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Matthew Leverone
05/12/2008, 12:30 | Original Site: desire to inspire
Visually striking but totally functional - that's how Matthew Leverone designs his interiors. With over 25 years experience he creates spaces that reflect his clients' needs and their unique sense of style. His sense of scale, balance, light and colour plays an important role in these spaces. Liveable and authentic as well as stylish.
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{Current} Favourite Things
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: absolutely beautiful things
Sunshine Pillow from Hable Construction
Moroccan Key Table from Burke Decor (via Creature Comforts)
Love Heart Map Scrap Art from Bombus
Pair of Vintage Cane Armchairs from C. Bell
Chinnoiserie Cushion from Thomas Paul
Vintage Pagoda Chandelier from C. Bell
Xi Li Chair from Burke Decor
Here are a few things I have been obsessing over lately...
Personal Stylist
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: Bluelines
Posted by KendraIf you're needing some visual inspiration, an excellent place to go are photographer or stylists' websites. Here are some of my favorites:
ROLAND BELLO (Sadly under construction, but be sure to check back. you won't regret it.)
Marrakech: Melanie and the Peacock Pavilions Fairygod Artists
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: My MarrakeshThey had come from across the sea.
To paint.
To paint Peacock Pavilions.
They leapt up ladders.
They scaled up scaffolding.
They mixed, they measured.
They swirled, they stippled.
From dawn to dusk
And back again.
They filled in the plain.
They colored the white.
Until it was shining
and new
and special.
And for this, the Marrakech blogging girl would be forever grateful....
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Once blank.........now a painted ceiling based on a Moroccan inlay design...
Oooh la la....
Once white....a painted Modello ceiling based on an Ottoman embroidery design...
Oh my........
Shhh....there's more....but you'll have to come to Peacock Pavilions to see.........!.
Home office
04/02/2008, 14:57 | Original Site: Belle Vivir
aygo happy graphics
02/08/2008, 19:54 | Original Site: red.house
: : I love graphics like this! [and I think it has inspired me to do a new motif.]even better, it's been applied to .aygo., the car. my friend .louise. owns an .aygo., they're so cute, and so tiny. maybe she'll let me apply my graphics to her car?
via .print&pattern. graphics work by .studiokanna.
11th Annual Art & Design Walk, West Hollywood
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: Hatch: The Design Public® Blo
Upon the event that you are in West Hollywood this Saturday, put on your swankiest designer walking gear (ha!) and head to the 11th Annual Art & Design Walk. This is the must-do event on the calendar of style conscious Angelenos and is staged along Melrose Avenue and Robertson and Beverly Boulevards—the favorite shopping destinations for LA’s celebrity and design elite.
The skinny:
what: 11th Annual Avenues of Art & Design Art Walk, a mile long open house of over 300 fashion boutiques, interior design/furniture showrooms, fine art/antique galleries and restaurants. Over 90 events, including exclusive receptions, personal appearances, food and entertainment hosted by individual showrooms, shopping discounts and other special surprises.
where: Along Melrose Avenue, and Robertson and Beverly Boulevards
when: Saturday, May 31, 2008. 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
how much? Free! Meters on the Avenues will not be enforced during the event.
For the full scoop check out the Avenues of Art & Design website.
Get Your Chi Moving
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: Landfair Furniture (Blog)Dragon devas writes
When a residence or business is blocked by clutter, emotional residue, incompletion, or actual furniture placement, a less than excellent quality of life is experienced.The blogger Vikki Anderson writes about chi or positive energy that needs to get stirred around. Here are some of Vikki Anderson's summer tips to bring about positive energy:
• Keep a small overnight bag packed for you and your family and place it in your car’s trunk. If an unplanned getaway or you get an overnight invitation for your kids (or an emergency arises), you will have all essentials already in the car and ready to go.With all the earthquakes in some parts of our country, this is a great idea for any time of year.
• Let the light into your home. Put up sheer curtains or pleated shades that can be opened from the top or bottom so you can maximize the sunlight and immediately feel re-energized.
• Hang beautiful chimes from your deck, trees or house gutters for a melodious sound to relax and calm you. Always have a book on hand that you’ve always wanted to read and didn’t have time. The sound of the chimes will de-stress you and you will be learning from or enjoying a good book at the same time.We have a wonderful wind-chime on our deck outside our bedroom. Every time Mike hears the soft, gentle chime he gets a smile on his face.
