Win a Prize and have Fun!! Sometimes It's nice to get what YOU wished for*

Dear Blogging Friends,

I have enjoyed blogging so much since I've joined. It has become my daily newspaper. Feeding me every morning with creative thoughs. It's been so exciting finding all these people who love and enjoy the same things you do. Thanks to all of you, I have decided to show it by giving away a FREE Fanciful Design!

How it Works:

Starting Monday, March 2nd there will be a new post everyday up to Friday March 6th. Each post is colored themed and inside each post will have a Fanciful Design shown. On Friday you leave a comment of what Fanciful Design you wish to WIN! The winner is randomly drawn and if you win you get what YOU wished for!!

How to Win:

Anytime on Friday, March 6th leave your WISH on the Friday post. The winner will be announced Monday March 9th!

Happy Blogging!!

Simplicity and White

White being a favorite. I could never get sick of it and can ALWAYS find something white for my home. Loving the frenchy blue wall paint combined with the subtle neutral accessories.

Oh so welcoming with it's curvy stairway base and vertical Swedish clock looking like it was made for the wall. What a beautiful entrance!!

Appreciating the natural fibers against the white, this entry feels balanced. Don't you love the asymmetrical iron urns guiding you up?

Hotel Silver. Yes, it's always a necessity. Every shelf needs a shiny solid piece. I think everyone agrees its practicality and decorative use is always a plus. Find the BEST collection of hotel silver at The Paris Hotel Boutique.

Just a glimpse of The Paris Hotel Boutique's endless collection of Fine Hotel Silver.

Some Colorful Casa's...

Pink and green apartment building from the Gracia neighborhood in Barcelona. Just gorgeous!

Barcelona’s most famous artist/architect Gaudi, constructed this house on the Passeig de Gracia in 1906, commissioned by a local bourgeois family, it now sits between Escada, Hermes and Cartier. Lets hope this stands forever to appreciate it's unique lines and breath taking structure. What a place!

You have to appreciate the lined up shutters and their washed colors as they fade into eachother.

Trove

When you find a store like this you feel like you stepped into a place that takes you back in time. With a sophisticated European setting the rooms are filled with a vast selection of art, antiques, textiles, and something else that sets off a remarkable energy of love and passion from every piece hand selected from the owners Heather and Bobby Lee. Even the small things have quality unique character at Trove.

Plaster Chandelier

Baroque blue side chairs with their original paint.

bundles of hand made papers and organic hand-stitched textiles

Here come's the weekend and Happy Spring!

This year, people seem more excited for spring than ever before. Myself being one of them. Not only clearing out clutter and making your home fresh, but enjoying the pure essence of each new day. Why do we feel such an urge to start fresh?

The amazing photo above is from Nature Trail as she captures Spring perfectly.

The Paris Apartment

I recently heard about Claudia, The Paris Apartment who just launched her new amazing website. My freind emailed me a picture with these white curtains attached and I fell in love! Claudia had some of the most whimsical pictures of white curtains framing a window. There's something about them that takes you into another place.. making everything crisp, clean and clear. I love Claudia's taste... then came across her story! There's not too many people you feel you can relate to, but Claudia, you can. She explains, "For inspiration I watch 20’s and 30’s movies, read French & Deco design books - I collect tiny things; fabrics, vintage trinkets, & satin ribbons, and am fascinated by 1700’s France in the ‘Age of Enlightenment’, when all things were works of art and philosophies were flowing. - the objects they left behind are magnifique! Even a tiny scrap of cloth can be exquisitely intricate and I love to get lost in things like that!" Claudia's full story

Those tiny scraps, small objects, satin ribbons are so meaningful in my world... I have so many as they line the walls of my studio.

Satin Ribbons from Laduree

An old French Opera Ticket I found in one of my old books...

Along with this old ticket was a note from a lady named Bly giving her dear friend a book called " The Standard Operaglass" it covers every opera up until 1934. Bly and Mary traveled to Paris and saw operas together. She marked in the index of operas every opera they saw together.

I thought this was such a find. The ticket remains on a hook holder in my Paris Apartment.

Fanciful Designs going to Sarlo

I first discovered Sarlo from Habitually Chic One of New Yorks finest Interior Designers, Heather Clawson. Clawson said, "I love stores that look like homes. I think it makes it so much easier to picture how something would look in a room which is especially helpful for non-designers. They also look like places you would want to hang out in all day"

After reading that and getting inspired, before I knew it, I was talking to talented Gabriella Sarlo herself. A beautiful, talented designer/antique dealer fills her shop with sophisticated furnishings, vibrant vignettes, and an array of French antiques. Trips to Europe, and a great eye, there you have Sarlo. I couldn't be more thrilled to have my work surrounded by her stunning showroom.

A glimpse of Sarlo's Vibrant Vignettes...

A Fanciful Design going to Sarlo today...