Travel

I've had travel on my mind lately due to my guest blogging over at PVE on the art of travel. I keep thinking of all the places I have yet to visit that are must -sees! Probably #1 on my list is Venice.I've heard people says it is touristy, over-rated or smelly, but nothing beats the romance and beauty of that crumbly, mouldy city in all its...

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library

This cozy library by Paul Fortune that I found today on Desire to Inspire makes me very happy indeed! While not a room I'd have in my own home, I want to spend a rainy weekend here curled up on this couch with a good book - perhaps with some Sarah Vaughan in the background! Love the vintage windows t...

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PVE

For the next week I'll be guest blogging for Patricia at PVE DESIGN. For those of you who don't know her, her blog is full of her delightful illustrations. She has an interest in interior design and comes from a background in fashion. I'm posting a series of her illustrations on the art of travel this week while she is in Paris (doing the...

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Chatham Village

I've been on a Pittsburgh kick lately - I know the city so well and just have so many things I love about it! One place I have always loved is Chatam Village. Designed as 'model' housing for blue collar workers and funded by the Buhl foundation, this development is currently a haven for white collar workers who appreciate its urban planning....

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collections

By now you know I'm somewhat of a collector -always have been. There are 2 camps -those who believe that collections are windows to the soul (like Charlotte Moss for example) or those who abhor clutter and posessions and are staunch minimalists for their own mental stability. Why do some people crave possessions while others eschew them?...

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Viva Las Vegas!!

Recently, I've been in a Vegas state of mine. Currently, friends of mine are in Vegas celebrating a momentous birthday and having a blast I'm sure. I love my friends but declined to go. Expensive to get there, stay there and it's so tacky with very few redeeming qualities that I can remember. 'the venetian'I visited in 2003 and took these...

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Rain on me

This song 'Rain on me' from Cyndi Lauper's new album is really beautiful and I wanted to share it with all of you. Enj...

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B.F.Jones

So here's a post close to my heart and upbringing and a sort of weird coincidence. When I was a little boy we lived in a suburb of Pittsburgh that had a wonderful library called B.F. Jones memorial library. Housed in a beautiful Beaux Arts building from the heyday of the small mill towns in the teens or 20s surrounding Pittsburgh built by...

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The Fall

I saw an extremely beautiful movie today; 'The Fall'. It sort of follows in the line of Pan's Labyrinth where it is a grown-up fairy tale but on a more extremely exotic level. The funny thing was it included some of my favorite comedic actors from TV (which was a bit confusing really; the piemaker from 'pushing up daisies' as the main character!)....

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Powder Room Sink

I forget where I got this image - probably Desire to Inspire -but I'm loving this look - so clever! This would be cute in a mudroom off a garden, a guest cottage/pool house or perhaps a powder room. Just drill a hole through the bottom of the urn and voila - instant si...

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bathroom

What do we think of this bathroom in Jeff Andrew's house? It's a bit unusual for someone to have a urinal in their master bath, right? But I guess if he's gay and there are 2 men using it, it could save a lot of money in water and cleaning, etc. -I love the practicality of it! However, the placement of the sink between the urinal and the...

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the VIEW!!!!

If you have a spare $8.25 million laying around -how about buying the most fantastic condo in NYC (and letting me visit)? Currently owned by Mariska Hargitay (from law and order AND daughter of our BIG ummmm....... movie-star friend Jayne Mansfield) and her awfully named husband Peter Hermann this unit is a 2-story penthouse in the O'neill...

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