The camellia, related to the tea plant, originated in Asia. Being almost a perfect circle in shape, without thorns and retaining its leaves throughout a season, it came to represent purity and longevity. In the 1920's the love of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel's life, Arthur Boy Capel, introduced the bloom to her and she adopted it as her signature flower, using it in the Continue Reading
Savvy Space-Saving Ideabooks
A quick followup to last Monday's post with this collection of small space-saving ideabooks from Houzz. Coincidentally there were posted around the same timing as the House Beautiful Small Spaces issue and Traditional Home in the previous post. Small spaces must be trending or maybe just getting them ready for the onslaught of the fall frenzy to come is right around Continue Reading
Catch Of The Day
It's summer and many of us are planning a beach vacation before it's over. Elle Decor's What's Hot paid homage to the beach with Carol Fertig's Sea Life collection of melamine (how practical is that?) tableware. The colors are great and the price is reasonable. They are certainly the catch of the day!One link led to another and I ended at Carol's website, Continue Reading
Small Space Savvy
Here's a collection of some small space and space-saving savvy solutions to small space living. Try saying that 5 times quickly!House Beautiful's July/August issue is all about "the Magic of Small Spaces!" These 12 strategies are listed "for making the most of any small space:"Choose furniture that multitasks Use fewer but bigger pieces Maximize Continue Reading
Restoration Hardware Reincarnation As RH
Restoration Hardware has been rebranded as RH and has just launched their Boston flagship store in an 1863 neoclassical building. The red brick and brownstone building by architect William Gibbons Preston, was originally the Museum of Natural History.The 40,000 square foot RH Design Gallery has 4 floors and includes a florist and a Baby & Child Continue Reading
