guilded love...

 

As of late I have been very inspired by gold and guilding..  it makes my heart skip a beat just a little bit. 

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Dark trimmed windows and doors...

 

I am working with a client in Laguna Beach who is building from the ground up and we were chatting yesterday about windows and doors... we ended up deciding on dark details for the exterior.  I love this look and was excited to find so many wonderful examples to back up our ideas...  What do you think?  Would you go dark?

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Recovery...

 Just wanted to share a few of my favorite instagram pictures from the trip.  I promise to go through my photos over the holiday weekend and share a bit with you next week.  Every time I visit Paris I fall for it all over again even though she really makes you work for it!  I am exhausted when I return from these trips both physically and mentally!   This weekend I will do my best to fully recover!

I also want to extend a huge THANK YOU to the girls that were nice enough to guest post for us while I was away!  I could not have done it without you!  Thank you to Andrea, Si, and Shari!

 

 

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Paris bound..

I am spending most of this week wrapping up projects here, shipping and packing for our trip to Paris. I will be posting prep and travel photos on instagram if you want to follow along or you can check out the facebook page too.  Our pool project should be finishing up too... so exciting!  Wishing you a wonderful Monday!

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Black entry doors

 

I love the contrast of a black or espresso door.  We have a pink Wisteria planted to go over ours and I am so hoping that this is the year it grows across the front of the house.  These are a few of my favorites that I have collected and were great inspiration for me.  When we redid our kitchen this year I had the painters paint the interior of my doors black also just for a change in the space and I love it. 

Are you a fan of the high contrast?

 

 

 

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architectural love..

 

Well we all know I am a sucker for a well designed building.  This one is at the top of my list... let me see here used brick, black doors, white columns, ivy or wisteria growing up one side.  Pretty much perfect I think.  I cannot believe we are already on Thursday again.  How does time fly by so quickly?  Where is it all going and why?  

I hope you are looking forward to a restful weekend (yep I pretty much consider it imminent at this point)!

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pool side...

 

Today I will be lounging poolside... I know it seems odd to me in the beginning of December too!   We are taking a little trip to celebrate my husband's birthday.  Don't worry I have so much set up here for while I am away.  I am looking forward to more giveaways and wonderful inspiration!

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simplicity in the entry

 

This is so simple and clean.. Just love the different bottles and always love fresh greenery!  

Are you ready for Thanksgiving?  I think I am, turkey and fixins check!

Wishing you a wonderful start to the long holiday weekend!

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exterior accents

 

Everything here is just right.  I love the shutters and the pavers!

Wishing you an inspired Sunday!

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Solvang�Danish in California

Did you know that there�s a little bit of Denmark, right in the middle of California? The town of Solvang is located in between San Francisco and Los Angeles and entering this tiny village you can�t help smiling. It�s bizarre and surreal � you see Denmark all around you (and a little bit of the Netherlands too, for some reason).

Copenhagen road, Arne�s Aebleskiver, Danish bakery, Julehus, Hans Christian Andersen, Runde T�rn and the little Mermaid are some of the sights. Houses built in old Danish style are dominating the city picture and people smiling everywhere, welcoming you as a fellow Scandinavian. It just so happens that I�m half Danish and I visited Solvang back in 2005. It would have been a crime not to, since we drove right through it, more or less.

Solvang means �sunny fields� and seing the picture below you get the idea. It suits both this field and the yellow ones you find all over in Denmark.

The town was founded back in 1911 by theologist Benedict Nordentoft,  pastor Jens M. Gregersen and lecturer Peder P. Hornsyld, wishing for a colony somewhere warm, far from the Midwestern Winters. The population today is just over 5000 and it became a city in 1985.

When I visited, the third weekend in September, the traditional �Danish Days� was celebrated, as it�s been since 1936. They have eating competitions, processions through the downtown area with floats, marching groups, dancing, and singing. During these �Danish Days� you can have a couple of Danish delicacies, Medisterp�lser and �bleskiver.

Buildings in the half-timbered style of Danish rural houses dominate the town, even though Scandinavians point out that these have nothing to do with the original immigrants, but rather make for a huge tourist attraction.

As mentioned, there are many copies of Danish sightseeings. One is Runde T�rn, that is orignially located in the middle of Copenhagen and is Europes oldest observatory, built in 1637. The tower situated in Solvang is 1/3 of the one in Copenhagen, and houses a pizza place.

The little Mermaid has it�s place, of course.

H.C Andersen, the great Danish writer.

Solvang

Christmas whenever you want.

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So, do you want to have a bit of Danish extreme, Solvang is the place. Enjoy!