{on the market: grand victorian, australia}

. . . and on the topic of wool tartan dresses and caramel-coloured suede, early autumn also invokes wonderful thoughts of softly glowing fireplaces and luxurious faux fur throws, the romance of candlelight and evenings spent cozy at home, enveloped in the loveliest things such as in this grand victorian home, filled with marble tables and graceful archways, intricately carved wood mirrors and tufted chaises, and best of all, that inexplicably nostalgic and always welcoming warm & woodsy feeling . . .

{p.s.} a previous on the market: a swedish apartment

{images: realestate.com.au & desire to inspire}

{a glimpse: beautiful balmain}

. . . impossibly elegant gilt-panelled walls and mirrored halls, velvet chairs and intoxicating bouquets of roses, softly pooling drapery and sexy tulle-enveloped dresses: a glimpse into the enchanted world of balmain . . .

{images: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 - joseph dirand architecture for balmain via the diversion project; 3 - magdalena frackowiak, paris fashion week - balmain spring/summer 2009 fashion show via fashionising; jacket via maison des rêveries; ;tulle skirt via a glamorous little side project; daria via a glamorous little side project}

{late summer, early fall}

. . . intricately panelled walls, juliet balconies and elegant fireplaces, floods of dusky and romantic light and stunning chevron floors -- if one could describe the beautiful and all too fleeting moments between late summer and early fall, perhaps it would as this . . .

{p.s.} more perfectly ornate walls:
* happily ever after
* gilt & chevron

{also:} a corner fireplace

{images: b&b italia via marcus design, haute design & a previous post}

{two lovely things: warm & woodsy}

{two lovely things}: time-worn wood tables and ornately carved chairs, smooth driftwood and bits of coral -- always come back to the rustic elegance of warm and woodsy things . . .

{images: 1 - elle decor via greige; 2 - roman and williams via greige}

{impossibly exciting news}

. . . very nearly overflowing with excitement to share the hopelessly wonderful news that {this is glamorous} is featured in the may issue of lucky magazine!

many, many thanks to everyone at lucky for the beautiful feature, and especially to elise, who handled nearly late and stunningly last-minute e-mails with perfect grace

and thank you for taking a few moments everyday to visit, for all your thoughtful comments, tweets and e-mails; there was no way to know what a beautiful adventure beginning this blog would become, all the wonderful things that would transpire, and the lovely people there would be along the way . . .

{this is glamorous} will be guest blogging at luckymag.com this week {april 12-16} come visit if you like! would be lovely to see you xo

{inspiration: carved wood + crystal}

. . . an undying adoration for the wonderfully ornate -- crown moulding and carved wood, panelled walls and glittering chandeliers and, most certainly and always, all enveloped in soft and hazy spills of light . . .

{image: homes & gardens magazine via brabourne farm}

{castles in the air}

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.”

– Henry David Thoreau

. . . beautifully ornate mirrors and pretty heels, antique fireplaces and lace-trimmed linens, quilted coverlets and a few quite moments on a misty tuesday afternoon . . .

{images: scans by this is glamorous, photography by polly wreford for at home with white by atlanta bartlett}

{spring blossoms, indoors & out}

. . . have always adored bringing the outdoors in, especially in the forms of enormously intoxicating bouquets of flowering branches, and on this drizzly mid-march day, happy in the thought of soon bringing the indoors out . . .

{images: 1 - scan by this is glamorous, photography by polly wreford for at home with white by atlanta bartlett; 2 - country homes & interiors magazine via brabourne farm}

{two lovely things: white + silver}

. . . have always adored white with gold, never fully considering white and silver -- that is -- until happening upon these perfect pairings of a beautifully ornate mirror & a tiny metallic lampshade and crisp bed linens & a shimmering sequined pillow . . .

{p.s.}
* more: two lovely things
* ornate mirrors: here & here
* pretty, pretty: headboards

{images: 1 - editorial: yves forever, photography by alasdair mclellan for vogue paris, stylist: jane how via tfs; 2 - tony hutchinson}