Valentine's Day

It's Valentine's Day, and that means, it's February 14th! Ha! I hate to be a buzz kill, I know a lot of people put a lot of effort into making this day special for the special people in their life, and a lot of you parents were up until the wee-hours putting together those classroom gifts. As a single person on Valentine's Day, I'm a little less caught up in the hype. Ok, a LOT less.

But, I'm not letting that stop me from turning the blog red and pink today, with some beautiful photos that will hopefully inspire you! Here we go:

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Design by Miles Redd

See more in his book, The Big Book of Chic here: 

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Design by Jeffrey Bilhuber

See more of his country house, "Hay Fever" in his book, Jeffrey Bilhuber: American Master here:

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Design by Mary McDonald

See more of this amazing room, and the house in her book, Mary McDonald Interiors, here:

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Design by Mark D. Sikes

See more of this room Mark did for the Kips Bay Show House in his book, Beautiful, here:

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Design by Thomas Britt

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Design by Martyn Lawrence Bullard 

See more of his private home in his book, Martyn Lawrence Bullard: Live, Love and Decorate, here:

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Design by Michelle Nussbaumer

See more of her private home in her book, Wanderlust, here:

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Design by Beverly Field

Have a happy Valentine's Day all. I'll be back tomorrow with a couple of book reviews.

Space to Fill - Vol. 2 Issue 2

It's Friday, and after the week I've had, this signal of "the end" as it were, couldn't come soon enough. Lately, I've been making plans for a few, not terribly dramatic changes at CDLV. It's mostly a change up in the layout of rooms, making way for a television space on the first floor large enough to accommodate the monthly movie-nights, and award show parties this fall.

Needing inspiration for the inevitable change, I was looking more for color combination than anything else. As you probably already know, the CDLV living room has a beautiful, antique sofa with an interestingly tufted back and side, very English in it's Chesterfield upholstery, but French in it's feminine silhouette. I have a love hate relationship with that sofa, but for better or worse, it stays. The chairs in the living room are Pottery Barn, custom slipped in a citron waxed linen. I've never quite known what other color to put with the two, deciding ultimately on a deeper citron green.

Today, however, with Pinterest at it's best, I found the perfect color combination inspiration in photos of a lavish and vividly unique San Francisco Pied-à-terre, designed by the wickedly talented, Thomas Britt.

Happy Weekend!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you enjoyed them as much as I did.

All images sourced from Pinterest.