Loving On A Thursday ... (Totally Dedicated To A Single Subject Edition)

 

No. 24, My personal fave...

I rarely devote a loving post to a single person, place, or thing, but this week I'm making an exception for the insanely lovely artwork created by NG Collective.

All masterful plains of color and sinuous curves, the abstract paintings are the product of a long-distance creative collaboration between sisters Laura Naples and Kristen Giorgi. I've been Internet friends with Laura since I first started blogging 7 (!) years ago, so I love seeing how she's evolved as an artist. But I really love the idea of sisters creating beautiful things together (ahem, Audrey and Millie...hint, hint). Love, love, love that action.

Well played ladies.

Our Casa...

 

The incomparably lovely Shayna Fontana (she also happens to have a wicked cool name, yes?) shot our house for the March issue of Paper City. I thought I'd share a few her of snaps from the piece.

Some Scenes From The Week...

Whattya say we do the past few days in numbers? Here goes...

• 2 days of beautifying at incredibly chic buddy (and former Tiny Dallas cohort) Sunny's house.
• 17 pieces of pottery now gracing Sunny's new travertine coffee table.
• 1 massive, insanely pretty orchid plant scored at the grocery store.
• 2 cocktails on a Friday afternoon to ring in the weekend.
• 5 tamales at Sam's "house cooling" party on Saturday.
• 3 sneaky fairies leaving treasures on my front porch.
• 3 final episodes of House of Cards consumed like it was my job.
• 4 rested (relatively speaking) ready for the week ahead.

Hope your weekend was splendid friends.

Loving... (Homesick for California and Needing A Good Hippie Moment Edition)

This groovy corner of Jenna Lyons' office via Fast Company...

Mazama's gorgeous pottery... Want. All of it.

Textile designer Rachel Craven's studio via Heather...

This entire spread in Kinfolk. California Dreaming indeed.

Some Scenes...From The Week

The past week was filled with preparations for a brass/gilded candy/tassel-tastic baby shower we installed on Saturday, exciting progress on several fun projects( i.e. that fetching wallpaper Audrey is lingering in front of above), and getting all the various bits of goodness pulled together for the Dwell With Dignity Thrift Studio vignette we're creating next week. So, yet again, the weekend was all about the recharge.

And as recharges go, it was a pretty good one. We eeked out a date night with our friends Sara and Todd on Friday wherein we partook in tacos and some Wes Anderson cinematic genius, made a family taco feast on Saturday night, and had our dear buddies Van and Tracy over for Sunday brunch where we served, wait for it...breakfast tacos.

Brass, tassels, wallpaper, Wes Anderson, gold-tinged chocolate, and tacos... I'm not complaining friends. Not one bit.

If It Ain't Broken...

This homage to Jenna Lyon's commitment to the "coat over shoulders"on Style Carrot (spotted via Kelly's pinterest) made me smile this morning. You just gotta respect someone who is staunchly embraces a look -- like, say, a black every. single. day. Hypothetically, of course.

Loving... On A Wednesday

Hilda Hellstrom's gorgeous pottery...

Stripes courtesy of Apiece Apart. If I were a pattern (or color) gal, I would most definitely be working these bad boys into my sartorial rotation.

The words "B&B" and "design marvel" typically don't end up hanging out together in the same sentence, but Bea Mombaers has managed to create one that is indeed a design marvel (not to mention, well, pretty much perfect in every way). She also has an online shop filled with all the things that make said B&B so freakin' pretty.

Kicks, bag, Gwyneth, and Luke assembled by Preston of Keep it Chic. Oh Margot. You will always be my fave. As a side note Bryan and I are going to see "The Grand Budapest Hotel" this weekend. V. excited.

Wood walls and Robert Motherwell (and everything else about this house) via Architectural Digest...

The crazy adorable Jujubunnyshop...