Cool interiors

How fabulous are these lovely images, such stylish & unique interiors, they are from another age. I was pleasantly surprised to see one of the featured interiors is from a blog I really enjoy, Hollister Hovey. Each interior profiled had such a twist to collecting, yet there was this common denominator that I cant quite put my finger on that linked they all together. 

Dear Summer, 

I love you deeply.  I love seeing my family and going blueberry picking, I love swimming in cool lakes and drinking cold beer. I love corn, BBQ and long days. I love the blue sky, cool mornings, summer dresses and the windows down. 

Yours always, 

M

Street style

With the massive success of The Sartorialist a whole new genre of street blogs have been born. I love checking out what other people from around the world are wearing and how they are wearing it! Here are a few worth checking out. This one from Trendy Crew, a blog that focuses on Fashion, Photography and contemporary culture. 

Garance Dore has a fantastic eye and seems to be at all the right places. 

Urban Weeds from Portland, the best of the Pacific northwest.

Facehunter out of London captures easy street style

A classic Sartorialist shot, impossible glam. 

I know it is summer in New York but winter somewhere else, hence this shot from the iconic Look Book section of the New York Magazine. 

Toronto Street Fashion features urban cool

And check here for a hilarious step by step guide on how you can be shot by the Sartorialist

We'll really miss him...

A truly great man. He left us too early. 

Pretty hair

Pretty looking hair -I love the flowers. From A Little Sussy

Happy Summer Friday

My company has "Summer Fridays", you get to choose 4 Fridays off from Memorial day to Labour Day. So, this is my first one off. Yay! Happy weekend all. xo

I'm in love with this shot and what it evokes - summer summer summer. From this gorgeous blog.

This weekend I'm looking forward to seeing my gorgeous nephews!

Lucas

Julian

Quincy

Donna Hay Fan

I'm a huge Donna Hay fan, I started reading the food mag whilst living in Asia and got completely hooked. The images are gorgeous and the recipes are inspiring. Here are a few. Happy Tuesday. xo

Plum & Cashew Chicken Salad, recipe here

Prawn Chili & Basil Fritters, recipe here

Cool style ideas for entertaining

Photos: Chris Court

Missed Connections

Have you ever checked out the missed connections section of Craig's list? I think each one could be a short story, have a look here. Sophie Blackall's drawings ar so sweet and quirky. She has a fun blog about missed connections in New York. 

Marfa Trip

13 photographers from all over the US travelled to Marfa, TX (a place I have always wanted to visit) to photograph their experience. Here are a few shots and for more gorgeousness, check here.

Colours/Colors

Colours in rooms make a big huge difference - we painted our kitchen, a lovely blue and our dining room a sparkly light purple and what a massive difference it has made to our place. It just looks fresher, cleaner and way more hip than the yellowy colour the rooms both had when we bought our place. A couple of buckets of paint and some elbow grease and voila. I'll post some pics soon. In the meantime, here are some wonderful colours, I'm thinking a repaint of the kitchen to hot pink-and have sensed a trend for me...I seem to gravitate to blues...PS Sorry for being away so long, I was on a mini blog break. 

1. I love this blue and the way the chandelier and the white trim really pops. 

2. Unconventional for me but this green really works here. 

3. Pink isn't the first colour to pop into your mind for a kitchen, but it works so well here.  

4. This is the blue we have in our kitchen, lovely and really gives the room a clean, crisp feel. 

5.I love this colour and the way the pictures all blend and pop against the wall. 

6. I love this red here, would be fantastic in a small den or even a dining room. 

7. Check out Betsey Johnson's apartment, it is totally pink, from top to bottom. 

Credits: 1 & 2 Design Sponge, 3, Domino via The English Muse, 4, unknown to me, 5, unknown to me. 6. Matthew Bird

7. Betsey Johnson. PS if you know where 4, 5 are from, who shot, styled these images, please let me know. I'd like to give credit.