{two lovely things: chalkboards & garden sheds}

. . . a grand and gilded chalkboard intermingling with dusky olive velvet and always elegant chevron floors . . . and a charming gardening shed with wonderfully ornate bracketed shelves and a porcelain sink overflowing with delicate late-spring blossoms . . .

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{p.s.} recent two lovely things
* a paris apartment & hermès
* green & white
* open shelves & elegant black
* bar carts & blossoms
* books & bouquets


{images: 1 - original scan from côté paris via belle vivir, discovered via head over heels; 2 - country living via brabourne farm & also seen at the french tangerine}

{décor inspiration: french chic}

. . . soaring ceilings and chevron floors, juliet balconies and a luxuriously grand and perfectly ornate gilt mirror, and most of all, the dusky, smokey, sexy french-ness of it all . . .


{image: south of market}

{décor inspiration: a kiss of colour}

. . . monday, monday, and utterly inspired by this beautiful entryway -- the enchanting framed wallpaper fragment and antique french chest, the warm wood panelled walls and rich chevron floors . . . and not certain if it is because it is february or the approach of valentine's day, but lately, have been dreaming of painting the walls the palest shade of pink . . .





. . . of course, the next best thing would be glimpses of colour set against pale and perfectly pretty neutrals . . .

{1 & 3 - scan by this is glamorous, photography by jonny valiant for house beautiful, interior design by tracery interiors; 2- scan by this is glamorous, photography by victoria pearson for house beautiful}

{home inspiration: a paris apartment}

. . . oftentimes, on evening walks, love to stop by the bookstore for a few glossy magazines, always in search of inspiration, but has been far too long since there was a space that overwhelmed with loveliness like this parisian apartment -- the glimpses of perfectly ornate balconies and streams of soft, gauzy light, the yards upon yards of shimmery taupe drapery and beautifully time-worn chevron floors, and best of all, in paris . . .

{image: patterson maker, perhaps originally from sotheby's international realty france, collection privée les 100 plus belles proprietes de france}

{have a cozy weekend + links}

. . . the first week of the new year has come and gone and it was filled with new year's things -- organizing and exercising and rationalizing; and two days and a paper shredder later, things in the office are now perfectly organized into files with beautifully hand-lettered labels and all neatly sorted into a brand new cabinet that is certain to be gilded soon enough . . . and now, as the last of the late-afternoon light fades, there bouquets of roses scattered all about, and it's the weekend . . .

hope you're having a beautiful time, wherever you may be,
~ roséline xo

{p.s.} fun news on monday!

{a few lovely links:}
* at home: conservatory apartment
* colour inspiration: coming up roses
* at this moment: the art of winter
* in the kitchen: food & flowers
* party inspiration: for little princesses {via black*eiffel}
* fashion: gold bars
* photography: dreamy landscapes
* recipe: jam drops
* at home: a seaside cottage
* travel inspiration: to be a guest at versailles {via a cup of jo}

{as always, a few things you may have missed:}
* a new year & hello
* january thaw: coming up roses
* colour inspiration: shades of blush & champagne
* at the shops: lady grey, brooklyn, new york
* paris in the wintertime & hello
* travel inspiration: to sleep perchance to dream

{& new for the weekend:}
* how to: a pretty peony bouquet

{images: lopp; olivet; patterson maker; jac jagaciak & frida gustavsson; jenna lyons's brooklyn home, via the style files; what katie ate}

{décor inspiration: modern classic}

. . . have been lamenting just the other day that it has been forever since there was an interior that overwhelmed with a sheer elegance intermingled with a certain romance, and then, all of a sudden . . . french doors and chevron floors, marble fireplaces and graceful archways, paneled walls and 19th century mouldings, all enchantingly flooded in light, and best of all, in paris . . .

{images: amador toril via french by design}

{photographer: michael paul, london}

. . . happened upon the portfolio of lifestyle photographer and london-based new zealander, michael paul, and fell in to a world of chevron floors and beds with silk canopies, champagne and pearls on gilt marble tables and the most beautifully atmospheric play of light and shadow . . .

{p.s.} you may have recognized some of these stunning rooms from the pages of vogue entertaining + travel, gourmet, martha stewart living, real simple, food and wine, vogue living, other favourites

{images: photography by michael paul discovered via the diversion project}