grey velvet

Just amazing pics from the stylist photographer Maria Grossmann from Denmark ... can't stop to watch it!!!!

juste des photos incroyables de la styliste photographe Maria Grossman, Danemark... je n'arrive pas à enlever mes yeux de ces images!!!!!

Live, smell, think grey guys!!!

Guest posting today at Haus Design!

Good morning to all my lovely readers...hope your week is going well. I am so excited to be over at my friend, Barbara's blog, Haus Design. I was thrilled she asked me to participate in a new series she is running, Design in five, about five things I would want to do or feel the need to do if starting with a blank room. I hope you will pop on over and visit me there.
 Barbara is just the sweetest, such a gracious and classy person, she has a beautiful eye for elegant European influenced furnishings and her blog is always a divine treat for the senses. On top of that she is soon going to be opening her online store which I know will be a big hit with her fabulous taste and incredible resources from all over in Europe. She lives in Munich, Germany so I love hearing and seeing the unique perspective she offers. In any case, please come on over and visit me there and discover Haus Design if you are not yet already familiar with her blog, you are promised a real treat! See you there!Click here to visit!

By the way for some of you who asked about the results of last weeks, "Which would you choose' here are the results.....

1ST PLACE

A CLOSE 2ND PLACE 

TIED FOR 3RD PLACE

4TH PLACE

What can I say, you all have superb taste!!  Wishing you a beautiful day.

i gigi

just amazing concept store, i gigi is a haven of beautiful gifts and unique pieces for the home. With its calm, welcoming atmosphere you can browse at your leisure or do some serious shopping. The muted, earthy colour palette is chic and modern and yet utterly timeless allowing all our pieces to fit seamlessly into any home. And you can find a lot of design from tine k !!!! They also have a blog .... yes, seriously!!! lucky british people!!!!  Plus ... designers to help you to decorate your house!!!


i gigi est un incroyable concept store... un paradis de cadeaux et pièces uniques pour votre maison. Avec son atmosphere reposante vous pouvez y chiner à votre rythme ou être gagné par la fièvre acheteuse tant c'est beau. La tonalité principale y est neutre, intemporelle et s'adaptera a tous les intérieurs. Et on peut y trouvé plein de choses de Tine k !!! Et ils ont aussi un blog!!! Et oui, c'est sérieux!!!! Veinards qu'ils sont ces british d'avoir un tel magasin!!!!! Plus des designers pour vous aider à décorer vos maisons !!!!

and even more... you have a fashion area for man and woman... and a café where you can have a lunch or just a coffee... and also painters exhibitions...their current exhibition is by Peter Ellison...

et en plus... il y a une boutique de fringues mortelles pour homme et femme... et un café pour faire la pause dej ou juste se faire un café..mais il y a aussi des expo de peintres et en ce moment c'est celle de Peter Ellison...

yummmm...miammmm

fashion...

Peter Ellison's exhibition

I WANT TO LIVE IN i Gigi !!!!

Which would you choose?

Hello, hope this finds you all doing well considering the "Christmas chaos" has officially begun. I don't even allow myself to think of all I have to do, because I literally might faint, so I just take it one thing at a time, knowing it always gets done. I must admit I do daydream about getting away. A lot. Not in the cards with our move but its fun to imagine! So next best thing is a virtual trip......
Its another Which would you choose. So here's the deal....you and three of your best friends whose company you love and enjoy immensely  have decided to escape for a little girls only getaway. Just a three or four day jaunt. Just enough to make the family realize that the domestic diva they thought they had is actually totally indispensable and they will be begging on hand and foot to have you back ten hours after you are gone. Nothing like a little distance for a few days for "the fam' to really appreciate all you do and how effortlessly you make it look!
 Now, you get to choose from a few different types of vacations....will it be beach or poolside, or " ski to your hearts content" kind of trip, maybe a rustic and elegant farm to lounge around ...its your choice!! Do you see an active trip, with plenty of physical exercise and sun or ski runs during the day and cozying up by a fire roasting marshmallows at night or maybe just an old fashioned getaway with long walks and maybe horseback riding during the day and Scrabble marathons and glasses of wine at sunset? Maybe a city slicker weekend, spent catching a Broadway hit, shopping to your hearts content, eating at a new trendy restaurant...something for everyone!  Its your trip and you are in charge......so choose from these six fabulous destinations and tell me where you would want to escape  with your pack of friends and why! I have included your guest room and bath with each home to hopefully make your decision a little easier....good luck and get packing!

CHOICE 1 WONDERFUL WILD WEST

CHOICE 2  COASTAL CHARM

CHOICE 3 GLAMOROUS CITY SLICKER

CHOICE 4 ISLAND FEVER

CHOICE 5 DESERT ESCAPADE

CHOICE 6 FARM FABULOUS

Definitely something for everyone! I cannot wait to see which you choose and which one comes out on top.With the way I am craving a getaway, any of these would be a most welcome reprise!! So, tell me where you are headed and what you can imagine doing there.....

Wishing you a great day.

And one last little tidbit....

Its not unusual to daydream (like me) to want to be away especially during the holidays when stress levels are at an all time high, and I witnessed a parking incident yesterday that got rather ugly between two well dressed women, (nothing to the degree of this video however) this is an oldie but goodie and sadly things like this happen with increasing frequency. This makes me want to go home and avoid malls and parking lots from here to eternity....Can you imagine!