• Have your home and deck power washed. Then you can seal your deck for many hours of fun without damaging it.Bev & Mike
Landfair Furniture + Design Gallery
happy belated easter!
03/27/2008, 16:35 | Original Site: red.house
: : I know it's after .easter. already, but I couldn't resist sharing these beautifully crafted eggs by Slovenian artist, .franc grom. incredible!See You Soon!
04/21/2008, 21:07 | Original Site: decor8
I've been battling the flu for over 10 days now and the doctor told me that I won't kick it until I stop working and just sleep... So that's what I plan to do. But I should feel better soon and when I do, I'll return with lots of lovely product submissions to share along with another office redux so I'll meet you back here in a few days. Thank you so much for understanding!
(image by holly becker, a woodpecker outside of my bedroom window taken last week.)
I?m back, but my mind is still away?
07/19/2008, 16:43 | Original Site: Karin's Style Blog
 
Joy's Home office in the Philippines...
07/24/2008, 23:09 | Original Site: MadeByGirl
I asked her" If you could add something new to your office space, what would it be? Piece of furniture, wallpaper, more windows, artwork etc??" She responded, "I'd like to change the floor lamp, upholster the old chair and find a charming old chandelier." I think a chandelier would make a great addition! Visit Joy at her blog.
Rustic Chic
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: absolutely beautiful things
Loving these rustic images from Toast - wouldn't it be fabulous to have a long hot bath in that old tin bath out in the middle of nowhere!!
54. Motherhood
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: let your creativity .... FLOW
i just celebrated my 28th birthday. i know i may seem young to some but for as long as i can remember, i thought at this age i would be married with a great job carrying around 1 or 2 kids. 2-3 isn't that bad...
we've been trying for a little over a year now with no luck. we're making an appointment with our doc this week to see if there's anything wrong with either of us, fingers crossed that it's just a matter of time and nothing serious. even if we can't have children of our own, we've always talked about adopting so all is not lost. but i would love to experience being a mother, carrying a child and giving birth to new life...
Nickey Kehoe
04/02/2008, 17:26 | Original Site: designer's library
So I learned about this design duo Nickey Kehoe (Todd Nickey & Amy Kehoe) from Domino magazine's "Domino 10". I love that they describe their approach to interior design as avoiding "design diva energy"! I can understand that. While I can appreciate that type of diva energy and design style, it's not exactly something I'd want in my house. I'm sure their portfolio doesn't show their current projects, so I hope they add more images of their warm minimalist style.
Dining Duquette Style
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: The Peak of Chic
Or should I make that Hutton Wilkinson style? In the June/July issue of C magazine, there is a neat little article about the way Hutton Wilkinson and his wife Ruth entertain at their home "Dawnridge" (you know, Tony Duquette's former home). On the table above, set for a luncheon, Wilkinson chose an emerald green tablecloth for the table, which is adorned with Chinese figures and pagodas from Duquette's collection. I just love the ballroom chairs with their malachite-patterned chair pads. And continuing with the malachite theme are the plates by D.L. & Co.
And what will the guests eat and drink at this elegant luncheon in a rather exotic setting? Hibiscus lemonade, Fattoush salad, and fromage blanc with berries and honey for dessert. I don't know if the guests will get the chance to have a piece of the "coral" cake, seen below- it's too pretty to cut!
Finally, the satiated guests will get to take home a very stylish party favor- a D.L. & Co. Duquette candle. My luncheons and dinners tend not to end with favors, but I just might change my mind!
A cake too pretty to eat! Cake by Cake Divas in Los Angeles
I'm smitten with these malachite plates D.L. & Co.
The Duquette candle by D.L. & Co.
(Image at top and of cake from C Magazine; Peter Wintersteller photographer)
Auroville, Pondicherry
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: Rang-Decor {Interior Ideas predominantly Indian}
My door obssession in Pondicherry, when I didn't have a digital camera, scanned from old photographs:-) 
The history of Pondicherry can be traced back to 1672 when the French bought this port town from an India King. The French connection grew when Sri Aurobindo an Indian scholar & mystic set up an ashram here in 1926. Mira Alfassa his French-born spiritual companion, also known as 'The Mother' established Auroville in the sixties.
Image of Matrimandir in Auroville.Auroville is a series of self-supporting communities in villages which are very close to Pondicherry. Auroville's New Age ideal drew many Indians & Westerners including French architect Roger Anger who was the chief architect of the township of Auroville.
Featured here are a couple of homes from Auroville.
A fusion of natural & modern home of Frenchman Jean Legrand & wife Joy.
Natural light streaming in through the circular shapes on the ceiling and that is echoed by the natural rocks & granite slabs in Legrand's bathroom.
Love the angular and circular shapes of the kitchen & dining area, which has been designed keeping the light in mind.Home of designer William Netter, an American Spiritualist and Sri Aurobindo follower.
The white-tiled kitchen with simple modern lines and ample natural light.
The design here is Minimalist with areas designated for different purposes. Here is the space for praying with 'The Mother's' and Sri Aurobindo's photographs with a votive candle burning in the centre and his work space.
A house designed by French architect Roger Anger for Christine Devin & her husband in 1976 in a design resembling toadstool shapes.
Beautifully designed circular bedroom with movable slats to adjust light & air flow. Love the red-oxide smooth flooring and a simple portrait of the Mother on the wall.
Locally made paper lantern and couple of floor cushions & wooden chest adorn the dining area. I absolutely love the shape of the windows ( reminds me of railway train windows:-)The township at Auroville is heaven for architects from India & abroad trying to create something different, something new. You can read more about the various styles of architecture in Auroville here.
(images from Indian Interiors- Taschen & Auroville.org)
Tagged!
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: katiedidSo here goes:
1) What did you do ten years ago?
I was living in Sacramento, CA here:
And raising two daughters I adore:
And was working here
2) Five items on your To Do List today:
a) Make an appt for my oldest daughter to take her Driver's Permit test. Sigh.
b) Add up expenses for tax guy so we can get our return already.
c) Find light fixture for Dining Room.
d) Finalize accounting software. boring but necessary.
e) Make dinner, feed dog, laundry, do dishes....oh wait....is that more than one thing?
3) Snacks I enjoy:
These:
(Note the "Fat Free" in the lower left hand corner. This means calorie free, right?)
And this:
4) What would you do if you were a billionaire?
Really, I am not sure I would want to be billionaire. The change would be too drastic. But if I had no choice, I would quit my job and take my family on vacation here. (Hi Maryam!) I would set up my brothers and sister-in-law and parents and inlaws in the houses of their dreams. I would set up college funds for my kids and all of my nieces and nephews. I would tuck away a bit for their futures. You know all the stuff we would all like to do to make us feel safe and secure. I would hire an assistant to do all the stuff that makes me too busy to really enjoy time with my family. Once I was "set up" I would start a foundation and start giving away the money earned from the principle. There are too many great causes to count, but I'm with Megan as far as children being the top priority. And I would probably start a design business of some sort: retail, product design....
I could go on dreaming forever, but I am in the process of making some real dreams come true....so that's good enough for me right now.
5) What places you would live?
Well, assuming I had those billions, I would have a home base probably in Southern California (San Diego, Laguna, La Jolla, Santa Barbara), an apartment in NYC, and a villa in Europe, perhaps in the South of France. But the fun would really be in the search I think, not in the ownership.
So...now to tag those unsuspecting bloggers that have not been tagged yet. Are there any left?
I tag:
You're it!
P.S. I just reread this post and realized how utterly boring I sound. Ugh. Sorry 'bout that. My head is a million different places and I am finding it hard to be "interesting" right now. I vow to be much more devil-may-care, glamorous, and worldly next time I get tagged!
Great Color Research Journal
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: Hue
A sneak peak:
(click to enlarge to read text)Shop Etsy: Bedside Manner
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: Bluelines
Posted by ScottIf you are like me and have terrible sneezing fits in the middle of the night, why not treat yourself to one of these guys i found on Etsy?
At least you'll be sneezing bedside in style.
I like the lighthearted playfulness of these three, but there are a ton to choose from. Check them out!
Domino Magazine
02/25/2008, 17:06 | Original Site: Belle Vivir
China Chic (Again)
03/27/2008, 22:24 | Original Site: style court
Currently on view through July 2008 is the V & A's exhibition, China Design Now. The show encompasses fashion, graphics, and the general proliferation of fresh design in China. Poster above by Chen Shaohua, 1992.
And I'm sure you've seen these woven wicker clutches from Vivre in the new Vogue Living (Carolina Irving has exquisite taste). But the art history major in me wants to point out that the brass plated closures are modeled after those found on ancient Ming Dynasty chests.
Tiny Ming chest available through Edgar L. Owen.