link love: 12.12.10

design/decor

crazy cool mirror by Tom Faulkner [via]; creatively displaying beautiful shopping bags [via]

kate spade on 5th ave in nyc =  awesomeness. [via]

1. the happy chair! see it's transformation here 
2. such an awesome lamp.  wish i knew where to find it! [image found here]

what a creative way to have woodsy christmas decor! [via]

 seriously beautiful fabric by rapture and wright [via]

fashion

from a couple weeks ago, but still worth sharing -- raquel sanchez silva in oscar de la renta.  dreamy.

want want want these chanel tweed boots that blake seems to also love! [image via]

photography

doesn't this pic make you want to run to the nearest coffee shop?! [via; see much more here]

my love of windows in photos grows. by M Photography [see the whole pretty wedding here]

etc.

perhaps the sweetest vows.  "strongly & fiercly [sic] love you to the end." sigh.

check out the whole 1920's-inspired wedding here. [trust me - it's crazy cute...& fun...& soo romantic!]

in love with uma thurman in this picture. [via]

also in love with zooey deschanel. but that's always. [image via]

 note to self: follow these instructions.  [via]

too funny & so try!  i think my fave is the "disappointment" - it makes me think of "500 days of summer".... anyone else know what scene i'm talking about? [via]

jonathan adler designed barbie?! hells to the yeah.

pretty picture: waiting by the window - pt. 3

yet another.  this time our model [julia dunstall] is also playing the role of a pensive ballerina wearing killer red pointe shoes.  awesomeness.

just like all my other "waiting by the window" pictures, i can't help but wonder: who is she?  what/who is she waiting for?

for this photograph, i've decided she is an ex-prima ballerina.  her prime dancing days are over, perhaps due to an injury since she looks fairly young, but she still throws on her fave [red!] pointe shoes to dance around in the privacy of her home.  it doesn't matter if she slips up or doesn't look perfect or even *gasp* falls -- this performance is for her, her enjoyment, her passion, her love.  why is she by the window?  she is relaxing post-dance, staring out at the expansive outdoors, reflecting on her time spent on the stage.  not waiting, but reminiscing.

that's my story.  maybe it says more about me than the actual image or photographer's vision, but it is what i see.  [& that's why i looooove photography, it allows you to interpret it however you wish]

what do you see?

from elle [U.S.] march 2009

photographed by david armstrong

via dustjacket attic, along with the rest of the full photo shoot.

design: dining room love

a dining room i could definitely see as my own:

why:

- white, white, white [but somehow without being overwhelming]

- beautiful blue color of the chairs

- huuuuge mirror with incredible white molding frame -- i wouldn't necessarily want to watch myself eat, but this massive mirror just captures my heart

- huge window

- chandelier!!  i mean, really - are you surprised that i love this crystal & intricate chandelier?!

yeah, i love it~~

from decor pad [via] 

pretty picture: waiting by the window - pt. 2

i don't know what it is, by i'm just drawn to artful photography that captures pensive women waiting by a window.  i mean, i've already posted one such image here, & now i'm showing another!  take a look:

i think what i love is the way these images really tell a story... or rather, these images allow the viewer to create their own story: who is this woman?  what is she waiting for?  what is out the window? 

& what's best, is every time you look at the photograph, you have the opportunity to create another entirely new story.

enchanting.

oh, & this particular photograph?  pure beauty.

it's by the incredible photographer renata kaveh.

thank you to the blogger isabelle over at pink lemonade for introducing me to her beautiful work.

design: blue bathroom - pt. 2

love:

- blue walls for a bathroom, evoking thoughts of the sea

- ridiculously cool hanging light fixture

- white claw tub

- bend next to tub, for candles & books

- windows, windows, windows

i want this to be my relaxing escape of a bathroom.

it would be also be a lovely master bath next to this bedroom.

sigh.

* see blue bathroom - pt. 1 *

[in an ideal world, i would combine these two bathrooms for the perfect, most relaxing blue bathroom ever]

design by weldon owen inc

image via simply seleta

design: simply beautiful bedroom

this picture keeps coming up on design blogs & every time i see it, i smile. 

i don't know quite what it is, but this room makes me feel

serene. inspired. happy.

there's something about the effortless design that enchants me.  maybe it's the massive windows, maybe it's the dusty rose bedding; either way, i just want to grab a book and curl up into this bed, letting the rising sun warm me as i read the day away.

[oh, and the rosey pink color of the bedding?  lovely.]

found on the decorista, little blue deer, & just be splendid 

pretty picture: waiting by the window

in a gorgeous gown & cardi:

cardigans + formalwear = understated glam.  plust a corset?  and pearls?? 

perfect vintage loveliness.

[not to mention its a simply beautiful photograph]

photographed by steven meisel for vogue sept 2010

via dustjacket attic

pretty picture: fairy princess reading

my idea of heaven:

 don't you just love the cute pair of pumps thrown aside?!  i love how this photograph really tells a story....

lovely.

by corrie bond [who also is responsible for this gorgeous shot]

via caroline in the city