{two lovely things: monograms & pink roses}

{two lovely things:} crisp whites and black stripes with always elegant monograms, and pale pink roses just after a rainstorm . . .

{images: tracey overbeck stead via brabourne farm; flickr}

{two lovely things: perfectly mismatched}

. . . two sinks, side by side -- his & hers -- a chrome and glass cocktail table as a shelf for perfume and hair pins, and perfectly mismatch mirrors before the busy-ness of the day begins . . .


{p.s.} if you're looking for us, we {p. & i} have traded in the hustle & bustle of the city for a place in front of the fire, in an impossibly romantic log cabin in the mountains, with very spotty internet access, a million miles from everything x

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recent two lovely things
* on display
* books & blossoms
* gilded chalkboards & garden sheds
* green & white
* open shelves & elegant black
* bar carts & blossoms
* books & bouquets
* a paris apartment & hermès
* secret gardens & on the terrace
* ruggedly refined
* rest & relaxation


{image: living gazette}

{hope you're having a beautiful weekend}

. . . by the time you read this message, it will be many cups of coffee later, and well on our way out of town to new york for fashion week, having awoken at an impossible hour and caught a glimpse of the most spectacular september sunrise, the clouds an indescribably breathtaking and vibrant shade of pinkish-coral and lined in silver, and there will be fashion week events and breakfast meetings, long-overdue appointments and afternoon shows, cocktail dresses for 6pm soirées and can not wait to tell you!

hope you are having a wonderful weekend, and that it's beautiful where you are, roséline xo

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a f e w l o v e l y l i n k s :
* at home: bright light
* for the weekend: food with friends
* collections: things that are gold
* décor inspiration: one room, four colour schemes
* style inspiration: autumn
* in the kitchen: deepest blue
* inspiration board: hear the silence
* shopping: this dress {thanks, felicity} & this clutch
* at the cottage: warm & woodsy
* from the archives: tartan, stripes & sequins
* recipe: banana passion fruit & lemon meringue pie
* design: beautiful signs

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{as always, a few things you may have missed}
* runway inspiration: autumn tartan
* notes from the weekend & a few lovely links
* décor inspiration: tray chic
* farewell summer & the last of outdoor dinner parties
* style inspiration: knotted belts
* lookbook: sessùn automne-hiver 2011
* work of art: briar wood bracelets lined in silver
* modern glamour: concrete & gold
* hair how-to: the sexy bouffant

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{images: photography by lorena*arance on flickr}

{décor inspiration: tray chic}

. . . at this moment, there are perfume bottles scattered prettily about everywhere -- on the dresser, on the vanity, even on the desk, amongst pretty notepaper and fountain pens . . . and have always loved the way a simple tray, whether square or circular, gold or silver, can transform a few pretty bottles into a beautiful display; add venetian glass and deep emerald & onyx-hued marble, a bouquet of delicate peonies, and what could be lovelier?

{p.s.} another way to display perfume collections


{madison via the diversion project}

{décor inspiration: discothèque}

. . . have been known to be drawn to all manner of glittery things -- sequins and mirrors and, most certainly, chandeliers -- but with all of this seventies sophistication inspiring the streets and runways, it is nearly impossible to resist a little disco . . .





{p.s.} a gold tiled powder room

{images: 1 - elle decor; 2 - shoes, from a previous post; 3 - globe from here; 4 - stairs, from a previous post; 5 - blacksplash via tba; 6 - shoes via tba}

{décor inspiration: a work of art}

. . . scalloped hand-towels and gilded sconces, patterned in leopard print and shades of midnight, and best of all, an exquisite chinoiserie fresco for perfect elegance . . .

{p.s.} the powder room was designed by thomas beeton & the chinoiserie fresco is the work of dana westring


{images: photography by tim street-porter for Walls: The Best of Decorative Treatments by Florence de Dampierre, © Rizzoli Publishers, 2011 via the peak of chic}

{two lovely things: all that glitters}

. . . always an affinity for glittery things -- sequins in the morning, chandeliers and gilded chairs, and so, easily fell for this pretty tray {a similar one sits on the counter and is filled with bouquets of spring roses}, and most of all, the thought of metallic gold for the powder room -- how could mornings ever be more elegant than sunrise and gold tiles?

{images: the michelberger hotel, berlin, via design shimmer}