Color Love Friday: Grow wild cornflowers!

"A weed is but an unloved flower." Ella Wheeler Wilcox

August is but a few days away which means it is cornflower season! These pretty and spry flowers glimmer in long elegant clusters and their purplish blue color is simply striking! Cornflower blue is a beautiful color for anything in any season...

Let them bask on the window sill... like a lazy Sunday...

Cornflower blue doors and trim...

A very pretty casual summer uniform...

I dream of cornflower walls..

Cornflower walls with pops of bright red...

Country cornflower kitchen cabinets bring on the charm...

Gorgeous cornflower wallpaper in a funky toile wallpaper...

Exotic cornflower retreat!

Soft and sweet kids room...

Dramatic and effective in a lacquer finish...

Have a fabulously lazy wildflower weekend!

~SD

Tuesday's Finds! - Lux

"Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping." Bo Derek

It's that time again! Time for Tuesday's finds! This time we are focusing on some more goods with a luxurious feel! Sophistication on sale is what it is all about...

Mitchell Gold and Bob Williams is having a wonderful summer tag sale! Offering 30% to 70% off through 7/29!.. So better get on it!

Love this side chair!

A side table with a modern look and brass details!

Another great chair! Comes in different fabrics! A great shape to break up too many clean lines!

Oooh la la .. Rue la la! This site is absolutely worth your while! Nuloom rugs at a fraction of the price! These 3 are fabulous but there is more where that came from!

Serena and Lily is on One Kings Lane this week! .. but hurry! Items are going fast!!

Gorgeous robin's egg blue bench for the bedroom at One King's Lane!

Add sparkle with reflective accessories ... at Gilt Home!

Gilt home also has some amazing bath items on sale! But hurry! These things go fast!

Happy shopping!!

~SD

Spotted - Princess of Polka Dots

"I painted boredom, which is more important in life than the sunlight the Impressionists painted." Yayoi Kusama


Yayoi Kusama is a legend and might quite possibly one of the coolest people in the world. After all, she has made quite an incredible living painting polka dots, repetitive patterns and doodles on unique forms! She was huge in the 60s and now she is back and on track! Not only do people like her keep the world interesting, stories like hers are so inspiring. Just goes to show you where a little creativity and courage can get you! She has an exhibition at the Whitney currently on now that is definitely worth checking out if you are in the area!






Welp.. according to social scientists, doodles have meanings! This site is quite interesting!! Apparently doodling circles represent a need to find unity and peace.




Check out 'Fireflies on the Water' currently part of her exhibit at the Whitney! So very cool!!





She is all the rage in fashion right now!! Have you been to Soho recently and walked by the Louis Vuitton pop up store on Greene Street!!? Since we forgot to take pics, we stole these pictures from Solifestyle.com. A fabulous fashion blog to check out!
 






From preliminary drawings ...

 









.. to .. polka dot explosion!!!




Take a peak at her fresh and very avant-garde fashion line..








Have a great day!!

~SD