The restaurant Proxi in Chicago is as energetic, fun and tasty as it is beautiful. The beautiful interior was designed by Meyer Davis, with barrel-vaulted ceiling, colorful patterned floor tiles, floor to ceiling windows, antique mirrors and leather-quilted curvy banquettes. The restaurant is located in a former printing press and it’s devided into three spaces in a lofty-like space.
This is a quick repost from last year, instead of our regular Fashion post. I’m in Istanbul with my family to attend a memorial for my mother in law at her school she founded more than twenty years ago. This, my third time in Istanbul, where this one has been bittersweet for the aforementioned, but entirely deserving of such an extraordinary woman that was my late mother in law. We’ll be back on schedule next Friday.
I love a room with just the right amount of colors. Contrary to all-white rooms, colorful rooms look finished, well thought and put together. They also look sophisticated and collected. Conversely, the interior design of any space will depend on the owner’s preference and lifestyle. That said, I believe there is a very attainable balance as these rooms full of saturated colors can attest. It’s in the right balance between the noise in high contrast colorful rooms and the sophisticated ones that don’t scream at you. Colorful interiors have the skill to boost any room’s excitement instantly. The color we choose for our homes can speak volumes about ourselves, preferences and even provide a hint of our inner lives as well. For instance, did you know that the color green means caring and helpful… and black conservative and creative..?
The use of color in a room seems to be more beautiful when it is done in a gradient effect as in Aerin Lauder’s library. Everything in it seems to harmonize perfectly, it’s soothing, perfect for a space for reading and it’s sophisticated, ideal for a drink at night.
Traditional nail polish is one of the most toxic beauty products on the market. It is packed full of chemicals that are harmful to breathe and harmful for fingernails. Chemicals like formaldehyde (a known carcinogen), dibutyl phthalate (known to cause reproductive issues), toluene (known to cause dizziness), and many others. These chemicals are especially harmful to pregnant women and children, and quite frankly I wouldn’t want them on my fingernails either. The EPA actually classifies nail polish as hazardous waste! Thankfully there are a variety of nontoxic options available. I put together a list below of some of the best nontoxic nail polishes available.
If you are familiar with Architect Gil Schafer’s body of work, you know it’s classic, warm and enduring. His firm, G.P. Schafer Architect’s new office is not the expected kind, and that is a good thing. Often when we hear of touring an Architect’s office, the first impression that comes to mind is that of an ultra modern, all glass and concrete office. Well not always, in this case the office belongs to the beloved classical architect who doesn’t only design building structures, but also decorates houses.
Gil Schafer, head of G.P. Schafer Architect is known for building homes that appear to have been around for longer. His work is very well known among designers due to his many beautiful work published in many interior design magazines as well as in his own design books.
Brock Collection is a women’s luxury ready-to-wear label founded by Laura Vassar Brock and Kristopher Brock in 2014. The Los Angeles-based house creates women clothing that is sophisticated, down-to-earth, and just beautiful. Brock’s Fall 2019 collection had exquisite fabrics and silhouettes such as flower evening dresses, mix and match separates and my favorite part, long tweed dresses, skirts, and jackets. Part of the collection undoubtedly can remind us of Chanel but with what Brock’s call a “raw romance” and a more modern, down to earth wearable approach. Scroll down for the look for less.
