Hello Lovely

via style crave

I can practically hear

the roar of the waves and feel the delicate

spray of the sea on my skin in

Carter Smith's

tropical photographs here. 

The gorgeous model Anja Rubik is pure sunshine.

Peace to you right where you are.

Let Them Eat Cake

What do you get when you combine: dressmaking couture, a stylish visionary who loves chic and vintage, and PURE youthful WHIMSY?

Let Them Eat Cake!

UK based Felicity Lynch is the designer of this delightful clothing, and I adore her palette and styling (romantic and reminiscent of Tim Walker). Take a look at Felicity's collections and how she weaves cheeky magic (ahem? see young Britney above) into heirloom quality kid-couture.

Lovely!  

Peace to you right where you are.

I am in the 'dreaming' phase of two or three decor projects.

First, my living room desperately needs sprucing up,

and I want to keep it neutral and quiet.

Second, my son who left for college

will be claiming a new bedroom so I'll be

creating a guest suite that reads...

more sophisticated and slightly less

 'lover of deathmetal crashes here'

if you know what I mean.

Thirdly, the younger son's bedroom is too

juvenile, and he has requested something

more grown up, cool, and with lots of art.

I am dying to cover his blue walls

with dreamy

{what else} white.

all images via Sarah Richardson

Inspired yet?

Peace to you right where you are.

Lerkenfeldt Photography

Beautiful

nordic light and

clean, fresh Scandanavian style. 

Spied this studio's work first over

at emma's blogg.

Think summer!

Peace to you right where you are.

No designer has been as influential to my own design aesthetic

(and maybe even lifestyle aesthetic!) 

as the stylish and chic

Rachel Ashwell.

I own all her books including:

Shabby Chic

Rachel Ashwell The World of Shabby Chic

Rachel Ashwell's Shabby Chic Treasure Hunting and Decorating Guide

The Shabby Chic Home

Shabby Chic Interiors: My Rooms, Treasures, and Trinkets

Her enormously successful business Shabby Chic is not only

a source for beautiful, feminine, simple, vintage-y things for the home,

but Rachel has inspired us to adore all things girly and

reminded us to keep our spaces spare. VERY spare if you're me.

Her books are divine.

Buy them if you love beachy clean style like I do.

In her books, her shops, and design Rachel

shares secrets and her heart in an intimate way.

Be prepared to be breathless.

She definitely possesses that x-factor.

via Shabby Chic

So very grateful for Rachel's willingness to share and teach us all she learns on her journey.

Peace to you right where you are.

Sophie Griotto

So happy to find this beautiful work

by French illustrator

Sophie Griotto.

 Her portfolio is the sweetest eye candy!

Strong, chic, urban women being fabulous.

It was tricky interpreting stuff on her site,

but she loves ink and pastels

and illustrates for fabulous European

magazines in addition to exhibiting

and selling on several art sites.

Peace to you right where you are.

How cool is this 3-D installation 

designed by what we do?

(via emma's blogg)

WWD designed a stylish office for RHETORICA,

a small communications firm. Custom lamp

using old books and an Ikea light. 

Does white get any cooler? No, sir.

What a lovely workspace!

Hanne and Tobias say this of their collaboration:

We're a dynamic boy/girl design duo based in Copenhagen. Besides supplementing each other at work we also team up in private! We believe in the simplicity of scandinavian design, but we're not afraid to spice things up, in our own controlled way!

If this office transformation is indicative of what you do, 

WHAT WE DO, you really DO IT SPLENDIDLY

so thanks for sharing your blog cases!

Peace to you right where you are.