Outdoor Living

 As long as there is an outdoor shower...I'm good for days! Love this space.

image source erin ever after

Draw The Line Somewhere.

I've been thinking a lot about this lately...where do you draw that line.  Well, I think Debbie Smyth has got it figured out, so maybe I should call her and ask for some advice!  Get out your hammers, nails, and thread ready. She has developed a "visually stunning technique to create playful but sophisticated artworks using a networks of threads stretched between plotted pins."  I want one of these installations on my walls...NOW!  Debbie I need your advice and your art :-) 

So incredible!

This grizzly bear guy...he's my favorite!

Thanks for sharing Inside Out!

Christian Lacroix Illustrates

Wow! Thanks Camilla Morton for asking Christian Lacroix to illustrate your take on Sleeping Beauty.  I'm obssessing over this now!  I'm dying to check out the entire Fashion Fairytale Memoir Series.  Each book is illustrated by the designers themselves, "these tales illuminate each iconic individual's creative magic while celebrating his unique life and career."  Cheers.

"How did your love for fairy tales influence your career path?
I was brought up on a diet of Vera Southgate's Ladybird book series of Well-Loved Fairytales, and I always wanted to work in a world that created dreams and “happily ever afters.” I started going to couture shows [while I was still at school], and the escapism, beauty and fantasy of the collections pulled like a magnet—it was like a real life Disney extravaganza, and I had to be there to witness it. -Lacroix"

via Nowness

I Wish I Was A Parisian Lady

After discovering this photography series I am a Parisian Lady by Baudouin...yeah I think I want to be a Parisian Lady, a bit challenging I know, but all things are possible.  I am in love with this series that captures wonderful ladies in the middle of their day doing their typical thing.  There is so much personality and such amazing stories captured in each of these images and spaces!

These are some of the most inspiring studio live/work places I have seen.

Feeling Pink

Happy Friday!  Hope your first week of 2011 was a good one!  I'm kinda freaking out about all these random deaths of black birds, doves, fish, and crabs what about you?!  So for this reason I'm just going to think about pink or something like that cuz it's just so darn innocent and sweet. 

Ice skating in the sun, surrounded by flowers, with a goose on your head, now this is life:-)

I need some more pink in my life!  If I had this pink dining table maybe I'd have more dinner parties...Goal for 2011!

A bubble bath with my Tokyo Milk No 02  would be so good in this pink bathroom and in this beautiful clawfoot tub.  As my mom says if this scent was to have a color it would be Light Pink.  Thanks Mom, this was the best gift ever!

 

Bubble Bath and then breakfast in bed.  Yeah this soft pink room is NICE!  And I know it smells like Tokyo Milk NO 02!

images via Shona Heath, vtwonen, unknown, and NibsBlog

Amazing Owl, Can You Hold Me Up?

My grandmother passed away a few years ago and I miss her very dearly.  I discovered that she had this amazing collection of vintage owl jewelry and I am now the proud owner of many of her pieces.  My aunt gave me another one of my grandmothers owl necklaces for Christmas this year which I am so thankful for and I love it so much!  Thanks Shelby!  These little gifts mean so much to me and everytime I wear one of these pieces I feel like it has the power to hold me up just like this awesome guy would do!  Oh owls and grandma I love you! 

image source here

Oh hey Marie Olsson Nylander...HEY!

Your house is amazing.  I'd move in today.  Really that's all I wanted to say.

love. 

-annie-

images of Marie Olsson Nylander's house via Mixr.Se and many other places on the web.  So I'm sure you've seen it, but I just didn't want to forget it!  Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Design Milk: The Beat Boxed 19

Check out my latest The Beat Boxed: Jonsi, one of my favorites of the moment!  So super bummed I missed his LA concert a few weeks ago.  Did any of you go?!

 

Jónsi, the mastermind behind the Icelandic group Sigur Rós, released his solo album Go earlier this year and I have been absolutely captivated by it. The music explodes deep into you, sprinkles you with fairy dust, ties a little string around your heart, lifts you up and takes you to magical places.
Check out the amazing video for “Go Do”:

Jónsi - Go Do from Jónsi on Vimeo.

The video production is absolutely brilliant and the live stage shows take the performance to an entirely different level. 59 Productions has created a truly mind blowing show that blasts your senses through a hybrid of art and performance. The journey you go on throughout Jónsi’s show is something you will never be prepared for. The main inspiration behind the live stage shows was the photography of the 2008 fires at Deyrolles, the strangest and most famous taxidermy shop in Paris. As devastating as this was, photographer Laurent Bochet was able to capture this hauntingly beautiful moment that has become such an inspiration to many. 59 productions has taken these moments and Jónsi’s creative ideas and translated this into a dynamic visual performance of life, death, and freedom of animals and nature. Take a peek into the making of the live show:

Jónsi live show by 59 Productions from Jónsi on Vimeo.

Not like that in itself isn’t enough inspiration, but the Jónsi’s song “Go Do” is being used in the latest commercial for Dulux’s Let’s Colour Project. This project is all about spreading color throughout the world to engage and bring happiness into communities that were once gray.

 Above three photos from the Let’s Colour Flickrstream.

As I translate Jónsi’s music into an interior I have been very influenced by both the animal and nature concept behind Jónsi’s live shows and the Let’s Colour Project. I have combined the bold and brilliant colors with the raw and lifeless to create a contrast with depth and emotion. The pattern and texture in each of the pieces evoke a sense of excitement.  While the energy in this room swirls around and dances with you!

1. Finn Juhl Baker Sofa 2. Taxidermy Photograph by Laurent Bochet 3. Gyrofocus Extendable Fireplace 4. Hans Wegner Circle Chair 5. Carnival Wool Rug 6. The Hummingbird Cushion by Alexander McQueen 7. Curiousa + Curiousa Blown Glass Lamp 8. Paul McCobb Planner Desk

Bits of Gold

There are some days when life may seem a little dull, but I must remember to continuously see the bits of gold.  You don't remember days, you remember moments, and these golden moments are the ones which shine brighter than the sun. 

wow, i'd love to wake up in this gold bed.

a dream closet and the perfect little gold stool.

the gold light shines bright.

gold table shines like the sun

Flooded with golden bits.

images via interiors porn, concrete and dust, lonny mag, and laurie joilet