The Catalyst

living this way

A collection of the most amazing interiors/exteriors I've seen lately. Along with a bit of the interesting/magical/nonsensical.. 

A perfect dinner party treehouse dining room.

If that castle is still standing on that rock it is magic.

I love the siamese cat painting above the window.. cozy cozy.

Gorgeous, other-worldly.

Sweeeet pad, dude.

This room charms my socks off. That is one happy plant. Look at those beautiful big leaves.

Exotic Minimal Lovely

Yes, I'd drink coffee here everyday.

I heart greenhouse inspiration.

Do I like loud patterns/loud colors/cool fireplace/sweet windows? Yes.

Woodsy creative spaces are the best.

I am obsessed with treehouses if you didn't already notice..

Densely beautiful patterns are everywhere.

Futuristic color pods pop up.

Looks good enough for James Bond.

Fun with geometry.

Rustic natural minimalist perfection.

Carpet/drapery pattern-continuation always works for me.. so does bulbous furniture and pendant lamps.

Fancy Fun

Brilliant stairs.

Hi, I want to swing in you.

Precious stones with Googlie eyes.. so rad. More at Trust Fun

Loving these moods and colors.

David looking stunning. Very pretty.

All images via (either) : The Way We Live or Jules and Nicho

Commune Design or The Selby

 

los alamos ghost townies

Luc and I spend the weekend celebrating our 4 year anniversary in the small whimsy stagecoach town of Los Alamos in the Santa Ynez valley. We stayed in the Egyptian Suite at the Victorian Mansion B & B  .. here are some of my favorite scenes.

Hi Bullwinkle

entering the vortex

solvang

And I also want to share some recent "It's a Small World" happy pix from a recent trip to the Magic Kingdom. I had a perma-smile the whole day.

The inside and outside of that ride is genius, I hope they restore more of the original art rather than replacing it with more disney movie characters.

PURRRRRFUME

Loving the big cat eyes and scribbly kittens.

And more vintage flat cat art...

CLEARMAN'S NORTH WOODS INN

We went to Clearman's the day before Thanksgiving to celebrate Luc's belated birthday. Surrounded by fake snow, peanuts everywhere, and lots of baroque-style boobie paintings, you have no choice but to eat enormous quantities of food and order several large steins of frosty ale. I got a postcard and the rest are camera phone shots. No one remembers their real camera anymore.

Look at Tweedle Dumb (Devon) and Tweedle Dee (Jenny) wearing the same shirt.

Luc having full feelings.

Thanks to Jennifer Brandt Taylor for writing about Clearman's in her awesome book, Vintage L.A. It has become my new "fun" guide.

YEARBOOK YOURSELF!

I'm not going to lie, I could spend a very long time yearbooking myself. And putting together decades of Jenny and Luc. 

Yearbook Yourself here. A tip: take screenshots if you want to bypass the email to yourself/friend part, and get all the goodness one after another.