Monday, March 21, 2011

{wishing you a happy spring}

a-new-beginning-hed
pink-blossoms-picnic

"It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!"

~Mark Twain


. . . and at long last, the eternal enchantment that is spring has arrived, and while winter may have its cozy, fire-lit nights, spring has its breezes by starlight and magnolia blossoms in sunlight, its long-awaited, lingering excitement that soon there will be pleated skirts and picnics, café crème and macarons in quaint light-filled cafés in late morning, and butterflies and golden skies in early evening . . .

happy spring! hope it is filled with beautiful things & new beginnings,
~ roséline xo

{p.s.} spent most of the day, yesterday, out of the office in favour of working in a sun-drenched café, having apparently already fallen to spring fever and there's magic in the air

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{more springtime inspiration:}
* spring green
* spring blossoms, one
* spring blossoms, two


{image: scan by this is glamorous from set with style by caroline clifton-mogg, photography by simon upton}

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

{inspiration: shoes for display}

Came across this charming apartment on a garden square in Bayswater, London that uses antique display cases for shoes and have always loved this storage solution.

It reminded me of an earlier post of a place {below} that used
beautiful library storage as a sophisticated display case for shoes and clutches that were simply too pretty to hide away . . .


{see also:}
>
random inspiration
> another great shoe storage solution

{images: 1 - apartment living by Caroline Clifton-Mogg, photography by Winfried Heinze; 2 - tearsheet from a back issue of livingetc. originally posted on February 27, 2008}

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

{lost in a good book}

The coffee table is currently buried under pile upon pile of fashion and design hardcover books and magazines, and rather than stow them away on shelves or in armoires, I rather like the idea of neat and colourful stacks tucked in a well-lit corner alongside art and elegant hatboxes, as in Hervé Pierre's Manhatten apartment, which is described as a combination of "fun, frenchness and fashion history" . . .

{Sounds just about perfect.}

For those who prefer a more neutral palette, classic built-ins in warm tones and books shelved with their ends facing outward create a softer, more unified space.

{more great storage and display ideas:}
> a pretty endtable magazine rack
> stacks of magazines for a desk
> stacks of magazines for a bench


{images: 1 - House & Garden, November 2002, photography by James Waddell; 2 - apartment living by Caroline Clifton-Mogg, photography by Winfried Heinze}

Thursday, June 26, 2008

{happy weekend + nyc}

Off to NYC for a few days to trade work for play, and short conversations on our mobiles to long conversations over dinner . . .

{p.s.}
Been a busy week here, so here's a wrap-up of the some of the things you may have missed:

electric
summer
stylishly french
karl lagerfeld + versailles
beauty sleep
swank lighting + joe cariati
une fille comme moi
everyday objects as art

Have a beautiful weekend, everyone!

{images: top - french country living by caroline clifton-mogg, photography by christopher drake; bottom - polly wreford
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