{happy october + pale autumn blue}

. . . the soft colours of the recent runway shows -- feathery pink, whispy violet, muted coral and ecru -- and this week's calming greens and champagne hues bring dreams of smokey, palest autumn blue, the kind the appears in hazy, early-autumn light . . .

happy october! hope your week has been wonderful so far,
xo












{ record the day; the french bedroom company; country living via decorology; julia; domino via brabourne farm; photography by mario sierra via haute design; - unknown; dwellings and décor; flickr; martha stewart; photography by max kim-bee for domino, march 2009}

{at home with: marc jacobs, paris}

. . . herringbone floors, juliet balconies and gilded mirrors -- vintage shots of marc jacobs' Parisian home are like a dream . . .



{see also:}
* at home with: jessica alba
* at home with: alexander wang

{images: scanned & created by Moodboard from House & Garden magazine November 2000, photography Fernando Bengoechea}

{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}

{one last thing}

. . . dashing out the door for a late brunch, but can never resist a beautiful chevron floor, especially perfectly time-worn and intermingled with elegant wood panelling, a tailored white sofa, floods of light, and a pile of strewn books & magazines . . .

{p.s.} late weekend links below xo

{image: b&b italia via linen & lavender}

{photographer: romina shama}

swiss-born photographer romina shama uses only natural light and an analog camera; as if she were a reporter, she imagines all of her subjects as passing in the streets with only a second to shoot them -- the result is soft, often grainy "still scenarios", perfect moments as in a dream or beautifully entangled in time . . .

{images: romina shama via [design] relevant}

{balconies + pink bouquets}

. . . after falling for the wispy fabrics and pleated chiffon in erin fetherston's recent autumn/winter collection, was reminded of the enormously beautiful bouquet of pink peonies on the sun-drenched juliet balcony of her paris apartment, and how bright blossoms never fail to make everything feel like spring . . .

{image: domino via taylor sterling}

{at home with: elie saab, paris}

. . . completely swept away by this stunningly beautiful bedroom in fashion designer elie saab's paris apartment -- the mirrored screens and four-post bed, the satin-trimmed pillows, and most of all, the spectacularly over-sized blossoming branches that may be just the thing for getting through the winter . . .

{p.s.} more at home with:
* jessica alba
* marc jacobs, paris
* carter smith
* alexander wang

{image: ad via white & wander, interior design by chakib richani architects, photography by marina faust}