peanut butter and jelly...

you know, in a make believe house, these rooms just seem like they would go together....

*images courtesy of the style files, you are my fav, the happy haven

the return of the cafe curtain...

when i started working for a designer (10 yrs ago) in college, i remember making faces when she would mention words like balloon shade, swag and jabot, or cafe curtains when we were brainstorming for window treatments for clients...i can now laugh at myself as i ponder where i could incorporate cafe curtains into my own home...i love the simplicity of them and how great they show off a fabric...i actually just put a pair in a client's home!

*pics courtesy of martha stewart, erika from urban grace, simply seleta's kitchen

sibella court

this fab nyc loft belongs to sibella court, an amazing Australian stylist...i thought it had just the right amount of green to share w/ y'all on st. patrick's day....

*images courtesy of the design files, living etc, inside out

off to get my taxes done....

so basically this is how i picture my day going...have a great weekend (hopefully, i'll see y'all on monday)....

*image courtesy of ffffound

don't judge me.....

so i have been doing this thing called procrastination...i'm a major sucker for this activity...i somehow find myself participating in it often...daily events like waiting until 5:00 to clean the house before my husband comes home...so picture me running, shoving random pieces of mail and clothing in drawers so it looks like i have been slaving away all day...

and then there is the major procrastination...preparing for taxes...i would compare this task to pulling an all nighter in college...you know, where you have known all semester that you have a 20 pg term paper to write but somehow you go out every night until the day before and that's when you have a mental breakdown...yea, that's me....we have to meet w/ our accountant tomorrow...that's why tonight it's important to go to a concert...can't you tell i have matured a lot in the past 10 yrs....

*image courtesy of domino

yellow shutters never looked so hot....

i am officially obsessed with this house and the family....sixx design is what i would define as "bad ass"(excuse my french but it's really the best way to describe them)....six children (hence the name of their company) and two masterfully talented/hot parents...i don't know how they do it but what they can pull off in design is unbelievable....if you haven't seen their portfolio or book, you should totally check it out.

the conversation i would have had....

so sometimes this blog serves as a random collections of thoughts, an outlet for design inspiration, or just as a source of energy to communicate with the outside world. while i love having my own company, i miss the interaction of having people to talk to over your morning coffee...at my old firm, i had four other girls that i still consider great friends...we knew every aspect of each others lives (literally b/c we had been together for five yrs), we would vent when things were going wrong, we would laugh until our bellies hurt, we would drink wine together when the clock hit 5:00...i miss that part...

if i was in an office this AM, i would pour a cup of coffee and then go sit on the desk of a fellow coworker and say "did you see the city last night...jay's crying looked ridiculously fake" or "i hate random white vans...they totally crept me out whenever i see them in my neighborhood" or "gosh, i hope the teachers at tay's school don't think i am a degenerate mom b/c i put a white skirt on my child before easter"....

instead, i'll think those thoughts to myself...sip my reheated coffee and pray it doesn't get cold before this post ends....

*pics courtesy of fffound, by-geisslein