The Sweetest Days

Do you know the song "The Sweetest Days" by Vanessa Williams? I remember hearing that song when my boys were little bitty and just being overwhelmed by it. I tried to have it playing for you here but it makes me cry.

These days I'm thinking of that song again.

This is Tanner. We just picked up Senior proofs today. He's going to graduate and go off somewhere...

This is Spencer. He studies really hard because he wants to go off again.

These Are The Sweetest Days!

Now pass me the Kleenex please.

Vintage Beauties

Fresh flowers and a vintage cup to make the everyday a little more beautiful.


A vintage headboard with just the right amount of ornate detail to add interest to an otherwise simple bedroom and create a comforting space that's perfect for unwinding.

Changing

The seasons are definitely changing now in our little part of the world. It's getting cold and we may have our first freeze tonight. Let's take a quick walk around the yard.

My oakleaf hydrangeas have been the most beautiful colors.

The leaves are beginning to close up now.

Looking down the walking path behind our pond....there's a roadblock of leaves.

This one little geraniums refuses to give up.

The ornamental grasses are all topped out with seed pods.

Oh how I love to be in the yard!

I will miss it this winter...this girl doesn't spend much time out there in the cold Oklahoma wind!

Now let's run back in for some hot coffee...it's that time of day. 3:00!!

Home Tour: Kelly Wearstler's Opulent Color-Filled World

Interior designer Kelly Wearstler isn't one to shy away from using bold color, especially in her own Beverly Hills home...and good thing because her risk-taking has led to pretty fabulous results...

Black fireplace in the lounge room styled with tall purple alliums

The lounge room featuring vintage sofas re-covered in blue leather from Ashbury Hides and vintage Pierre Paulin faux snakeskin chairs


Pink velvet chairs


Chandelier original to the house


The foyer featuring a vintage horse, custom red and white wallpaper, and a zebra hide from Rags in Los Angeles


One of her son's bedroom decorated using a monochromatic color palette


Kelly's office featuring Pedro Friedeberg hand chairs and gorgeous wallcovering by Robert Crowder


Spectacular vintage chandelier


Friedeberg hand chairs


The guest bedroom featuring the Tracery rug from her collection for the Rug Company, a vintage bed, Sferra bedding, and a black and white Hermes throw


Vintage chairs recovered in pink material


All images via Vouge Living Australia

Her new book, Hue, has just been released. You better believe its on my Amazon wish list!

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"I give you the contagious influence of joy, with which you may infect all persons with a new dimension of abundant living."

-Eric Butterworth

She Naps

Hope you are having a wonderfully relaxing Saturday.

Designer Spotlight: Dee and Randy Kruse

Newport Beach based designers Dee and Randy Kruse are the owners of D.Kruse Studio & Showroom and experts at creating simple, clean and sophisticated interiors. They prove that modern design can marry well into traditional style not only through the juxtaposition of old and new but also by updating classic interiors with modern sensibility.