elysian fields

hospes lancaster: a gem of a hotel located on the champs elysees...discovered on this is glamorous.

all images via hospes.

the color lavender

images clockwise from top left: caldwell beebe interiors, limewood hotel by david collins, unknown via this is glamorous, john galliano spring '09 rtw, unknown via the paris apartment, jacaranda tree

 “We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4am of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends. We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.”
– Joan Didion

we will all laugh at gilded butterflies

images: 1. tablescape via lonny mag 2. the mark hotel 3. diane von furstenberg's home library 4. st. martins lane hotel 5. pretty office via elle decor 5. anna spiro

I have always enjoyed well organized desks and spaces. Places with order and purpose that are at the same time beautiful.

Notice the gold chair in images 3 and 4 -- (a favorite chair of mine) works amazingly well in both a more old world traditional and a cleaner romantic space.