Personal Museum

My favorite interior design blog, Design Sponge, recently featured the home of prop and fashion stylist Rosy Fridman. Her and her husband's San Francisco home is not only perfectly decorated, but also unique and innovative. I love the fact that they restored everything in their home themselves and poetically refer to their space as a "personal museum."

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Celebrity Homes: Editorial Inspiration

I have been collecting Decor magazines as long as I can remember and while doing a little reorganizing I came across a folder with cut outs from some of my favorite editorials from Vogue Living and Elle Decor. My absolute favorite shown above is that of industry genius John Demsey the group president of Estee Lauder Companies best known for making the cult brand M.A.C a household name by enlisting over-the-top divas for its ads. His dashing Manhattan residence is just as flamboyant as his Viva Glam campaign and equally successful. Another favorite Garcia-Lavin's petri dish photography artfully hung above a tribal inspired bedroom.

Moving In

industrial side table: CREATE

catch all plate: CREATE

spice rack: CREATE

silver cow skull: SPLURGE

veneto suitcase storage: MUST HAVE

hermes avalon blanket: SPLURGE

Interior decorating ideas from DIY to high high high. I am continually updating my home with fun new paint colors, interesting accessories found in the fashion district or flower marts, a designer splurge here and there, and a lot of fantastic DIY projects discovered in unique blogs. CasaSugar is one of my favorite interior blogs for inspiration. I love their celebrity and DIY sections. I can’t wait to recreate this fabulous floor to ceiling to door striped bathroom, and adorable handmade spice rack! The Hermes signature Avalon blanket and ZGallerie silver cow skull are definitely number one on my wish list. Gorgeous! Always in need of more storage I immediately fell in love with these buckled Veneto Suitcases, which are on their way from ZGallerie this week.

My Friend Mickey

In life there are those who constantly inspire you. My friend Mickey is undoubtedly one of those people. Amazingly innovative, truly original, mind-blowingly on trend, historically informative, unapologetically pragmatic, with a keep you on your toes energy; her home is no different. Every time I step foot into her meticulously decorated house I am reminded that design at any capacity is truly just being yourself and reaching into your soul to pull out the darkest, brightest, nitty-gritty thing that sets you apart from the mass.

SEE MICKEY AT DUCKYSHINKCRACKERS

Time to Paint

I’m finally moving to Los Angeles and found a gorgeous warehouse loft in the garment district. The only thing left to do before the move in date is choosing wall colors. Neon seems to be my new obsession due to Proenza Schouler’s SS11 collection and a fantastic ice blue guitar I’m trying to convince Dad to pass down. I always choose one piece of inspiration and then decorate around that piece. 

High and Mighty

(Giddy Spinster Upcycled Shoe Planters)

These shoes are used/ upcycled. The concept is about hard-working women, the increasingly artificial nature of American femininity, and the impossible images that women face in our society. It's a prickly, spiky, sticky situation...

Trend Report: Beautifully Organic

Organic fashion is not just reserved for hippies anymore. The luxury, glamour and innovative designing using organic materials has reached another level. The idea is now just as beautiful as the art, fashion, and home decor created in the eco friendly manner. Fashion designer Gary Harvey created a stunning gown with recycled newspaper. New York artist Andrew Clark creates breathtaking wall art with fallen leaves from the Hudson River Valley. Angeles Alvarez has shown his creative eco art in museums through out Buenos Aires. Sass Brown professor at FIT has written a book honoring the ground-breakers in the fashion industry and proving that eco fashion is not about the boring beige t-shirts anymore. These gorgeous works of art all stem from the same idea of living an environmentally responsible existence and they are truly an inspiration.

Idée Fixe

I can always trust The Zoe Report for fabulous shopping tips and today's isn't any different! I am absolutely in LOVE with these luxurious new bookends by Lunares Home. This is my first visit to their site but I am already lusting after almost everything they sell! Their choice of materials is impressive and entirely organic, recycled, and anti-cruelty. They are perfect for any office space or home library, I can already think of dozens of way I would display them.

Carmen Object and Bookend

Flawless Resort Styling

It’s Resort Season and labels like Miu Miu, Chanel, and Louis Vuitton are right on key with the season’s newest trends. Feminine candy pinks, sage greens, and honeysuckle oranges are making a beautiful impact on and off the runways. Ad campaigns featuring fruits and flora, Editorial photoshoots with mountains of ruffles and Victorian landscapes, Home décor displays with whimsical patterning and vivid splashes of this season’s hottest new colors. The ladylike styling of Miss Jessica Alba in Elle’s December Issue is reflected everywhere right now! She looks just as delicious and artistic as the treats lining the walls of Dylan Lauren’s Candy Bar in NYC.