Monday, March 7, 2011

Crushing on: Armonia Decors

I bookmarked Armonia Decors awhile back and just yesterday took a second look at their portfolio.  Emily Ruddo, the designer behind Armonia Decors, combines her east and west coast living experiences to create bright, happy, beautiful designs.  They gave me that dose of color that I'm craving right now. 

I adore those drapes and the pops of turquoise!

Blue-green grasscloth wallpaper, yes please!


I love the bright pink accent walls and oversized art...


Beautiful console set-up.







Can't wait to enjoy the outdoors this summer!

-MLL

Friday, March 4, 2011

Checking In: Land's End

I don't know about you, but I'm really, REALLY ready for Spring.  The melting snow makes me jump for joy (until we leave the dog park and Keller is muddier than ever).  So I thought I would torture myself with looking at Spring stuff online, clothes, home decor, etc.  And in my search, I came across some really great classic stuff for the home at Land's End.  So I did a little round-up of lots of blue, red, white and stripes for you!



 Click on the photos for links.

Surprisingly great stuff!

 I hope you have an amazing weekend!

-MLL

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Style Compass with Mary McDonald

I'm sure by now most of you have heard the name Mary McDonald.  Mary is a very accomplished, well-known interior designer and recently published a highly recognized interiors book, Mary McDonald Interiors: The Allure of Style.  Mary was also just featured on 1st dibs' Style Compass series, which featured her work, including some of the images from her book.  Although I've seen most of these images, there were some that weren't as familiar.  Plus, I love studying certain designs over and over again (like Mary's office that is posted below), so I figured why not take another trip down that road.

 Beautiful, grand entryway.  Patterned floors = perfection.




 I rarely see detailed shots of Mary's work, so I loved this one in particular.

 Mary's home office.


-MLL

*Images courtesy of: 1st dibs style compass.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Bella Mancini Design

Yesterday I stumbled across the work of Bella Mancini of Bella Mancini Design thanks to Sue of The Zhush.  Sue shared a number of images from Bella's portfolio and I was so in LOVE with her designs, I hopped over to her website to take a look at the rest of her work.  Her style is relaxed, yet refined.  She uses a neutral palate for the base of her designs and layers pops of color in the art and accessories.  If you haven't already looked through Bella's portfolio, I pulled some of my favorite images for you to check out!












Gorgeous, yes?

-MLL

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Guest Post @ This City Girl

Head over and check out my guest post on This City Girl today!  Ashley is running a great series of Spring Style Files and I posted on my favorite outfit for Spring!


-MLL
 I came across this image on pinterest and fell in love!  The gold poufs, pastel walls, tufted headboard and scalloped bedding - swoon.



Don't you just love it?  I decided to recreate it with my favorite elements from the room...




-MLL