The Pink Chair & Camellia Snow

I'm happy to see all the pink everywhere again. And this little French Louis.."ahem"..chair from the flea market would look fabulous in some new pink, don't you think? So at the design center, I found these sumptuous Lorca jacquards made in France and Italy, through Osborne & Little. They all work perfectly with the vintage velvet I found at an estate sale the other day...four yards in perfect condition for $5!

Then, while working on this little project, I happened to look outside my studio window...and saw that our rainstorms have created a virtual carpeting of camellias on the soggy ground...gorgeous camellia snow!

Now... I'd love to know what you think: which fabrics, and in what combinations? Or just go with one fabric... which one? Such a delightful dilemma!

big, bountiful roses!

when I paused to look out the window, this

is the beauty I saw in the rain

this incredibly beautiful cotton velvet I bought

the other day at an estate sale in the neighborhood

two different camellia bushes lost their

blossoms in today's storm

I do like this pattern with pansies and

a larger whiter background...

our ground could not get any soggier!

this is a really pretty rose petal pattern, but

my daughter thought it looked like seashells...hmmm?

the side pathway looks like it needs shoveling with a snow shovel..so

beautiful against the dark earth!

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Benjamin Moore paints I pulled that would work with

any of these fabric choices...can you spot the one

they have called identical to Pantone's Color of the Year?

(hint: it's in the first column)

I, for one, was really happy

with Pantone's color

choice for 2011... so far

we need a lot of this color

in our weary world

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while browsing for additional Lorca fabrics

I found these gorgeous embroidered

linens and velvets on the Interior Library site

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Thanks for visiting! Kit

Astonishing...

Does anyone else find this room as gorgeous as I do?

it speaks to me of springtime, hope and beautiful beginnings

I could spend a lot of time here...

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via San Francisco Magazine (print, not online)

article and photography direction by Diane Dorrans Saeks,

also of The Style Saloniste

this is the Nob Hill home of architect

Andrew Skurman and

his wife Francoise Skurman;

Andrew designed the amazing table base;

Francoise's silver adorns the table filled

with peonies she arranged;

together they collected the painting

by Cy Twombly's son

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painting: Fall of Icarus by Alessandro Twombly

table base fabricated by Tom Dixon

Mars chairs

Provence Glassware: Diners en Ville, Paris

Empire candlesticks: Odiot, Paris

Bernardaud porcelain

Puiforcat silver flatware

Silver pieces French heirlooms

Etching: Bromphenol Blue, Damien Hirst

Photography by JD Peterson

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thanks for visiting .. Kit

Sunday is Macaroon Day in France :)

I know, enough with the macaroons already! But we cannot help ourselves...they are such delectable little morsels, so beautiful, so... darn happy! The French love them so much that Sunday, March 20 is the 5th Annual Macaroon Day in France! You can taste different macaroons all over Paris...if you happen to be there. If not, you can enjoy this video from Ladurée sharing their secrets (in French) to making the beloved macaroons in their famous kitchen. Be sure to visit their site too, it's a great little diversion at the end of a very difficult week for us all.

Enjoy!

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this is enjoyable, even in French, and the chef's kind of cute too...oh

the Kate Winslet bit at the beginning is in English:

click here to

Thanks for visiting! xxx Kit