Plaster walls work as a soothing canvas for the ornate iron stair railing and parquet de Versailles floor.
I love books. I’m guilty of simultaneously reading two and three books at once. Although I’m quite diverse in my choices- my bookcases are filled with anything from books about adaptogens to the Zohar. As a designer, I have, of course, a preference for design books, and Autumn is the month when many design books are released. So October is essentially Christmas for style and design aficionados. I already have received a couple of these books, and each one of them is more inspiring than the last one.
Near & Far: Interiors I Love by Lisa Fine. If you like textiles and beautiful patterns and chintz, then this book should be a must-be in your bookshelf. Lisa Fine introduces us into the places and people who have been her greatest sources of inspiration.
Today officially starts Autumn, but it feels more like a humid summer. Our planet is warming up at an alarming rate and, the truth is, we can’t just say climate change is happening and leave it at that and not do anything about it and go on with our lives as if it doesn’t affect us. Failing to act to save our planet, even when we believe in climate change, does not make us any different from someone who is denying this fact. At the end of the day, the consequences are the same. Ever since the beginning, our planet has gone through a few climate changes, only that the last time was 7,000 years ago. The current climate change we are experiencing right now is happing at an unprecedented rate, and 95% is as a result of human activities. What are you willing to do to preserve our planet? What steps are you taking to reduce your footprint in our ecosystem? If as mothers, we can’t even answer our children’s questions about why our planet is changing, how are we ever going to face them in the future if we fail to act?
Evidence reveals that current warming is occurring roughly ten times faster than the average rate of ice-age-recovery warming… Global sea levels rose about 8 inches in the last century. The rate in the last two decades, however, is nearly double that of the previous century and is accelerating slightly every year… source.
I don’t wake up until I get to have my espresso in the morning. My coffee station in my kitchen is my sanctuary hence, besides having all the props to prep my coffee without having to move one step, I make sure there is always something pretty to make me smile in the mornings. Complementary things such as flowers, ceramics, or a beautiful decorative sugar jar are a few of my favorite details to make my coffee station more motivational.
Coffee Station Essentials
I may be going to Paris soon with a couple of lovely girlfriends and I’m so happy that’s the case because just about a week ago I was perusing a few fashion websites and came across these images shot by Steven Meisel for Zara 2019 Fall Winter Campaign and I was instantly sold. The correlation here is that I’ll be snatching a few of these pieces to take with me to the trip and look expensive and fabulous for a lot less. As I say all the time, not everyone can wear Prada but we all can wear Zara.
Unfortunately I couldn’t find when some of these pieces will be available for purchase, but there are other beautiful Fall fashion pieces already available on their website. See a few of my favorites at the end of this post.
As much as I don’t guide my design choices by trends, it’s important to stay abreast of them. Especially, kitchen trends, because we all know that kitchens are the center of the home. That’s where we go in the morning to have our coffee, to prep our kids’ breakfast and on occasions to cook for friends. The best about this 2019 kitchen trend is that it’s a classic revival, yes you read that right. These are the kinds of trends I like, those that won’t feel outdated in a few years. Afterall every design choice we put into our kitchen is an investment, and they can’t be taken lightly.
Via @devolkitchens
If you are remodeling your kitchen, you must not fret, this is a kitchen trend that is here to stay just as these kitchen trends from last year.