Christmas and New year are offically in count-down now. Hope you are in a mood for just being festive to celebrate the end of 2018.
One thing that fascinates me about holiday is the cheerful jewel-tone color palette. I feel that most people are just too scared to use the rich jewel-tone colors on the regular days. But those colors are not just for holidays and they do make you happier and enhances your appetite. And most importantly, they are from Nature. So this rich color jewel-tone palette can actually put you at ease and remind you it is time to celebrate. I finally find the time to put together our Thanksgiving table set and will sure update this post soon. Enjoy!
It’s Tuesday house tour time. We will take a look inside designer Ralph Lauren’s Bedford, New York house, Colorado ranch, and Manhattan office. Lauren is the first fashion designer to offer a comprehensive home-furnishings line, which he crafts around themed lifestyle collections.
At Lauren’s residence in Bedford, New York, a 19th-century Dutch chandelier presides over the entrance hall. Love the airy and sophisticated vibes at the entry.In the living room, matching 19th-century Louis XV–style wing chairs flank an 18th-century Chinese carved low table; pillows made from antique textiles accent the sofa, and the throw in the foreground is a 19th-century Kashmiri paisley. The space is full collection of art, hand-crafted objects, fine home goods…Ralph Lauren Home fabrics cover the sofa and pillows in the poolhouse, which features 16th-century Belgian pine ceiling beams and a 17th-century French limestone mantel; the lamps are made from 18th-century Chinese vessels. I love the open and tranquil feel in this room. And of course, blue-and-whites.The breakfast room’s tableware is by Ralph Lauren Home, as are the fabrics used for the tablecloth and the cushions on the 19th-century English armchairs; the painting is 17th-century Dutch. This is one of my rooms. I always have a thing with layered table-cloth—it’s elegant, relaxing and fun.A vintage French bistro mirror hangs above the antique pedestal sink in the poolhouse bath. Love this vintage mirror with a clean–line modern flair.A circa-1774 portrait by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni is displayed between the library’s French doors, which are curtained with a Ralph Lauren Home velvet; the two-arm Argand lamp is 19th century, and the pillows are made of antique fabrics. This is truly Lauren’s signature style—dark and rich color palettes, brass elements, wood panelings, checkered fabric…
Hope you celebrated green and had a wonderful St. Patrick’s Day yesterday. We always love St. Patrick’s day not because it’s fun and cool, also because it is usually the time for us to kick off the season of Spring entertaining. Specially after the several times of raining showers, everything in our garden just starts blooming. So, of course, inspired by the warm and clear sunshine and beautiful blooms in our garden, we decided to have a causal in-home celebration by cooking comfy Irish beef stew and put up an organic spring-theme tabletop to enjoy. You may want to do the same thing too, but may be just intimated by the complicated task and think maybe the other time. Well, life is about celebrating every moment. We are celebrating by doing and engaging as much as we can. Therefore, it is much more fun for memories and does excise your creative muscles a lot. But there are some simple ways to make in-home entertaining much less a daunted task. Here are 7 tips we would love to share to make spring entertaining fun, simps and stylish.
Just go to the outdoor and go to your backyard garden. You will be inspired by nature a lot and make you desire to bring nature to home. Since our garden is blooming, we just got everything from the garden—grass, roses, wild flowers, branches, herbs…
love these beautiful large yellow roses just picked from our garden. They are truly the super star for the table-top.Fresh picked greeneries from our back yard simply make you cheerful.We always love to incorporate some elegant textiles for the table top.
the wild flowers from the back yard.
2. Please don’t wrap up your fine china and put them away at somewhere you even cannot find. Yes, please display your chinaware at the place you can easily see. Therefore, you always want to use them.
love the details on the edge of this Italian white plate.The antique cup from Grandma
3. Plan,plan,plan. Write down the theme and food you would like to serve. For St. Patrick’s day table top, we wanted to celebrate the season of spring, so we had a lot of green-leaf veggies and in-season colorful root veggies. The next is to prepare the menu. For ours menu is mainly Irish beef stew with some green veggie cakes and green-leaf salad. We actually cooked the beef stew a night before in a slower cooker.
Guinnes is the key for comfy Irish stew to make the soup yummy and rich-flavored. Our main ingridients also include grass-feed beef and grass-feed butter.love these fresh pinkish reddish
4. Well, just sit back and enjoy.
5. Take time to take the photos for what you just do and you will be inspired to host next party.
TGIF! After a long week, I hope you are able to wind down for a relaxing Friday evening with a glass of red wine and enjoy some of the glamous interiors I am going going to share with you in this blog. They are either edgy on the color palettes, having one of the art collections or still keeping flawless classic charm:
“The chartreuse color in the dining room actually inspired the entire space.”vintage white
statement pendant
indoor-outdoor vibesmix-and-matchclassic English charm.
