Celebrating all things pretty, happy and inspiring. From renovation stories, to recipes, decorating, parties and little life lessons, you’ll find a little bit of everything here.
I love a bold, over-the-top interior saturated with color. Rooms filled with unique pieces that you can only imagine the story behind. They are ripe for inspiration. These bits of decor and furniture weren’t bought from Pottery Barn or Target; they were found, and they were hunted. New York Magazine, The Cut, featured interior designer Sasha Bikoff’s fifth avenue townhouse, which is full of pink, velvet, lavish features and color on color.
If there’s one decor item that I’m obsessed with, but don’t yet have in my house, it’s wallpaper. I just go goo-goo-ga-ga over a room that’s perfectly papered. Let’s take the following papers for example: I love the little drawings of animals all over, their fine lines, their whimsical nature. Aren’t they swoon-worthy?
Children come up every so often between my husband and I, and it’s almost always in relation to decor. I love that these whimsical papers are neutral in color (black and white is so classic!) so that they can go with either a little boy or girl and none of them read too young. There’s no surprise that the majority of these inspiration photos are of nurseries.
I’m sure I’m not alone when I say Target is a little happy place for me sometimes. And when their Christmas decor goes on sale, a certain thrill goes through me, because they just WIN at Christmas. So many fresh pieces, at such good prices. Every year I aim to get classic items that I can use and love year after year, and every year Target comes out with amazing new things that I feel like I have to have! So here are my Target holiday picks. And no, this is not sponsored by Target, I’m just a big Target fan like the rest of you.
Last week I was lucky enough to attend Eco Fashion Week where dozens of designers came together to show the world what sustainable fashion looks like. And it looks pretty darn good. The final show for the week was by Value Village. According to Value Village, every person throws away 81lbs of clothes every year. (Seriously, how does that happen?!) To show what 81lbs looks like, Value Village challenged 10 stylists and designers to style or design garments that equaled 8.1 lbs (making the whole show come in at 81lbs). Participating designers and stylists included Fair Weathers, Boho Republic, Recycle Runway, KLÄD by Melanie Trygg, House of 1000 Corsets, Jason Pillay, Tannya Bernadette, Marky Mark Style, Label Deficiency and Heidi Valencia. What resulted was some ridiculously creative, awesome ensembles.
There are only two weeks until Halloween – do you have your costume yet? I’ve always had a love of the Wizard of Oz. I mean what little girl didn’t want those shiny red shoes! To top it off, I spotted this darling, vintage-style, blue gingham dress for a steal on Amazon and thought it was just perfect for a modern Dorthy costume. Hey, Zoey could even be Toto! You could even update her footware to something a little more current, say, red hunter boots for tromping around in the rain, or just a vibrant heel that would look great at a Christmas party later this year. Oh, and if you want to take it really modern, and just give an ode to Dorothy at work on Monday, and go with THIS dress!)
Happy Halloween!
Dress | Sparkled heels | Socks | Pup in Basket
This is the first salad that I’m officially obsessed with and can’t stop making. I could eat this for breakfast, lunch and dinner (and I probably have, actually). Think of this salad as a gateway drug to healthy eating – it’s delicious, fresh, healthy, filling and full of flavor and healthy fats. It can edge on the unhealthy side if you put a lot of dressing and load it up with tortilla toppings, but I think if you’re not a huge salad eater, this is a perfect place to start. Go easy on the dressing and tortilla chips to keep this salad in the healthy bracket.