Stranger Than Fiction

Hello Lovelies! And Happy Monday! Photography: Scott Hawkins for Notebook Magazine  Styling: Jo Carmichael The Spring 2010 Cure has begun and I have started to tell you about my kitchen project. The walls are freshly repainted in white, the sink is stainless steel, and to add pizzazz and vitality to the place (it's a narrow corridor, but filled with beautiful Southern light), I decided to go for yellow! Here are some yellow ideas for the home. Check.Here are some great neutral background for the kitchen. Check.And here is an... [Lire la suite]

Hello Lovelies! The week reaches its end and so does the Spring Color Week! Here's my contribution to the love of blue, whether navy, or Robin's Egg.. Have a swell week-end! Enjoy!-Beautymist PS: don't miss Sibella Court's home tour!

Hello Lovelies ! Here is my contribution to the Spring Purple Day: The calendar comes from "Modern Printed Matter", a small, exquisite Etsy shop owned by Anna Cote. The ink (for ink pads)  is much more purple in person, and the coasters are Japanese. Have a nice purple day! Enjoy!-Beautymist.

Hello Lovelies, Here's my contribution for "Yellow Day" : ...you can also have a look at my kitchen, which is a yellow/white work-in-progress... enjoy!-Beautymist.

Hello Lovelies! ...So on with the Spring Colour Week! Today is my favorite color day ! Green... and Chartreuse in particular! Yay! Again, I will show only objects I own and have lying around in the house. My mobile phone case which is not only chartreuse, but also displays a dill pattern, one of my fave patterns ever! A chartreuse corner in the living-room with two chinese bowls, Japanse incense and a crane painting on wood, by a friend of mine. And that's my contribution to Chartreuse day!enjoy! -Beautymist.

Hello Lovelies! and Happy Monday! Yes, let's start the week with a wonderful discovery I made recently... detail of a painting by Line - from her website I just discovered Line's art via the decor8 blog and just had to put an emphasis on it! photo-montage by Holly Becker for her wonderful decor8 blog. PINK is my least favorite color, but Line makes an exquisite use of it, together with the color red and abstract compositions. So I think I simply love her art! Speaking of pink and the use of colors... Jan of the famed... [Lire la suite]

I took this silly colors quizz and the result is the sunny YELLOW. ...and I quote : "You are quite the powerful thinker. It’s this talent that allows you to overcome a plethora of great obstacles. Luckily, this doesn’t affect your ego and you give off a pretty easy-going appearance. You enjoy the finer things in life and also have an attraction to art. If you can help it, you try not to rock the boat. But you also can’t stop yourself from searching for new ideas, methods or styles." Quite accurate, but i'm more a BLUE... [Lire la suite]

Hello Lovelies! I really like the color combo in this house: This is Catherine's place, and you can visit it thoroughly here. Since I love white flowers, like the ones shown above, I love a quite dark background to befit them best. Here we have a touch of (dark) orange and other autumn colors. Love! enjoy! -Beautymist. 

Hello lovelies, As promised, here are more examples of big, bold art I love. Most images are uncredited, and I'm really sorry about that!If you are the owner of the image, the photographer, the stylist, the artist, please, please contact me (by clicking on the "FICTION" book cover on the upper left side of the screen). Thank you for sharing your talent! Alex's place, propably seen at the Apartment Therapy blog Another view of Alex's place. via the JJJJound blog also via the JJJJound blog Nino's apartment (I've... [Lire la suite]

I love Jessica's work as a typographer and graphic designer. Here are some photos (by Annie Werbler ) from her vermilion (scarlet) home (via Apartment Therapy). The poster behind her sofa is by calligrapher Seb Lester and can be seen real big on my flickr photostream, right here. Enjoy the whole house tour! -Beautymist