Here are my inspirations for living well and living with beauty – people, places, objects and moments. They make me see the elegant, and even the exotic, in the everyday and inspire me to infuse every day with elegance.
On a bookshelf in my house sits a large black portfolio filed with all the clippings from magazines and newspapers collected throughout the decades. I’ve been doing this more years than I’m willing to admit. I call it my Wish Book aka “The Book”. Sometimes, months will go by and …
Red is a color that really wakes you up, brilliantly, no? ..But using it in a room must be approached carefully. It never translates “dated” like peach or mauve; it’s always in style and it seems we never tire of it. Doses vary though. Some can swim in it, others …
Today I’m channeling my life as a Provencal woman. Passing by the open-air tents, I can’t help but lose myself in the beauty of nature’s bounty – a visual feast. As I select my roasted chicken, my lettuces, my cheese and bread, I am instantly transported to a cold day …
I’ve been lucky enough in this lifetime to have been given a charm bracelet; well, actually two charm bracelets. The first was a gift given to me by my husband on the occasions of our first wedding anniversary. So romantic. It was a single gold link bracelet with one sentimental …
I found this great acrylic umbrella stand on one of my treasure hunts and thus began the start of my collection of umbrellas. I have specific requirements for each acquisition and they are in the following order:
#1 great handle
#2 interesting pattern
#3 Colors that compliment …
A friend dropped by this morning to join me for coffee. It’s a simple gesture, but one that I think has gone by the wayside in recent years. So often now we say, “… meet for a coffee at Starbucks? Or even “…the little French place around the corner”. Whatever …
…”That which we elect to surround ourselves with becomes the museum of our soul and the archive of our existence.” Oh, so true. My own nest envelops me in beauty and graceful abandon. It’s where I can rest my mind and spirit only to let my imagination soar.