Happy Colorful Friday

In Love With These Beams

Via House to Home

Lace Bus

Finnish artist Virpi Vesanen-Laukkanen added some crochet funk to the morning commute in Vantaa, Finland. Images via here.

Seen and Liked On A Monday

The perfect city view from one of the rooms at the Wythe Hotel in Brooklyn;
And from Brazil, the studio of Isabelle Tuchband by The Selby via Notorious;
The perfect combination of cosmos and a Smeg via Domestic Rebus.

Midsummer Marvellous

Wishing you all a wonderful midsummer weekend.  Isn't this picture fabulous!  (Via here)  It makes me want to head to a beach immediately!

In The Store

It is such a beautiful day today!  The sun streaming into our little shop inspired me to pick up my camera and take a few snapshots.

Bonbons Lamps

Gorgeous lamps by Ana Kras, a Serbian born designer.  The geometric metal forms are tightly handwrapped in naturally dyed silk thread. Via Design Tonic.

Cars

This great collection of toy cars arrived today.  Not sure what I am going to do with them yet but love them!

Seen and Liked on a Monday

Some of my favorites on the House and Home all time favorites gallery.  I love the luscious teal in the top pic with pops of white and green used as contrast color.

Flying Into the Weekend

Fell in love with the gorgeous butterflies created by artist, Paul Villinski this week.   May his gorgeous celebrations in flight carry you through a fun weekend!

Fabulous Parisian Apartment

Loving this apartment that appeared in Cote Paris.   I would probably add a bit more color but I love the eclectic mix of items, the great art and the fabulous door/wall to the bathroom.

Olympics Knitted

Fun colorful guerilla knitting on the pier at Saltburn By The Sea in the UK pays tribute to the Olympics in London.  Knitted figures representing the various sports - love the synchronized swimming image below.  Photos via The Telegraph.

Seen And Liked On A Monday

Gorgeous door via Desire To Inspire;
Succulents in San Francisco via Simply Photo;
Beachy creativity via Elizabeth Bunsen

Backyard Sunday Styling

Some pretty Henry Road styling by my Mom in her lovely backyard in Baltimore.

Dog Walking Glamor

I went to an opening of Rachel Bujalski's photography collection 'Distracted' yesterday evening at Una Mae in Loz Feliz.   Love the picture of my friend, Julia who is a dog walker channeling another era in the most fabulous way!

New York Water Tower

Beautiful art installation by Tom Fruin on the roof of a building in Dumbo.  Made from 1000 pieces of salvaged plexiglass.  Photo by Robert Banat via curbed.

Red Dots

It's been a fabulous crazy busy week.  Look at all the red dots on all the bird paintings by Matt Adrian that have now flown out the door!

Woven Lampshades

There is a fabulous collaboration between Australian design house, Koskela and The Tjanpi Desert Weavers to create lampshades utilizing woven and wrapped grass.  The Whimsy shades that I make by wrapping and weaving fabric celebrating the wire form would look great hanging alongside them.  Top pic via Vogue Living (great video on that page too), bottom pics are my shades.

Pat Hickman

The texture, shape and layering in Pat Hickman's work is beautiful.  What inspiration!

The Daniel Hotel In Vienna

Spotted this post on a new hotel in Vienna on Yatzer.   Not sure I love the bedrooms as they are bit stark but the bathrooms, bakery, store, fabulous door signs and details are so creative and wonderfully done.