Lively Lemon!

yellow brick road...

Sometimes I feel like I'm on my own little yellow brick road in life...trying to find my way. 

And to follow on from my lovely lime post, I decided to investigate the wonders of yellow!

A few interiors, photography, design, art, and of course, one yellow brick road...

Do I like lemon more than lime? Um..yes I think so!

When I stumbled across the painting below, I immediately loved it, with the way the light and shadow was captured on the woman and the fabric...so I did some investigation...

Created by the talented artist Horacio Cardozo who was born in Argentina and has been painting since 1987, his oil paintings have a touch of surrealism which he does very well...I think his semi nude and boat series are the most interesting and inspirational...check out his blog here and more of his work here too!

Horacio Cardozo. Woman in Yellow 30x40in

yellow roses, for friendship and freedom...

Black, white, glass...and some stunning vintage yellow...love this!

abstract art... intense..

i adore this architecture and stained glass..great photography too!

good morning sunshine...

fresh... a great way to use wallpaper as an accent color and pattern..

yellow glass jugs...stunning and beautiful..

powder fresh...

1950's...I love swimsuits like this!

painting...one yellow leaf...

pattern on pattern...black, white and yellow...they go so well!

Light, Glorious Light!

So I've been pretty busy recently! I'm undergoing the drastic redecoration of my apartment! Of course, my big problem is, I don't want to show it off until its all done and perfect! - but then you can't have fun watching it all change!!!! So for now, while I gather the photos ready for you, I'll start by dreaming with you a little instead!

Ohh, Hello Moooi! How much do I love Jurgen Bey's Lights?!! How much would I love to have this beautiful lamp in my apartment right now?!!! I'm sure you would recognize his stunning "Shade Shade" lamp below - one which I have admired for as long as I can remember! I love how he mixes the old and traditional with a sharp twist of modern, he does it seamlessly... But when I saw the above Light Shade, I was in Love! Capturing my heart with my passion for traditional art on the shade inside... perfection!!!

Although my heart I leave with the Light Shade above, I do have a soft spot or two for the following lights! Appealing to my more abstract side, these are pretty intense - and in the right place in a home, would look a dream!

Pink! I just painted my walls in my room this gorgeous, hardly there, soft pink (I'm truly embracing my femininity here and loving it!! You'll see what I mean with photos soon!!!)

And so in that breath, I fell over myself when I found these lights in the pictures above and below! Andromeda flawlessly creates these stunning handmade glass lights, I am still in awe of the detail and precision in these pieces... Andromeda was founded in 1972 in Murano, Italy - a glassmaker's heaven since 1291, where else could these beauties originate from?! 

Wood, Beautiful Wood! Crispy clean, warm and inviting... How amazing would this light below look in the perfect den? Or lounge? Or Hallway? Or pretty much anywhere?!!

Through the wonders of the designers Guillermo Capdevila and Jorge Pensi for B.Lux, and one of my favorite little stores, 2Modern, I bring you the Helios Wood Pendant Lamp!...with 18 panels of clear varnished wood, and a core of 7 sockets, this perfectly constructed and gorgeous light certainly would not dim any room!!

People in Glass Houses Shouldn't Throw Stones...

Today in NYC was the first real warm spring-like day, it was amazing! Unfortunately, I didn't get to spend much time in it, but I know some of you did - and I'm jealous! I think they should make days like this a no work day - just like Snow Days! Only the opposite!! "Sorry, I can't make it into work today, its too sunny and warm, and I just cant stay inside"...Oh in a perfect world! So on that note, I've been looking around a lot of other design blogs recently, and all are a-buzz with wonderful images and ideas for outside areas, decks, benches, fabrics, sea scapes, gardens, and more, and all amazing... So i decided to post a few images of my own, with a little twist! - in honor of my working to hard inside, to make it outside, living! I've picked a few of my favorite glass extensions, kitchens, rooms, homes...Well you get the idea! If only my working inside could be in one of these - then I could have enjoyed the first spring day of 2008!