Cotton . Candy

Might as well start the week with a light and airy series - esp. considering we're supposed to get like a million feet of snow or something. Yuck.

Pictures: LA Moxie, ffffound, Alvaro Puentes, and Marija Strajnic

New . Things . + New . in . the . Shop

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Some things I'm willing to pay full price for - things that I know I'll use for forever and will work in my wardrobe year-round. Pieces that are trendy and may be out of style in two years, not so much. The latter was the case with these Jeffrey Campbell "Bjork" booties. I'd wanted them from the beginning, but I couldn't see spending $225.00 on them.

So I waited, and waited, and waited some more. Then finally they were on sale at Need Supply Co.. And then I waited some more. Then - when there was a discount code that I could use to get more $$ off of the sale price, they came to live with me. I love them to death!! Though I have to say, even though they are clearly winter boots, they're horrible in any kind of snow. There's no traction on the sole, and I nearly fell like five times the first day I wore them out.

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There are a couple of new pieces of vintage jewelry coming to Pretty Little World. I just can't resist dainty vintage with pretty pastel rhinestones!

Vintage . vs . Runway

I really adore this kind of an all white look. It's clean and pretty, unfussy, and still has an air of nonchalance - as though you'd be equally ready for a day of wandering about shops in any metropolitan city, or strolling along a beachy coastline.

The Michael Kors SS 2011 look on the right will set you back $395.00 just for the top, or you could have the lovely vintage set from Allen Company, Inc. for a guilt-free $36.00.

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Pictures: Paula Aparicio, Abbey Drucker, Marija Strajnic, and Rafa Castells

Peachy . Keen

All clothing: Creatures of Comfort SS 2011 Lookbook
Interiors: Rachel Whiting and House of Turquoise

One . Headlight

Pictures: Kamila Kulik, Erin Mulvehill, Chloe Aftel

In . Plain . Site

Pictures: Nicole Maria Winkler and Ananda Serne

Before . and . After { Dining Room }

I wonder how, after a year and a half of working at things, our house isn't completely redone yet. One answer is that no one has left us an anonymous donation so that we might quickly do everything that we'd like. The other is simply that fixing things up takes quite literally, forever.

It must have been an eon since I posted our bedroom and front porch before & afters, but I have finally have another to offer up: the formal dining room.

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What we did:

- ripped off the wallpaper (honest to goodness, the first thing that I did once we had the keys)
- painted the walls // door // trim white
- took out the laminate floors and installed Brazillian Cherry hardwood
- put up new floor molding // trim + white wainscoting going into the room.
- lots of pretty green plants.

Total cost (labor + furniture + materials ) = $1200.00

Little . Bits . of . Wonderful

Details from the Kenzo SS 2011 collection. Love the shoes. Love.

Preuss

Since B. and I have no actual trips to the tropics planned, my only encounters with anything such have to come through trips to local Preuss Pets. Not that it's an exact substitute, but wandering among the cages of exotic birds, sea life, and fish, you can at least imagine that you're somewhere far away.

Tropical

I've never been to Cuba, but all of these photos make me think of it, for some reason - especially the last one.

Pictures: Alyssa Noches, Margot Pandone, Ann He, and unknown

Dutch

All paintings: Vermeer
Pictures: Paula Aparicio, Oleg Korolko, and Federico Erra