Design Traveler: Manduria, Italy

 

I love to travel and when you find a beautiful hotel to stay in it always helps a location to be added to my list.  If there is one thing this beautiful there have to be others right?  While looking an entirely different image I got pulled into this beautiful space with a series of clicks.. completely fell in love with it.  This beautiful property is located in Italy near the Adriatic Sea.  

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greige and gold in France...

 

One glimpse at this beautiful French home and I was smitten.  A perfectly wonderful mix of old and older makes it so special.    The mirrors and stone alone are just the right amount of sparkle and rough texture.  The result is a casual luxe that we dream about.

 

 

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Restored beauty in Provence

 

Happy Thursday!  It is almost the weekend again and there is so much to do in these last days of summer!  I am dreaming that we are on holiday in this beautiful part of France but I will just have to settle for the inspiration of the pictures.

 

 

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Simply wonderfully white...

 

I am completely falling for this light white clean feeling right now.  I have spent the last few days working with a lot of color... it can kinda scramble a design brain.  This space feels so relaxing and simply wonderful!

We are getting geared up for the holiday weekend here and cannot wait to spend 4 days hanging out around the pool and setting off fire works!  (shhh)

 

 

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Ranch living..

 I fell in love with the ranch owned by Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi in the April issue of Elle Decor.  Each space is filled with a great mix of pieces that are vintage and antique.  The color palette is very natural and I love every bit of it.  The outdoor spaces are beautiful with ancient oak trees and green pastures.  This is peek at a few of the spaces, you can find more here..

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Take me away... to France

 

Let's face it some days your inbox can be more foe than friend...   That has been my last couple of days, one icky email after another (with a few exceptions).  Well this morning when this little beauty landed in my in box I felt someone had thought of me and sent me this special getaway even if just for a few moments..  The really cool part is that you can actually go to this beautiful place and stay as long as you might like to.  This is a beautiful Villa from Haven in Paris and although it is out of my budget for travel this year it would be the perfect setting to make some beautiful memories with family and friends.

One gorgeous space after another to would invite you to relax and dream of a wonderful life in the French countryside.  Take a few minutes to go there... if even only in your dreams.. see isn't that better?  I feel better already!  (okay now back to work)

 

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Choices choices

 

I am so excited that the appliances are arriving today.  It sounds silly even to me as I don't really love to cook, but I like the option to cook.  Options and choices that seems to be a huge part of this kitchen remodeling thing.  I had a hard time picking appliances.  I knew in my heart what I wanted but things change as you design spaces and figure out your needs {likes, dislikes and budget}.  I knew I wanted a Viking cook top but had planned on sticking with our double wall ovens that were in the original kitchen layout.  Little did I know that the cost of those ovens {used once a year} was triple what I wanted to spend.  So I opted for the 36" Viking range.  I cannot wait to see it in it's new spot and feel like a real cook {ha ha} when I use it.  

I will send over some cookies from the first batch!

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country kitchen...

 

Wishing you a lovely weekend filled with stacks of white dishes and lingering last days of summer outside...

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Modern country kitchen..

 

This is such a great kitchen.  I cannot decide if I like the lowered eating areas that are so popular right now off of the islands.  What do you think?  I think this one is well done and the stools make it!

On a quick note- I was so excited that Pinterest came out with their new IPad app- if you have not tried it you should, it is very wonderful!

 

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Gorgeous transitional mix.. timeless

 

I am loving the mix in this house of rustic and traditional with a bit of vintage put in there!  So fun, it reminds me that we should design with what we love, to make a great mix of styles and to not be married to anything that would make the space anything but timeless. 

There is so much going on this month I cannot wait until I have a moment to share some of my latest projects with you and all of the great things that are coming for this year!

images via Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles

 

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