ware clay.

On of my best friends, a ceramicist- Lindsey Augustine- has just started up her new ceramics company, Ware Clay. Check out her wesbite at wareclay.com

Her handmade jewelry & pottery is so earthy & fun! She also does custom work.

AMAZING BED TIP - this will change your life!

Above is the Westin Heavenly Bed & for me it's been the model of a perfect bed since I first ran & jumped into one in a Westin hotel room. (It looks THAT inviting: All white, fluffy but tailored, tons of pillows, just barely pulled down so you want to get right in... You pretty much have to jump right into the bed when you walk in the room the first time.) All-white bedding has become almost a hotel staple, but let's remember who did it first.

an english caribbean bedroom with modern twist I did

Anyway, here's the REALLY AMAZING TIP I learned from some hotel (I can't remember which!)

When you're adding the top sheet (pretty side down) leave a little 3" fold down at the bottom where your toes are so that they don't get "trapped" down there by the sheets! Tuck in at the bottom & I don't do the sides because I kick them out anyway.

I hate it when my feet get trapped so this little fold has been my lifesaver! No more pointed toes in bed. FLEX AWAY! ;)

Asiatiskt och grönt i skön förening

Den asiatiska stilen verkar hålla i sig, även efter OS. Och varför inte, den är spännande och vacker. Här har Ceannis lagt till gröna textiler i sammet och siden. De här bilderna fick i alla fall mig att springa ut och hämta funkiablad i trädgården för att sätta i vas.

Ljudisolerande stjärnor

Ljudisolerande vikvägg med matchande lampa. Finns även små 'stjärnor' som man kan sätta på väggen för att minska ljudnivån. Smart och kul design från Design5mm.

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Höstmys med spännande mix

Riktigt höstmysigt kan det bli med beiga och bruna sandfärger, öppna spisar och djurhudar. Det kan vara en balansgång att få ihop moderna möbler i krom eller stål med ett franskt gammalt stenhus på landet. Men här har man lyckats och resultatet känns både klassiskt och modernt i en spännande mix. Bilder från CôteMaison, fotograf Guillaume de Laubier.

The nursery

Here are some pictures of my son's nursery.

We wanted to give it a nautical feel without it being over-the-top "baby" or themey so the room could easily grow with him. (Okay, okay... In all honesty, since I realize that nurseries are truly for the parents & not the kids, I used it as an outlet to satisfy the nautical kick I was on. ;) We can do that to our kids, right?)

We painted tone-on-tone stripes (in high-gloss & eggshell) on the walls, I made the linen striped quilt with fleece inside (more for me than him!) hanging on the crib & the sea shell mobile.

The oil painting of the old fisherman was a $36 thrift-store find & I made one of the pillows & the other is from Target (!)

The round portal mirror was an old Ikea mirror I'd had since high school & painted & distressed for the room. The turquoise lamp was $5 thrift store find that I topped with a linen shade. The ship painting on wood was the perfect finishing touch found at Old Luckett's Antique Store, one of my favorite places.

His "ship's lantern" sconces were $30 outdoor lights from Home Depot.

It's hard to tell from the pictures but our carpets are Shaw's "Sisal Touch" and it's one of my favorite carpets ever. It looks like sisal but is soft like a burber.

And, just had to add a little picture of the cutie who lives in the nursery, Christian: