anya hindmarch

I enjoyed this article about Anya Hindmarch from the September issue of Vanity Fair. She's one of those really cool people you wish you knew. And I loved this picture.
{image: Simon Upton/The Interior Archive via Vanity Fair}

dinner for four

Such a perfect room. From Habitually Chic's post on stylist Lili Diallo. And more pretty things in her portfolio.

on the bedside table

What, the title Wine and War, doesn't appeal to you? Well, don't let the word "war" scare you. My dad gave me this page-turner, about how the French saved their wine from the Nazis during WWII. And let me tell you, this recession sounds like a cakewalk compared to the German occupation.
{images: barnes and noble, eddie ross (looks like it was in martha stewart)}

true love

Don't worry--this post isn't about Valentine's. It's about how much I love the Richmond home of Katie Ukrop. Seen in Domino (hold on, let me wipe the tears away--I mean, should I even link to their website since it's all going away?!?) last summer, I found some more pictures of it on This Young House. BTW, This Young House is a great blog and makes me feel like renovating an old house isn't such a bad thing.
P.S. Trey, you can stop rolling your eyes at the pink dining room. Love me, love my favorite color.

{images: this young house}

on the bedside table

Rococo by Adriana Trigiani is light, easy, and made me laugh out loud (and will do the same for all of you with any interest in decorating). A perfect escape for these less than perfect times.
{images: barnes and noble, living, etc. }

giada at home

I know I've said this before, but I love Giada. I've got her Winter Minestrone simmering on my stove, and I've been enjoying these pictures of her home from Architectural Digest. I especially love the kitchen set of her new show, Giada at Home.

dining in

I would love to have dinner here, in the new "barn" of Ina Garten. I would be fine just eating a bowl of her macaroni and cheese on one of those barstools. View the rest of the pictures here, from House Beautiful (found via Jane).

green with envy

I love the shades of green used throughout the home of Heather Taylor, the guest blogger over at design*sponge.

on the bedside table

Or at least this book will be on my bedside table, as soon as it is released in November. I'm itching to read something about the art world, especially after chatting with the adorable Emily Amy at her gallery last Friday (thanks for the tip, Millie).
{image: living, etc.}

form not function

So Trey and I love these chairs. And then we sat in them, and we do not love them so much anymore. Talk about disappointing. Not to mention that 6'2" Trey barely fit in the chair.
{image: Living, etc.}

on the bedside table

Can't wait to dive into this one, before seeing the movie. This bedroom is from the amazing renovation by David and Tyler Colgan, in the September 2008 issue of Cottage Living.

reduce, reuse, recycle

Mom, can I have your old drafting table? From the home of Jill Malek, via design*sponge.

vacation home: spain

So I saved the best for last: the Formentera home of Marni designer Consuelo Castiglioni. Photographed in 2004 for Vogue by Francois Halard. I can only imagine what wonderful clothes are hiding in that bedroom closet.

vacation home: italy

The vacation home of Silvia Fendi, on the island of Ponza. I think the tile has inspired more than a few baguettes. Photographed for Vogue June 2002 by Francois Halard, quite possibly the best issue ever (because of all the "designers' vacation secrets").

vacation home: nantucket

Some favorite images of the Nantucket summer home of Ashley Brittingham, by Jeffrey Bilhuber. Photographed for Vogue by Francois Halard.

vacation home: maine

This southern girl's dream vacation home is one off the coast of Maine. Like this one, belonging to Patricia (Herrera) and Gerrity Lansing.
{images: Eric Cahan for House & Garden}

carolyn quartermaine

I don't know if I'm stalking this fabric or it's stalking me, but it keeps turning up unexpectedly everywhere I look.
{images: carolyn quartermaine via oh joy!, Hotel Delos via coco + kelly}

i love green

I love green, and I love how it used as an accent throughout the home of photographer Victoria Pearson. Her photographs, from the August 2008 House Beautiful.

on the bedside table

On my bedside table these days is Brideshead Revisited, which I'm reading in anticipation of the movie release later this summer. I wish that this bed and these chairs, by Suzanne Kasler, were sharing the room with me and my book.
{image: Elle Decor, July/Aug 2008}

love, love, love

I just love this image: the girl, her outfit, the room, the blue, the sofa--all of it. Sofa from pure by amy mckay, via design*sponge