eBay Wishlist: Vintage Wool Coats

An Eclectic, Artistic Home Office

The dress form, fresh flowers in an old can, worn wooden table, cowhide rug and old-fashioned typewriter...this is a dream workspace if I ever saw one before...

image via style at home

Lookbook: The Vintage Trench

This is why I love eBay...I just won a gorgeous vintage Etienne Aignier trench coat for like $40.  Here, a few looks of chic strangers in trenches. They look so effortlessly cool...

image via the glamourai

image via vogue.co.uk street chic gallery

image via elleuk.com

Now, I just have to find something to wear with it.  This is a big deal, too folks.  I've never owned a trench coat before.  Odd, you say?  Well, yes.  But up until my eBay habit got the best of me I was in Old Navy puffers, college sweatshirt hoodies and various blazers, peacoats, etc.  But with a new classic piece I must add a few new goodies to my wardrobe.  Which means I have to go shopping again; I hate when that happens! 

Here is my own spin on dressing up the classic trench coat:

[Items in this set]

Marc by Marc Jacobs Willow cotton and cashmere-blend sweater dress, $250; Golden Moment Ring, $34
ASOS | ASOS Claw Spike Earrings at ASOS, $10; Discount Calvin Klein Cross-over knit pencil skirt | THE OUTNET, $243; Juicy Couture Perforated Heart Chain Lock Mini (Lotus Rouge) - Women's..., $148; N.Y.L.A. Kama | Piperlime, $65; OUI TEE - Spring Preview - French Connection Usa, $54; T.U.K. Women's A7891L Pump, $45; Posh Vintage: Coats & Jackets: 70S ETIENNE AIGNER IN THE TRENCHES

I'm Loving...

...these gorgeous Joe Cariati decanters that were spotted in Lauren Santo Domingo's apartment, via Vogue.  Too bad that they're $385 each...good lord. 

Joe Cariati Petite Decanter Collection

Home/Studio Tour: Lazaro Rosa-Violan

Featured today is a tour of the home studio, Contemporain Studio, of Lazaro Rosa-Violan.  Based in Barcelona, Rosa- Violan describes himself as an urban archiologist and that's easy to see from the panoply of pieces, sculptures, furniture and artworks throughout his studio.

He's been designing interiors for a little more than 20 years, but only recently opened his enviable home studio in 2003.  With the help of eight staff, the Contemporain Studio has designed more than 40 interiors, mostly throughout Spain, including hotels, restaurants and shops.

I mean...look, this studio is so fabulous that it was featured in the January/February 2011 issue of Vogue Living Australia.

I love how he has mixed 'primitive' art pieces like, this oblong wooden sculpture with the clean, modern lines of that coffee table, the white leather chairs.  And those two chinoiserie tables look lovely within the vicinity of not one, but two, leather chesterfield sofas and bright, white doric columns.   With so many pieces of art places throughout this home/studio, you'd think it belonged to a collector of sorts...

 

 I'm not sure what to think of that big, green apple, but it works here.

 When I grow up, I would love an office exactly like this, complete with a step ladder... 

I love how the well the softly lit hallway works so well to complement a glamorous, bright seating area...

A giant four-panelled Japanese painting is the centerpiece here.  I am loving that mid-century modern Tulip chair and that beautiful writing desk.Actually, I love everything about this space, even the mounted horns...

Have you even seen a more enviable outdoor patio...ever?!

For more information, and to see Rosa-Violan's beautifully-designed projects, visit Lazaro Rosa-Violan: Contemporain Studio.

Hmmmm: Angled Nesting Shelves

It was only a day or so ago that I was thinking to myself- after viewing yet another perfectly put-together, beautifully-designed apartment or loft or whatever- that sometimes the decor I see in magazines and in blogs is just too neat.  It's too straight and narrow.  

And then I see these... West Elm's Angled Nesting Shelves

They come in a set of 3, and supposedly, you can mount them in really cool ways... but they are a bit weird-looking, don't you think?  And I don't mean weird in a good way.  Aren't shelves supposed to hold my junk up straight?  How are those things still in those crooked shelves?  Perhaps it's just me, but theses aren't going to be the solution to the documentation of soulless super neat, perfect lofts...

What do you all think of these shelves?  Are they perhaps a little bit silly or am I? 

And the winner is....

...of the this month's CSN Wednesday Giveaway is Fokxxy from Lady Luck's Abode.  Congratulations Fokxxy!!

Wishlist: Wool Capes

Just because it's cold, cloudy and snowing doesn't mean one can't be fashionable. As soon as I happen upon a pot of gold or perhaps a bag full of cash I'm loading up on warm winter capes like these...

Louis Vuitton

Aqua Wool Cape in Black

 See by Chloe Cape Coat in Grey Fleck

Halston Heritage Long Cape with Buckle in Black

I'm Loving...

