me

Have had apartment hunting on the brain ever since I landed at JFK... Am really really hoping it is all over, found a really amazing place in the most beyond perfect location in the East Village, so everyone cross your fingers for me! While I wait to hear if we got the place, I will have to bide my time mulling over the hundreds of inspiration photos I have stored, I love thinking about a fresh slate...

Though I won't have nearly this much space, its so much fun thinking about new spaces and how you will fill them, and subsequently live in them!

All photos from {this is glamorous}

or Lonny 

We got another thing coming undone

This is one of my all time favorite Selby shoots - It's the home of Lyndsay Caleo, a goldsmith and interior designer, and Fitzhugh Karol, a wood worker and interior designer. {P.S. what more could you need in a couple than one who works with gold and the other wood? Amazing} This home truly leaves me breathless- the mixture of raw wood, natural materials, and vintage patinas all against a crisp, beautiful white canvas creates for a stunning and serene living space. I love the moments of whimsy as well, like in the bathroom, and their utility for creating nooks of intrigue. It's rare to see a home look so calculated and perfectly curated, all the while coming across as so completely liveable and inviting.

Swoon.

p.s. of course I checked out her jewels and they are equally breathtaking.

Home- Shot on June 9th 2010 by Todd Selby

Jewels- Lyndsay Caleo

I wonder if you wonder too..

6.11.10

5.22.10

dark and moody.

I'm leaving cause you don't feel what you're dreaming of

Such a pretty, light filled kitchen on a not so lovely grey LA morning.. makes me happy.

Images via Beautiful Things To Share

There beneath the blue suburban skies

The New York Times Magazine did a Style profile a couple of weeks ago on one of my all time favorite interior design gods, Kelly Wearstler. She has created an aesthetic and a brand that is all her own, and is reflected in everything from her homes and hotels to her personal style. I can't get enough of her seemingly care-free spirit, and the inundation of colors, patterns, volume and textures. 

I have telephones, opera houses, favorite melodies

I'm not going to lie, I have been spending an unnecessary amount of time

looking at apartments in NYC when the move is still approx. 2 months out

but it is so very much fun looking through the spaces and dreaming them up 

as my own. I've been going back and forth as to where I want to live, and perhaps with whom,

but I can't imagine moving into someone else's existing space in a big new place-

I can't wait to build a little sanctuary, a little piece of home, of California.

So I've been perusing the smallest of studios in my dreamiest of locations {soho preferably} but am also being realistic and looking all across the lower portion of the city and Brooklyn, which is home to my dearest friends, but for my first experience in the city I think I've gotta be right in the heart of things.

After looking at empty apartments, I have also been having a wonderful time looking through all the amazing interior design blogs out there, and of course apartment therapy. Each year they do a contest on the best of small spaces, the majority of which end up being in NY.

These were some of my favs-

I love this little nook. This was taken from the IKEA family live site, which is a fun place

to see what others have done with the same furniture you see over and over..

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This last image was the winner of the teeny-tiny bracket, and I must agree!

What a great use of space {and color}.

Clearly my style is vast and wide-ranging, but I'm sure to an extent 

the interior will be dictated by the environment and the space.

It will be a big change going from my huge one bedroom with backyard,

but I can't imagine myself being more excited by the prospects of this move,

than anything else. 

Looking forward to so many amazing times {and spaces} ahead..

I wanna be where your heart is home.

Finally- I had time to go through all my photos from NY and I am so delighted to share the lovely home of three of the most fabulous people in the world, Els, Als and Kirsten. They opened up their beautiful home to me for a week and I am forever grateful- I mean how could you not be inspired and in love with such a beautiful space? More than anything though they truly made it into a home. Enjoy.

Those Schroeder sisters have a serious way with interiors. I love the inherent subtlety which allows for the natural beauty of objects to shine through. Those two will go very far.

Personally, I'm anxiously awaiting the opening of their general store.. Someday soon, yes?