Imperfect painted walls, just my style.
No taping. I’m liking it.
Image via FrenchByDesign
Beautiful Quote
The best advice I’ve ever received is “No one else knows what they’re doing either”.
~Ricky Gervais
So, so true.
Beautiful Ode to Summer
Relishing the last day of summer enjoying a rare moment doing nothing
but leisurely reading a New York Times magazine article about Lena
Dunham…turning real paper pages (usually I’m always reading from a
phone screen) as the last rays of a disappearing summer filters through
the window rendering tree shadows.
Pure perfection.
Beautiful Sculpture
Johnson Tsang’s Coffee Kiss pieces made me laugh.
Yuanyang, a mixture of three parts coffee and seven
parts Hong Kong-style milk tea, perfectly represents
Eastern and Western cultures. The sculptures, which
always feature two people sharing a momentary kiss,
are meticulously made from ceramics and stainless
steel and have been created in a wide variety of
colors, shapes, and sizes.
Beautiful Graphic Design
I just stumbled upon a wonderful
graphic designer Txaber of Bilbao.
His work will appeal to the minimalists
among us. The vibrant colors, clever
use of type and conceptual thinking
deserves admiration.
Pantone Beer Cans
Las Vegas Typography
Typography for WIRED Magazine
Poster PANTONE AS PIXELS
Beautiful Wedding in Portland, Oregon
I just spent four wonderful days celebrating
a wedding with family in Portland, Oregon
and I must say I adore Portland. This weekend
was all about the most beautiful wedding I’ve
ever attended along with some deserved
mentions! Simple, modern, and about as
personable as any occasion can be.
Congrats to the bride and groom and family.
The special occasion started out with a dinner
at the beautiful family owned Apolloni Vineyards.
The people, food, weather and wine was superb
and the backdrop setting was perfect.
The beautiful weekend culminated in the
best wedding ever at The Colony at St. Johns.
So much Love!
Beautiful Poetry
The last days of summer are so fleeting, wistful of
long, warm sunny days that call upon a bit of poetry.
SUMMER’S ELEGY
by Howard Nemerov
Day after day, day after still day,
The summer has begun to pass away.
Starlings at twilight fly clustered and call,
And branches bend, and leaves begin to fall.
The meadow and the orchard grass are mown,
And the meadowlark’s house is cut down.
The little lantern bugs have doused their fires,
The swallows sit in rows along the wires.
Berry and grape appear among the flowers
Tangled against the wall in secret bowers,
And cricket now begins to hum the hours
Remaining to the passion’s slow procession
Down from the high place and the golden session
Wherein the sun was sacrificed for us.
A failing light, no longer numinous,
Now frames the long and solemn afternoons
Where butterflies regret their closed cocoons.
We reach the place unripe, and made to know
As with a sudden knowledge that we go
Away forever, all hope of return
Cut off, hearing the crackle of the burn-
ing blade behind us, and the terminal sound
Of apples dropping on the dry ground.
@the ferry dock, Edmonds, WA
Beautiful Photos Of Paris
Have you ever got totally lost in blog as if you fell through a rabbit
hole? You try to sleep or do something else more productive but as
you flip through the pages the images are so enchanting you just
can’t stop yourself. This happened to me when I discovered
photographer Hannah Lemholt. Her images are breathtaking,
as if in a dream. I am so drawn to her photos of Paris. I hope you
enjoy them as much as I do. Sweet Dreams.
Photos by Hannah Lemholt
Beautiful Furniture Design From Krakow
Kraków designer Alicja Prussakowska has designed a coat stand
that’s not only useful but beautiful. Its dual purpose design provides
storage and seating in addition to providing spot to hang your hat.
Made of handcrafted pine with a MDF base, I’d like one of these.
Beautiful Inspiration
French designer Ora-Ïto has developed a conceptual
trainer with curved veneer sections to reference the
work of Modernist furniture designers
Charles and Ray Eames.
Really, Seriously?
I’ll take the chair over the shoes any day.
Beautiful Architecture
I would love to visit China one day just to
experience the amazing architecture much
of which is being designed by Zaha Hadid.
Zaha Hadid’s latest endeavor is the Wangjing
Soho building, a beacon along the journey of
transition to and from the city. The project
acts as a welcoming entry to the city and a
gesture of farewell when departing Beijing.
The buildings are designed to read differently when
transitioning in either direction, leaving distinctly
different impressions on those who pass by. Like
Chinese Fans, the volumes appear to move around
each other in an intricate dance, each embracing
the other from a continuously changing angle.
Beautiful Musings 