off the map

Joanna Goddard posted this gem a few days ago over at A Cup of Jo and it was too rad for me not to re-post.

Need this in my life – stat.

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make a statement: drapes

Do you ever feel like no matter what you do, Friday is just never going to arrive?  I spent most of this week, waiting, nay praying that the next day would be Friday.  Turns out if you wish hard and long enough, eventually the next day is in fact Friday.

Bring on the weekend!  We’ve got a jam packed couple of days planned and it looks like Mother Nature is planning on playing along – temps are supposed to be in the uppder 70’s to mid 80’s.  I don’t want to sound crazy, but one last romp at the beach is not out of the question.  Better remind the Main Squeeze to break the zinc oxide out of storage . . .

Moving right along: it’s time for another shameful confession (I’m up to my eyeballs in embarrassment over here).  Are you ready?  I’m kinda into Tori Spelling and her born-out-of-adultery-but-maybe-it’s-ok? manic life with Dean McDermott.  I happened to see a picture of her and her fam in their re-done family room the other day and I am digging those drapes.

There’s nothing like a bold drape to really make a room.  I’m loving the pops of color and the “look-at-me”-ness of the drapery in the images below (and coveting the rooms that they live in).

(Brief aside: can you even STAND this?  I am dying over this entire vignette.)

Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

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zoe my goodness

Time for a shameful admission – I’m obsessed with the Rachel Zoe project.  Isn’t that just horrible? (And yet, at the same time, just a teeny bit understandable?  Throw me a bone here.)  I am endlessly fascinated by her insanity and her sickeningly metrosexual man partner Rodger.  Yes, you read that right – there’s a “d” in there.  Regardless, have you seen her new Beverly Hills home?  This thing is, to quote Rachel, “ba-nan-as” in a big bad way.  I am jealous to the nth degree of that kitchen.  And that nursery.  Don’t even get me started on the pool.

(And for those of you that watch the show too: since when is it even mildly appropriate to demand that your new-to-the-job pseudo assistant stylist / interior decorator furnish your entire 7,000 square foot house in a 2 week period?  Oh to be slightly crazy, somewhat famous and living in a California mansion . . .)

Source: Bravotv.com

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falling

Have you ever closed your eyes only to find that when you’ve opened them . . . it’s a completely different season?  The past few months have been a blur filled with visits from my family, trips to Nantucket, Red Sox games, shishkabobs and sails through the Elizabeth Islands and Marth’s Vineyard.  The Main Squeeze Spoils me, so.  (I’m not complaining.)

The summer months were so unbelievable that I somehow managed to miss the changing of the seasons altogether, and suddenly it’s fall.   And I have to tell you, quite honestly, I couldn’t be happier about it.

Unsurprisingly, as a little girl I loved summer more than anything – swimming in the pool, bbq’s and homemade ice cream (and of course no school) were where it was at.  As an adult fall is quickly becoming a front runner for my favorite season.  Having grown up in Connecticut and living in Boston now, it’s not hard to see why.  I love knowing that things are going to slow down a little bit and that our friends and family will be around more often (instead of packing up and heading off somewhere every weekend).  I’m also looking forward to . . .

–  Apple picking at Russell Orchards

– The smell of fires burning in neighborhood chimneys

– Pumpkins here, there and everywhere

– Cozy sweaters

– Apple cider

(and last . . . but not at all least)

– Fall decorating!

This might just be the year I convince the Main Squeeze to take me leaf peeping.  Such a creepy name for such a lovely event.  I hope you’re enjoying the chillier temperatures and the changing colors.

Sources, L-R: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

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bungalow, baby

I am sooo smitten with this fantastic Brentwood bungalow featured in the July/August issue of House Beautiful.  Subway tiles, bright and airy, pops of color, the perfect blend of antique and modern . . . it’s almost too much to handle.  (Oh, and didya see that farmhouse sink??)

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