Showing posts with label home tours. Show all posts
Showing posts with label home tours. Show all posts

Thursday, October 1, 2009

i'm being original today (launch of lonny mag!)...

Yes, I know, everyone is probably posting this today too so I'm going to be very original and join in on the fun. If you haven't already heard, read, seen, Lonny Mag launched today. It's an online magazine--the editors have ties to the recently extinct Domino. So far I'm really liking it, definitely has that "Domino" feel, but has a lot more interior shots.

Here's a few of my favorite pages/photographs from the magazine, okay, a lot of pages....
This page with the typewriters is more of a "in-your-face" to my parents....Don't worry it's not harsh, I love my parents. Here's the quick story, when I was 11 my paternal grandma passed away and we had a garage sale at her house. She had this old 1930s typewriter that I begged my parents to let me keep, like seriously begged, my mom had to bring me inside the house because I was screaming and crying when my dad sold it. What can I say? I loved anything vintage from an early age, I was a passionate kid.

My dad ended up selling it to a man for $15--and yes, I'm sure we really needed that extra $15 in the bank. I told him that I wanted to keep it for my own house in the future and he wouldn't let me because "we didn't have any room for it". I think he was trying to make sure that I understood that we couldn't keep everything because while we were setting up for the sale I kept wandering around taking things to keep. Little did he know that I would become quite the antique collector...

To be honest, I'm still a little butt-hurt about the whole "typewriter incident" (as we call it in my family). What's funny is now my parents both regret selling the typewriter, which I clearly could have restored as noted in this page in Lonny Mag above ^^

Monday, September 21, 2009

casual elegance...

This house was featured in the September issue of House Beautiful, the bedroom that I posted last night is in this house. I love how elegantly casual it is, even the silk taffeta draperies have such an understated sophistication. Usually I like a little more color in my house, but if it were to go "neutral" I think this is the way to do it!I want a corner like this! I love those botanical prints on the wall framed by the rustic iron sconces. Oh, and that clear glass lamp with the brown shade is to die for!
I love how the curtains gracefully sweep the floor without too much puddling. I also think that oversized chandelier is fantastic.
I love cute nooks and window seats!
This is my favorite picture, I think this really sums up the idea of the elegant but casual decor in this house.
I love how the family room looks so effortless.
Slightly different from the rest of the house, but I love those brick floors!
This is such an adorable girls room. I want that chandelier. Enough said.