Pop-Up Colour!

Colour does not add a pleasant quality to

design – it reinforces it.

- Pierre Bonnard -

I love this Pop-Up Colour in a Pop-Up Store in London by Kate Spade... I love the idea of 'wrap around' paint [in the top image] that then provides the colour anchor for the rest of the room. And wouldn't it be lovely to have a wall dedicated to being able to hang all your 'lovely' handbags as a collection - not the run of the mill ones - the special ones...a 3D artwork of their own. Last but not least - I always love a wall frame cluster the size of the images are quite large but are in balance with the size & height of the wall, and although this cluster looks effortless with the colour placement - it would have taken many configurations to get it 'just right'. It's all in the preparation!

For more of fabulous pop-up colour visit the Kate Spade website

The Kate Spade London Pop-Up London Store was open from 12 Oct to 12 Nov 2010

Images via Racked & Liberty London Girl

A Special Mother's Day Brunch...

Mother's Day Brunch table decor

Meet Our Isabelle - 2 weeks old, we're all under the Isabelle spell!

Call me crazy or call me smart - but I thought that being my very 1st Mother's Day this year, and my Mum & Mother-in-Law's 1st Grandmother's Day - with our [terribly gorgeous] 2 week old little girl - Isabelle, that I would hold a Mother's Day Brunch at our place under the pergola in the garden... It made perfect sense - everyone could come to us, which included my mum, my mother-in-law and my grandmother-in-law and the boys could cook and serve it all up for us! Did it work... it sure did and was a truly lovely memorable morning shared with my baby daughter who made my [first[ mother's day possible! Here's a few pics of the decorations I put together & a pic of our little Isabelle at only 2 weeks old and not yet at 2.5kgs [5.3llbs] here!

The decor consisted of some beautiful local pink proteas as an arrangement next to the orange juice pitcher [also my fave milk jug] on one of the tea towels I picked up at the Cath Kidston store in Convent Garden, London when I was there last year - whilst pregnant with Isabelle - I thought the colours were fabulous for the brunch and fitting for when & where I bought it!

To all the mum's, mummies [mommies], mummas out there I hope your Mother's Day was special too! S xxx

Images by Verandah Home & Garden Living Solutions