White Christmas - Tricia Foley

I havn't posted in awhile so I thought I'd would give you a peek of what's inside my book called White Christmas by Tricia Foley. Foley is a frequent contributor to Victoria, Town & Country, and House Beautiful magazines.

I have been sick so many times in the last few months that my tonsils finaly gave out on me and I got tonsillitis for the first time in my life! My god trying to sleep when your throat keeps closing up is scary! Anyways im gettin better and hope to stay that way at least for the meantime.... I couldn't wait for winter and now I can't wait for spring? tse tse ... never satisfied.....

What I like in the below photos is not only that the theme is all white but notice the vintage linen stockings, the basket for storing bulbs filled with straw and a chandelier draped with moss, which is great for me because I can't seem to get a wreath to look good on my chandelier! and we all know how hip that is right now! hellooooo mosssss....






I got this book from Amazon and so can you...

On another note I want to say thanks to Charmaine at Beautiful Things To Share for the wonderful lemonade from lemons award. Charmaine has one of the best blogs I've seen and she has impeccable taste, so if you havn't been to her blog, your really missing out.


Now im supposed to name 10 other bloggers to give this to, but im soooo lazy this time, sooo I will just have to nominate everone in my blog list! They all deserve it anyways!

KVÄNUM KÖK Swedish Kitchens

Today I was over visiting at the Willow Decor blog and found a great post on KVÄNUM KÖK Swedish Kitchens. They are scheduled to be having a grand opening reception in San Francisco on October 17, 2008. So pop over to Willow Decor to see her post.

Here are a few photos from the KVÄNUM KÖK site that caught my eye.


Isn't the dog cute! He looks so cozy. Notice the natural fiber cushions.



Antlers and natural candle light chandeliers are a must have, shown below.


Open top cabinets are all the rage right now...

Charles Faudree Has Done It Again

Tonight I picked up the new September issue of Veranda. After seeing that there was a wonderful beach home done with lots of shells and another home done in Swedish style I decided to purchase right away. Well I just sat down and started to read the article on the Jamaican Home and got a huge shock! IT'S DESIGNED BY NON OTHER THAN MY FAVORITE - CHARLES FAUDREE !

In the article he states "Although my first love is country French, I'm not a purist" which explains his stray from French Country design on this home. The Home is named Bambu Villa and it features a mix of Italian, French and Swedish antiques. My favorite room is the dining room shown below.

This room is pure perfection. Charles Faudree is a genius! Sorry I could not find an online photo for this. The Shell and Crystal chandelier from Allan Knight and Associates is to die for. These are some huge shells! Now go out right away and get your issue....

The New Horchow

I just received an email from Horchow and wow they did it good! I fell in love with Horchow about 10 years ago, but recently their products really have not inspired me much. They seemed to have gotten more and more dated over the past couple of years. But OMG, im in love all over again today!

They just did a complete overhaul on their web site and their products! Just look at these photos from the new Horchow site! Just for starters, I'm seeing venetian mirrors, starburst mirros, Italian style wood chandeliers (my fav!), French farm tables, French chairs, antiqued mirrors, mirrored sideboards, white and more white, blue and more blue, and linen tones!

I am soo happy that they did this. A toast goes out to HORCHOW today, they deserve it big!

Design Bloggers Challenge

well.....I told myself no way was I gonna do this challenge, just because this ugly monsterous chandelier doesn't deserve it....but the competitive side of me won out over my poor soul! My poor eyes...I'm gonna need therapy for months after this!

So here I am. The challenge is being hosted by Maison 21 so hop over there to get more details and check out the competition. The ugly quest is on and I've gotta chic this thing up!

Ok....wish me luck.

First, I would hang this thing in a double storied entry way with a black palace door similar to this one.

The entry floor would have to be black and white checkerboard marble like this. No fussy rugs. Just clean and simple.

The whole entry way would be wallpapered in black and gold like this below. But the ceiling would be white and there should be white crown moulding.

I would hang white silk drapes if there are any windows in the room.

There would be a gold console table at the entry like this. I would hang a golden sunburst mirror over the console.

On the console I would put these three white bottles from Oly.

I would add this black casino chair from Well Appointed House on both sides of the console. Don't ask why, I don't know!

Then directly under the chandelier I would put a center entry table like this one from Horchow.

On the table would only be this beautiful Fazzoletto Murano Hankerchief Vase, nothing in it of course.

Geezzzzz....I just messed up my page!

Dining Room Eye Candy

I ran across this forum thread at iVillage Garden Web today and I just have to share it. Sooo many wonderful inspiring photos of dining rooms all on one page! Here are a few that caught my eye:

I love the birds nest chandelier in this photo. It is an inexpensive fabulous trendy idea and I think im going to try it out.

This photo is not showing the dining table but I love the beautiful bird cage and the white drapes.

The above photo shows a really different possiblity with white walls. Sooo chic!

I'm sorry that im unable to give proper credit to the designers but they were not listed with the photos. Whats a girl to do?

Crystal Ship Chandelier

I wanted to share this stunning art piece...this is truley a looker!

photo credit:www.1stdibs.com

There are many more photos up on the site, so check them out. This is still showing for sale at 1STDIBS, but of course this is showing sold on the Regalo Antiques site. My god the designer has a wonderful muse!

Current Must Haves

I can't open a catalog or website these days without finding the below items.

ROBBINS EGGS

GARDEN STATUARY

BIRD CAGES

SUGAR MOLDS

FRENCH CHANDELIERS or table lamps

BIRDS

Sorry about the washed out photos, I still have to learn how to take good ones.

ooops! I almost forgot Venetian Mirrors! sorry no picture, I still have yet to buy one...