... everything about this lovely lady's outfit.  I'm going to go eBay hunting for a wrap coat and a croc handbag. I'll report back later!





image via Glo

Dream House Tour: L'Appartement de Pierre Yovanovitch

Today's bad French is bought to by a dream house tour:  Pierre Yovanovich's parisian apartment in a 1905 building overlooking the Seine.  Gosh, that just oozes dream doesn't it?  Pierre Yovanovich is a talented interior designer, based in Paris, but has done beautiful residential work all over France, along with a couple of homes in Spain and the U.S.A.

he took this gutted space

and turned it into this beautifully, refined, understated apartment...

 

and just look at this view...

Published in Architectural Digest, Feb. 2008

Architecture/Interior Design by Pierre Yovanovich

Photography by Marina Faust

And while I have your attention:  don't forget to enter my Wednesday Giveaway!  You have until Monday to follow my blog, leave a comment on the giveaway post or tweet about it.  The prize is a gift certificate from www.CSN.com!!!

Wednesday Giveaway!!!

It's that time again: time for a Wednesday Giveaway, c/o CSN. As a CSN Preferred Blogger, I get to do giveaways every now and then.  With more than 200 stores, CSN carries everything from tv stands and throw pillows and office supplies, and believe me when I say they literally could furnish and decorate every corner of your home!  They can even dress your newborn.

Because of my love of CSN and their love for me, we've decided to offer my readers another giveaway!  The giveaway is for a $45 gift certificate, that the winner can use anyway they'd like at a store of their choosing.

If I won, I would apply it towards one of their gorgeous pillows:

 

 lava keep calm pillow in white on red

  lava freak out pillow in white on black

dwellstudio gate pillow in citrine

 

 blissliving home shangri la passport pillow

 

jiti bubbles decorative pillow in plum

So, all you need to do to enter this giveaway is:

1. Become a "follower" to become eligible or if you're already a "follower" you're already eligible.
2. Leave a comment on this post- that counts as one entry.
3. Tweet or Retweet this post- that counts as a second entry.
4. Link back to this giveaway on your blog- that counts as a third entry.  

I will announce the winner chosen at random on Tuesday, 11 January at noon. 
This contest is open only to US and Canada residents. 
*If you've tweeted or linked to this giveaway on your blog post, please let me know in the comments.
*Please leave all comments by Monday, 10 January at 11:59 pm.

Designer Spotlight: 2Michaels

Not two dudes, but two lovely ladies who happen to be sisters; this interior design firm is headed by Jayne and Joan Michaels.  They hail from Cali, but their firm, soon to be 11 years old, is based in Manhattan.  I love this design firm for it's quirky, subdued use of color and for the sprinkling of mid-century modern pieces in the residences they've decorated.


from a Sutton place residence

from a Central Park West apartment

from a Tribeca loft

Now...this loft is much more subdued with its earthtones of tan, sand, wood, cinnamon and ochre.  But I really love the shapes and textures throughout the space, the openness of the loft.  The color palette makes a large, open and potentially uninviting space homey and comfortable looking.  Don't you think?

 

 

 

To see more of the 2Michaels' work, visit their website at: http://www.2michaelsdesign.com

Wishlist: Driving Gloves

It's been a particularly frigid winter here in Atlanta and my cheap, knit gloves are no longer up to par.   I am thinking of investing in a pair or three of these gorgeous driving gloves, perhaps one each in leather, knit and lace?  I love these gloves because, while they're suited for especially cold weather, I'll be able to wear them as the temperature warms up, yet still calls for warm hands. 

Leather Driving Gloves

 Leather Driver Perforated Gloves in Tan via ASOS

 Leather Driving Gloves w/ Bow in Black - Shelli Segal via Zappos

Dents Leather Studded Driving Gloves in Black- via ASOS

Lace Driving Gloves
Personally, I think there's something very...sensual and delicate about lace driving gloves.  Obviously, these aren't any good in the snow, but I'm craving a pair nonetheless!

Cosette Short Lace Driving Gloves in White via GreatGlovez.com

Black Lace Fingerless Gloves via TopShop

Flowered Lace Gloves in Black via Forzieri

Knit Driving Gloves

 Long Cashmere Gloves in Grey via Saks Fifth Ave.

eBay Finds: Vintage "Hollywood Regency" Pieces

It's a new year and I'm baaaaack with regularly scheduled programming.  

Now...everyone across the Inter and in my real life knows about love and undying passion for eBay.   Half of wardrobe and my whole shoe and handbag selection are eBay goodies.  So...I thought I'd do you all a favor a show you my favorite eBay finds every week.  Today, I've got some gorgeous (and affordable) vintage "hollywood regency" pieces.  

It's like Oprah's Favorite Things, except, I'm not Oprah and I'm not buying any of these for any of you.

vintage pill box

mirrored side tables

bronze vanity stool

swag lamp

tufted linen slipper chairs

side chairs- Louis XV style