Julie & Ev Launches Signature Linen Collection

Beautifully designed by Julie Paulino, our hand block printed linen collection is made to celebrate being together again.

Our Floret linen collection as seen here in Villa Mahal in the Turkish Riviera.

It’s been a long time coming and our Julie & Ev signature linen collection is finally available. Our hand block tablecloths, placemats, and napkins are printed on 100% cotton by artisans in Jaipur, India. With three different design styles that range from blue and white to pink and neutrals, Julie & Ev hand block print linen collection is sure to delight everyone around the table.

At the table is when we pass our values to our children, share with them our most valuable advice, and celebrate our joyous moments. This linen collection was made to celebrate amongst our loved ones and friends. Whether it is a promptus Sunday brunch, a formal dinner, or a solo dine-in at home, the designs of this Julie & Ev new linen collection is an appreciation of good life.

30Jul

Myrtle Topiaries: The Artistic Elegance of Topiaries

Myrtle topiaries, topiaries, Julie Paulino Design

Myrtle and boxwood topiaries inside our fireplace at our home. Julie Paulino Design

Last week I had a photoshoot at our house for a local publication. I wanted to photograph the area around our fireplace, but alas, it’s summer so turning on the fire was out of the question. After a couple of days brainstorming about how to make a black hole, a big one, in this case, look good enough for a photoshoot, a lightbulb went on, and a picture of myrtle potted topiaries and boxwood topiaries inside the fireplace came spinning into my head. The result was more than satisfying, transforming an empty rather cold space into a warm and charming one. Myrtle topiaries can add that understated elegance to any area adding that soothing character to a home or garden.

Initially, I thought of using a few flower arrangements, but they would have gotten lost or distracted the entire ensemble. I was lucky to find what I was looking for, two tall double topiaries and two small rounded boxwoods to create different heights. The two double balls are Myrtle topiaries that can live inside and hopefully last year round if we take good care of them. The smaller rounded boxwoods are evergreen that later on, we’ll transplant outside. The dense evergreen leaves are meant to withstand cold weather, and they are a favorite for shaping into different shapes of topiaries since ancient times. Below, a few options of potted topiaries to bring a bit of garden inside your home.

27Jul

Tropical-Influenced Fashion Pieces You Should Buy

Two Tropical-Influenced Fashion Brands With Major Success. Rebecca De Ravenel, left, and Johanna Ortiz.

I’ve been seeing a significant Tropical influence in Fashion for the past year or two, and I love everything I see. From Johanna Ortiz’s dramatic floral ruffle dresses and separates inspired on the diversity of Colombia’s nature and geography to Rebecca de Ravenel’s latest coral inspired earrings. “Being surrounded by its tropical landscapes, dramatic mountains, and its huge variety of plants, birds… provides constant inspiration.” Johanna Ortiz

This latest tropical inspired fashion style can also be found in tableware as it can be spotted in many online favorite stores. Many people may think of only patterns when it comes to Tropical style, but it’s more than just patterns and graphics. This latest version of The Tropics shifts away from the pattern over pattern approach to focus on a more cosmopolitan sense where materials take center stage in the form of flirtatious silhouettes with a European sensibility.

24Jul

A 200-Year-Old Farmhouse In Mallorca Gets A Major Makeover

Ammonite fossils on top of an antique table welcome visitors in the entry way.

Imagine coming to your summer home and being greeted by an aromatic scent emanating from a line of olive, almond and cork trees that indicate the path to the house. This forever-summer home is located in Manacor in the south-east of Mallorca. It’s been entirely renovated in a way that preserves the house’s original Mallorcan spirit by Architect and Interior Designer Ramon Garcia Jurado. The clients’ request was for a ‘home where you can hang out all day in a sarong and be barefoot most of the time’. The final result is that and more, Garcia Jurado was able to interpret his clients’ wish while making the home also comfortable and sophisticated enough. The white walls and bare resin floors serve as the perfect background for the rich colored antiques throughout the house.

23Jul

Four Kitchen Instruments That Make Your Life Easier On Sale Today

Modern life is not exactly as simple and straightforward as they make us believe. Keeping up with all the constantly changing information about how to eat, how to cook and how to live can be stressful and overwhelming. Professionals recommend cooking at home as often as we can to help with savings and eating healthier. This Special Deals of The Week features those essential kitchen instruments that make cooking much more accessible and less stressful.

20Jul

Sexy Back: Backless Clothes To Keep You Cool In Summer

The hottest summer month is yet to come, but we don’t need to melt away or look like we just came out of the sauna. We can all keep our coolness with a top or dress that bares our back. Isn’t just the thought of it refreshing? The beautiful thing about wearing a backless top or dress is that it takes some stress off our head, we don’t need a sculpted back to wear one because frankly most of the humans don’t have sculpted backs. The other benefit is how wearing a backless top provides the illusion of a narrower waist and what lady wouldn’t want that? No matter what kind of open back clothes you choose, tie-back, laced-up or just a V-back, they all have the same Summer-Day-to-Night transition ready.

18Jul

Most Popular Summer Drink Is Aperol Spritz & Other Stories

I discovered Aperol Spritz a few years ago in Europe. It was impossible to not notice it, from Verona to Munich everywhere I went I kept seeing the same orangy drink at outdoor cafes. Aperol Spritz is indeed the favorite summer drink in Southern Europe. If you’ve been paying attention, then you’ve noticed how the refreshing summer drink is taking over the US this summer. Campari’s most famous cocktail is increasingly becoming a favorite drink here in America as well, and perhaps you may have already had a couple of glasses. There is a reason you’re drinking so much Aperol Spritz.

I spent a day in Marseille last year but didn’t shop around besides purchasing a few preserves. If you are planning a trip to the port city make sure to check out these 5 Places to Shop in Marseille first.

I’m not a vegetarian. I enjoy a burger too much. Having said that I’m always on the lookout for inspiring healthy recipes. I’ve been having my burgers without bread for years and occasionally replace the gluten-free bun with a portobello mushroom instead. When I saw this creative way of making a pizza that looks like a burger I thought it would be interesting to share. Grilled pizza portobellos with lemon-y cashew ricotta. Tell me if that doesn’t sound good?