tablescapes

    When Tara Wilson contacted me about doing a giveaway on her designs I thought this would be a great way to revisit tablescapes again! I had no idea that there was a design term for a tablescape until I started reading blogs six months before I started mine back in November 2008. source…

This was the view from the kitchen and into the living room at my sister Elizabeth’s house. The ottoman covered a pile of wires that stuck out out of the wall from the last owners’ stereo system. The flat screen is mounted above the fireplace on the right (not shown). When I found this small…

Don’t you just love this fabulous textured, African-inspired lamp? It is truly a piece of art! It arrived this Monday along with the sofa and two chairs in pale green linen I had custom made for this client. Ignore the pillow, it was just floating around and I stuck it on the chair. The real toss…

Tablescapes are on my mind now that I’m decorating my new place. I want to buy a fabulous table for my entry and make it just as inviting as this one! All you need is a lamp (for instant atmosphere), some coffee table books, beautiful art and some flowers. I saved this image and can’t…

I saw this table setting in a recent Style at Home Magazine and in the spirit of Breast Cancer Awareness Month I thought I’d post it. I’m always drawn to creatively styled tables and I loved the way the napkins were simply folded underneath each bowl of sliced pink grapefruit!  And as you can see…

This tablescape is actually one she did for House Beautiful for their April 2008 issue. (I ONLY discard design magazines when they are over 10 years old, so I have quite the collection of them, piles everywhere, strategically placed in my living room).Anyway, I love anything Barbara Barry so when I saw this in the…

Okay, I have been reluctant to show you anything inside my house because I rent (and for starters the walls are a very pale pinky beige—yuk—anyone who reads this blog knows how much I dislike that colour) but to paint it, I would have to include a very large textured ceiling in the living room…

I adore Ralph Lauren’s Home website.  And since these images are new [to me anyway] I thought I’d post them for you to enjoy as well.  The reason why I love his site so much is because everything is so beautifully styled, look at this sexy hammock [above] and the way it has been arranged!…

My blogger friend Brooke Giannetti at Velvet & Linen just had her home in Channel Islands Harbor published in C Magazine. Click here to see the whole post. She is a luxury designer in California who has a stunning blog with a huge following! C Magazine via Velvet & Linen   I just love the…