We did see some exciting fashion moments from last night’s 90th Oscar Academy Red Carpet. There were a lot of white, blush, red and unique bold blue, neon pink… Here is our pairing tradition From Red-Carpet -to -Home. Enjoy!
White
ZENDAYA IN GIAMBATTISTA VALLI HAUTE COURE
The beauty of white is its versatile range to go from an ultra creamy white. In 2018, white goes strong both in the fashion and interiors. Here are more white interiors:
This Aug. 2015 photo provided by courtesy of Lori Margolis Interiors and Architectural Digest shows, Caitlyn Jenner’s living room in Malibu, Calif. The living room recently received a makeover by the New York designer Lori Margolis. The reality-show star redecorated the Malibu mansion where I Am Cait is filmed, unveiling the homes new look on the Sunday, Sept. 13, episode. (Rick Steil/Lori Margolis Interiors/Architectural Digest via AP)
2. Blush
Allison William stepping out in a nude Armani Prive couture gown with a long train.
3. Pale Blue
4.Grey Blue
She wowed as she hit the red carpet in an elegant, form-fitting blue gown, which featured long sleeves, a high neckline.
5. Bright Blue
NICOLE KIDMAN IN ARMANI PRIVÉ
6. Red and Pink.
Emma Stone wore a silky Louis Vuitton pantsuit . The red blazer with a hot pink bow was paired with blue pants, which definitely stood out on the red carpet.
7. Bright Pink
VIOLA DAVIS IN MICHAEL KORS
8. Red
Besides white, red, the lipstick red, is another color to dominate 2018 Oscar red carpet.
Leslie Mann in Zac Posen Resort and Brian Atwood shoes
It looks like that Fireplaces are always home owner’s fantasy. Almost for every project we did, people would love to do something nice on their fireplaces. Probably, fireplaces make people feel homy, comfy and relaxing. Here are some chic fireplace ideas I would love to share with you on today’s blog.
modern and fun with a statement of the artworksimple and cozywhere a good conversation happenswhite on white with pop of color.family get-togethercorner beauty
Spring is almost here, the great time to start some of your make-over goals. One of the fastest and easiest way to fresh up your home is to repaint the walls. You know the colors you like, don’t you? In case you need some empowerment, you may want to find out what your Zodiac color is. By incorporating your zodiac color, you may feel happier and bring more synergy to your home.
Leo–Purple. It’s drama, mysterious and loyal.
Gemini—Yellow. It’s sunny, lively and gregarious.
Scorpio—Red. It’s passionate, confident and romantic.
It’s all about color story of originality, ingenuity and creativity through fashion. The Pantone Fashion Color Trend Report for London Autumn/Winter 2018 features a bold palette of autumnal hues complemented by some more surprising shades.
For a yellow with plenty of bite, the tart and sprightly Limelight hits the spot. “Animated and effervescent,” Pantone explains that this, “pungent yellow-green becomes the center of attention.”A beautiful orange, slightly more red than yellow, Russet Orange seems primed to take over as the new bold organic dujour — Pantone links it to nature and foliage, noting, “This forest floor orange speaks to earthen warmth.”
A rich silky hue that sits somewhere between the true yellow of gold and the greenish undertones of brass, Ceylon Yellow is described as a, “savory and spicy yellow [that] adds an exotic touch.”A delicate, energetic floral shade, Crocus Petal feels like the sweet, barely subdued understudy to Ultraviolet. Pantone calls it, “A cultivated and refined hue [that] adds a light and airy spring-like feeling.”
A rich jewel-tone straight off of the classic autumnal palette, Valiant Poppy is a, “brave and outgoing red shade effusive in its allure,” according to Pantone.This year’s Color of the Year pick, Ultraviolet is a vibrant, spiritual purple grounded by deep blue undertones. “Inventive and imaginative Ultra Violet lights the way for what is yet to come,” says Pantone.Nebulas Blue is an electric, celestial shade, which Pantone describes as, “reminiscent of twilight,” and “a thoughtful, starry-eyed blue.”
Many of these unique shades easily stand on their own, however mixing and combining unexpected colors can help create a signature style or look. Adding an unexpected element allows for the artistry and originality that optimizes individuality…
