So Wanna Rock This!

LBD by Janet R featuring a pearl earring

Moschino Cheap and Chic Ruched crepe dress, $635
Cropped Rose Cardigan, $20
Jimmy Choo Cosmic suede pumps, $695
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN 253132 AKH0G 1000 BLACK LEATHER N13O08, 1,295 GBP
Vera Wang Multi-Strand Pearl Necklace, $895
White Akoya Pearl and Diamond Cross Earrings, 7.0-7.5mm Pure Pearls

Fashion to Decor

This Bandanna Dress makes me feel breezy and summery.
Let's peruse some breezy and summery rooms to go along with my fashion inspiration.

I love these shades of green and blue. How relaxing is this?

This room shows some deeper shades of green and blue.
Mmmmm, all these white walls make me giddy.

What a beautiful shade of blue in the garden stool.

All images courtesy of My Home Ideas.

Weekend Lounge Around

If only it were a bit cooler.

I would be affordably dressed in this...


Dress at 15 Dollar Store


Relaxing on a West Elm lounge



under a tree reading these




but alas, I will most likely be in the house writing a paper with a sweatshirt on (my computer is under the a/c vent).

HAVE A CHILL WEEKEND!!

(Yep, that's what I said)

Wants vs Needs

I WANT these:



BCBG Boots--Nice, Yes?



Kathy Purse--Cute and functional


Ralph Lauren--Umm, yummy.

I NEED this crap:


Bras


Hanes

Oh yea, I want this too. Ha Ha.

We'll talk about this beauty later.

REALLY nice, Yes?

Decorati

Have a great holiday weekend!

Frontgate Elitre Sunlounger



Frontgate Elipse Relaxer

Let's Organize

This appeals to be because I have kids that leave everything by the door. There are always shoes, gear bags, back packs, book bags etc... sitting by the door. I imagine everyone having a nice organized space, very neat and tidy, just grab your stuff on the way out. Yes, I said, "I imagine" yes, like a dream.



Look at the "headboard" lots of storage there.




This is my favorite. I love the print on the curtain and the stacking storage. I wish my sewing area was this neat. I have way to much junk to be this tidy.

All images courtesy of Easy Living Magazine.

This is our weather forecast for the next four days. We have had a week already of about the same (hotter if you ask me).

Today: Sunny, with a high near 95
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 94.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 94.

It continues with pretty much the same forecast through Labor Day.

Enough with the heat!!!
I am going here.

The Ice Hotel

I want to sleep here.

An ice bed!

Anyone want to join me. Meet you in the village Jukkasjärvi, 200 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle in Sweden. I bet I beat you there.

See you. I am off to find a fan.

Hey, my people are talented!

I found this book while browsing about the other day. I believe I will have to add this to my collection.

My grandparents were born in the Azores, the islands off of the coast of Portugal. I started looking around at some of the hand painted tile work and mosaics that the people of Portugal produce. There is a vast inventory of beautiful pictures and websites showing the work of these talented people. Here are just a few;



Azulejos Portugal








Domas Heating

I hope some of that talent is just dormant in my DNA. Maybe some day it will spring into action. Here's hoping!

Back to School....yeah!

Back to school shopping, it's that time. We need some new stuff again.

Socks, check. Shoes, check. Underwear, check. Backpack, check. ...and so on.

Thank goodness, Morgan can shop for herself now, boys are so much easier to please at the mall.

New rugs from West Elm ! Really nice graphic patterns.

Numbers rug; I love the color.

Loop rug; nice color combo.

Stacked Circles; very warm and bold.


Seagrass border rugs are on sale, if you are so inclined.

Get a new rug, purge the old stuff hanging around, throw in a couple of new accessories and you'll have a new look, just in time for back to school.

Kids at school = tidy home.

You say Gazebo...

Morgan says "Gazobee"! She couldn't say gazebo when she was younger. She still screws it up once in awhile. Just a little side note there.

Anyway, my husband suggested that I look into buying some plans to build a gazebo for around the pool. I Googled "gazebo" and came up with some interesting images. Everything from thatched huts to aluminum pop ups. Weird!

This one is too fancy, just it's name is a no go; Hearts and Diamonds

Too grand, but really is this functional?

We call this a high wind/fire hazard in Southern California

Needless to say, my search for a gazebo continues.

Books are everywhere

This is one area of book storage in my home...

Another...

and another....

There are several more nooks and crannies, but you get the picture, I have a problem.

Below is the answer to my book storage problem.

If I only had enough room to accommodate it and could afford to have someone reproduce it.

This is an Apartment Therapy post from a few months back.

Genius, even the "stairs" are books. I wish I was this talented, creative, had this much room, etc...

I wonder how many awesome books there are here?

I am in dire need of new dinnerware. Everyday dinnerware, not fancy stuff.

My everyday tableware consists of 1980's Corelle, 1990's Target stoneware (two different sets) and some random dollar store, hand me downs and thrift store soup bowls.

I can't decide whether I want;

Fiesta Ware

I would love to mix three different solid color sets.

Good ole Corelle,

Or the Target standby,

I know there are many other choices out there. Kate Spade has some beautiful dinnerware, Ralph Lauren likewise, but if I chose to purchase either one, I would have to make everyone eat off paper plates so as not to break or chip any of my beautiful dinnerware.

Hey, maybe that's not a bad idea, no dish washing, but not very green of me.

Versace Home


I stumbled across this last night, actually Morgan found it and we went crazy. I knew about the apparel, but home furnishings, OMG!
So out of reach, but everything is just beautiful, cuz you know, it's Italian and all.

Everything is just perfectly gorgeous. These are a couple of my favorites, but not together of course.





I love the silver with the solid white pillows, and the green is just the right shade, the pattern on the fabric..... aaaaahhhh.


...and sweet baby jesus, what do you think happened when I saw this?



Can you f#$%ing believe this? It is perfect!!

There will never be another black and white chair in my life. Unless I win the lottery or rob a bank (a large bank) this will never be in my home. How can any other compare?

I am sure it would all look wonderful in my circa. 1980's Southern California tract home! Ha!

Versace taste and an Ikea budget. A girl can dream.