Fall

Fall won't set in here for awhile but every year it starts toying with us right about now. Cool evenings and mornings; the kind where you're tricked into wearing a sweater only to strip it off a few hours later when the heat comes. We woke up one day this week to rain clouds. We were all (6) very excited by the idea but nothing came of those clouds. It's very frustrating but I do love the anticipation of it.
Etsy

Intellectual

Can a kitchen actually even fall into the category of intellectual? I'm not so sure but that's the sense I get from this space; it's very smart.

I just know that if this was your home and I was over for my first visit, I'd be having the most difficult time trying to mind my manners and not look nosy as my eyes were darting around the room to soak everything in. I have that problem sometimes.
Country Living

Studies

I've had a few spare hours in San Francisco over the last few days and boy, have I made good use of them. I stopped to see the work of Clare Rojas at the Craft and Folk Art Museum on Friday and then the Textile exhibit, To Dye For, at the DeYoung on Monday. Both were fantastic. Especially because in each exhibit, I was the only one there so I stood extra close and examined every little detail.

Playful

Succulents are quite possible the best plant type for mixing and matching. Ever.
Sunset

Muted

Favorite shades of the moment? Anything muted.
LaLa for Fashion, ?, Living Etc

Absorbed

I don't read like I used. Yesterday though, I picked up a book, "The Help" and I hardly put it down for the rest of the day. Today, I plan to do more of the same. It seems the perfect way to spend a long holiday weekend, absorbed in a book and otherwise relaxed.
House Beautiful

Botany for Gardeners

A new found favorite. Found here.

Daydreaming

I want to run up these stairs to grab something I've forgotten, sit at the stoop while talking on the phone or lean over the banister to see who's below. Can you imagine?!
Southern Accents

Dear Anthro

Dear Anthro,
Sometimes I feel like you're one of the few who really get me. You know, really, really understand who I am and what I'm about. I don't even mind that you know how to use that knowledge to make me pine for things in your store like I do for no other. Why? Because I'm convinced. I don't want the product. I want the lifestyle. Book covered walls, butterflies haphazardly affixed to cardboard pieces, a bathroom consumed by plants. I mean honestly, I'm so much closer to this reality than a tidy space where everything has been planned to perfection. So anyway, thanks, it means a lot.

Patience

If only a beautiful hedge was one of those plants you could just buy small because it will shoot up in just a year or so anyway.
Bloom

Let's See

Looking forward to Emily Henderson's new show, Secrets from a Stylist, which premiers tonight. I love Emily's personal style and the fact that she's just a regular girl with really good taste who's made her way onto television. I'm very excited for her even though we've never met. Will you be watching?
The Brass Petal

Therapy

It's been a long week for me, if you feel the same way, maybe a little shop therapy would be helpful.

I adore these vintage clutches from A Midnight Dreary. The artist behind these pieces starts out with great vintage clutches and embellishes them with eclectic items (ruffles, feathers, brooches, & rosaries). The results are fantastic, see for yourself.

Decidedly

So much beautiful tufting in one place, it's absolutely fantastic.
Design Sponge

Question

Can a person just nail up planks of wood to their otherwise ugly walls and be done with it? I'd like it to be so. Anyone?
Coastal Living