link love: 9.18.10

i do the searching so you don't have to :)


design & decor:
- window treatments: bold patterns
- incredible photography [& design!]
- need inspiration? -> cool vintage collections
- more inspiration: indian design amazingness
- i keep getting drawn to colorful doors.  here are even more!
- brightly colored upcycled candle holders
- black & pink [including a pretty pink chandelier]
- lighting love

fashion:
- not sure how i feel about this as a wedding dress per se, but it's incredibly gorgeous
- lovely outfit [& purse!] by the cherry blossom girl
- eva mendes looks incredible... & i want her dress!!

etc.:
- incredibly cute printable notecard
- i don't typically like gold, but there's a whole lot of pretty in this golden touch post
- to commemorate my new office job, i think i need this incredible jonathan adler gear
- i'm glad someone shares in my love of polka dots
- adorable little kiddos
- *hilarious* cards
- i want this picnic backpack!
- this week's purple love
- gold & lilac
- nerd alert!!

link love: 10.15.10

some links to check out.  some are new, some are old, but all are fab.
design:
- ridiculously incredible rug
-highlighting my fave color, the underestimated purple
- more purple!  well, technically it's plum
- european trulli houses that will take your breath away
- decor meets beauty [inspired by opi]
- more incredible front doors. wow.
- fun & colorful fridges

fashion:
- is a great shoe sale the next best thing to sex?  um, yes.
- zara kids = cutest kids & cutest fashion ever.
- blogger wishlist - shari & dj -- i want all things on both wishlists!
- i truly could not think of a more perfect outfit for fall.  this is me.
- shoe & purse soulmates by etsy
- lingerie inspiration board
- i love totes!

relationships:
- manual to long distance relationships

etc.:
-another fave: audrey hepburn.  aka, the girl who sure knows how to do a makeover movie
- i want to live a pink life ~ fab pink pics!
- why not...improve your life - part deux
- an ode to bicycles
- an ode to emmanuelle beart
- i heart fishtail braids

design: colorful doors

about a block away from my grandparents' vacation house there is a grey house with a beautiful purple door.  when i was younger, i always knew we were almost at our destination when i saw that purple door & would start to get really excited when we passed it.  consequently, i now have a love of funky, brightly colored front doors.  i think they are not only fun but also practical -- i mean, who would ever drive past the "house withthe purple door" & forget it's yours?! 
just take a look at some examples of brightly colored doors...

 

 

 

photo creds

lavendar: attic mag; bright purple: emily henson interiors [via  design*sponge]; light blue 1: decor pad  [via the zhush]; light blue 2: what the vita [via from the desk of annie]; light pink: dear world, you're pretty; fuchsia: creamy life; orange1: peden + munk [via destined to design]; orange 2 creamy life; green: creamy life; red: creamy life; yellow: veneer designs [via from the desk of annie] 

architecture: art nouveau in brussels

incredible!

can i live here please?

more pictures here

found on wolf eyebrows & house of turquoise