Tampilkan postingan dengan label interiors. Tampilkan semua postingan
Tampilkan postingan dengan label interiors. Tampilkan semua postingan

Selasa, 03 Januari 2012

Things of beauty interlude...

Temporarily, our life has been thrown into a state of flux. Sometimes, things you believe to be safe (like jobs) are not, and you have start afresh with new assumptions. This week I have learned that my patience is not as extensive as I had thought. That I too quickly leap to conclusions, even though common sense should prevail. That I misuse semi colons (according to Boo's crib-sheet on the matter). That I have some awesome friends, who when it matters, form an emotional huddle. A wigwam of support.

I've felt oddly hemmed in after the Christmas period; still no school for my children, so days spent killing time. The recline level has gone to extremes and my son announces daily that it's a 'pyjama day'! I have had to explain that the beauty of a pyjama day phenomenon is that it does not occur every day!

As ever the final week of holidays is a week too long! It's not long until I return to work and that is starting to fill my thoughts. I feel like I need to go back and retrace how this last six months of absence came about. I need to walk in those same steps and see if I can create a different outcome. If you want things to be different, you have to do them differently.

I have had some lovely guest bloggers post their thoughts and there is more to come next week. Thank you for your wonderful welcome and warm comments. I like the different slant on things and whilst I am staying in the background, I am still here :-)




via coco kelley
via brown dress with white dots


via grey clouds and red days

via comptoir des cottoniers



photograph by chris nicholls

...oops how did that get there?!! Bradley Cooper....








via this flickr

Here's to success and a fresh start...

Jumat, 02 September 2011

Things of beauty...

Hello there. Returned with a shock to normal life; it's incredible how quickly those holiday vibes fade in the place of normal. I like normal, there is a regularity to it that feels right. The adjustment for the Boos is harder though; they have to get back into home mode and particularly school mode - starting the middle of next week. We must all get ourselves together and do the September 'starting fresh' season. I like this time of year...bouquets of sharpened pencils at the ready.

I feel, after all of my soul-searching, that I have the makings of a plan. I needed a plan. It heralds me getting back to normality in a wider sense; work, family, schooling, friends. I am reaching the conclusion that whilst times have been hard and I have felt decidedly without direction, it's been necessary for me to get where I am now.

via pretty stuff




Blake Lively in US Glamour






via 100 layer cake

via dust jacket attic






via 100 layer cake




via Dust Jacket Attic






Have a lovely relaxing weekend!

Jumat, 05 November 2010

Things of beauty...

Busy busy week...everything is taking pace now as if in sync with the month of November. The work decision: I have to admit I took the easy road. After a bit of soul searching I decided, why make life hard for myself? I work because I enjoy it; simple as that. Every now and then my ego gets the better of me and I feel like I could...in fact I positively should...progress and grow. I was asked to consider a bigger role, something completely different, very much out of my comfort zone. Ultimately though I decided against it. I work part time and this role required a lot more than that. I have made my choices; I want to be there to collect my kids after school, so I said 'no'. Helped along the way to this decision by my trusted confidants who asked that insightful question as they know me so well - 'do you really want to take this on Lou? Think about it, picture the scene...'. So there you go, we live and learn.

And so to beautiful things of classic elegance...

via from me to you


I am so tired this week after nights of broken sleep, I am wishing for some time here:


Beautiful Helena Christensen...


A room for a reader...




Molly Ringwald in crisp, white shirt elegance...


I think I need to advertise this list to those who know me...I am a true introvert...


Marion Cottilard in the coolest dress...


Cary Grant on a  rainy sidewalk...





via 100 Layer Cake
Parisian style...love the whole look.

via classiq


via Dust Jacket Attic

via Haute Design
Emma Watson in Vogue wearing some diamond delights...


Thank goodness it's the weekend! Have a lovely one.