Sunday, December 30, 2012

kiss & tell


 Excuse me if I'm obsessed of late with my design romance.
Forgive if I don't tell the story of how I ended up
in New Orleans a few days ago inside Anthropologie
looking at this display and thinking

if Istanbul and Mississippi fell in love
the love child would be New Orleans. 

 

Forget state lines. Forget separating oceans.
Forgive if I can't take you through
all the twists & turns of how I've
fallen head over heels for NOLA. 

And focus instead on this dreamy sofa.
This stack of firewood beside it!

 

I will eventually tell you why this orange
wall suddenly made me feel at home. And why
you will see it magically appear inside 
the barnloft next week. 

Make sense? I thought not.


So let's focus instead on how standing inside Anthropologie
lusting after things you can't afford is a million
times better than lusting after Anthropologie
while holding a catalog inside your current space!


And expect to see some Anthropologie-inspired things
wherever it is I will be living.


Including this polar bear - seriously.
Because now that I know such a thing
exists - I could never be happy living
without one

but then who could?!!!

 

4 comments:

  1. painting a wall that you see every day will bring you more happiness than the pain of painting it back in 6 months. love Anthro, love the polar bear, never been to New Orleans but I'm excited to see where this year takes you! happy 2013!

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    1. this is PRICELESS design advice, Jamie :-) I love it! And you HAVE to come to NOLA because I think you would love it [and it would love you] happy new year!!!

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  2. Well I will begin by saying I too have been a sucky friend. But I am making t up by reading everything I missed.

    PS... That bear is cool.

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