Hi Eagle Nesters. It's Irene from designstILes, filling in for Jess while she's on mommy duty. Thanksgiving is practically here and today I'm sharing an easy to create table setting fit for the food festive occasion.When deciding how to decorate my table, I look through the items I already own and then fill in the blanks with pieces that fit my vision. If you have incomplete sets, don't be afraid... Read more
Love the patterned ironwork on the front door of the exclusive condo residences at 1212 Fifth Avenue. If I were to build my dream house I think it would have a clean boxy art deco look with glass doors and ironwork similar to this. Read more
Well, if you recall, the planting bed between the house and front walkway was a row of beautiful bronze flax. Flax is super hardy in our climate but somehow I have a knack for killing it. I think the bed, too, had a little to do with it - poor drainage (one side is really wet while the other is really dry) and a fair amount of shade made for bad growing conditions. We had a bout of powdery mildew... Read more
I am proud to announce that my Godfather or 干爸爸 Scott Seligman recently finished writing a cookbook jointly with sociologist and fellow foodie Sasha Gong. The Cultural Revolution Cookbook comes out December 1 and hopefully all of you readers will purchase a copyfor your own kitchen. Being one who is always up for a bit of culinary adventure, I was super excited when I heard about the cookbook.... Read more
Thanks Cori at Pretty Haute Mess for a great guest post on fall layering. I'm really digging that plaid coat!Hi again! Cori here, from from Pretty Haute Mess. Today I thought I would join you in saying hello to Fall... These are a few haute coats from ModCloth, one of my favorite on-line shopping sites.If you've never been to their site, you should definitely check it out. They have a great... Read more
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Thanks to Mlle Paradis for her guest post on color - Grey is one of my favorites right now (not surprisingly since my living room is pewter, powder room is gunmetal and guest room is an almost black charcoal: Hello to Jessica, and welcome to lovely baby Bryan. Thank you for letting me spend a little time here. Hi everybody, I'm Mlle Paradis. I blog at Passage Paradisabout L.A., England, a little... Read more
Considering going super short at some point post baby. Is it too mom-like though? I'm thinking it would almost be less mom-like and sort of urban / edgy. Of course, would have to lose the baby weight first otherwise the look could be disastrous. And I'm always torn about short hair. Does one need to wear more jewelry and really get the makeup right in order to still look feminine? What's your... Read more
Love layering on a few necklaces, especially when they some sentimental value."J" necklace from my husband from OK"Xoxo" necklace from Cori from Banana Republic Read more
is indeed here - says this very mean looking and very large spider that was hanging outside our front door. Read more
My friend Maia is a wonderful violinist and chef and writes the blog Sweet Alchemies where she combines her love to cooking with her love of music. Today she is guest posting with some ghostly monte christo sandwiches for the upcoming holiday. Thanks Maia!Halloween is big in our house. Last year around this time, my husband had been traveling extensively for work. He had Halloween night free,... Read more
A while back we had the parents-in-law come into town and paint the powder room. Then I installed a new pendant from World Market. And most recently I put up some newly framed art. Slowly but surely, I've been trying to make the powder room into a little jewel box. Well, on my first day of maternity leave, I got into uber-productive / nesting mode and finally did what had been noodling in my... Read more