Beach Bungalow

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. I'm having trouble focusing on work today. It's especially difficult after spending the weekend on the water south of Boston. It's amazing what a beautiful view and the smell of salt air can do for the soul. This is my favorite time of year. I can only dream of having a little bungalow on the water someday. I don't need a big house,  just one near the ocean. I love this fresh, crisp bungalow featured in Architectural Digest. The white walls, sculptural furniture choices and limited color palette are beautiful, notice all the amazing rug choices! I love each and every one! Happy Summer!! Happy Tuesday! Good luck getting back to work.

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Inspired = Lyford Cay Club - Bahamas

I'm smitten with Tom Scheerer's design for the Lyford Cay Club. It delivers so many wonderful elements; pagoda designs, grass cloth, faux bamboo, corals, pink, yellow and chocolate, antique mirrors. etc. etc. Most of Tom's designs use these materials. His work is amazing.
I'm not sure I'll ever make  it past the pink entry gates, but a girl can dream right? A little beach shack in the Bahamas would do. {see Tom's home here - I am in love with this casual beauty}

How amazing is this tented dining area?

And the Lyford Cay inspired Pagoda print by Quadrille {of course}

Images: Lyford Cay Club - via Town and Country and www.TomScheerer.com, Pagoda Images: Coastal Living, Meg Braff

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Take Me Away - Palm Beach Style

Oh how I wish I were jetting off to Palm Beach this winter. Am I the only one with the winter blahs..?? It's been a long one up here in Boston. I'll mentally escape today instead. Let's break it down shall we?
The quintessential Palm Beach style is filled with lots of cheery details..
lattice
great colors like:
Pink
Turquoise
Coral - real and color
green
vintage prints
classic glamour
bamboo
awnings
stripes
wicker
lattice
rattan
shell motifs

images: Lindsey Coral Harper, House and Garden scan via Coco and Kelley, Architectural Digest, Tory Burch, Moodboard, Apartment Therapy, Meg Braff, Architectural Digest.

AND FOR FASHION

for fashion I think of:
Jackie O
Lily Pulitzer
Babe Paley
Oversized Shades
vintage prints
colorful head scarfs
Jack Rogers
cropped pants
chunky jewels
and of course color, color, color

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