Posted by Penelope.
Jan
27
Posted by Penelope.
I accompanied Wendy Lyn from ‘The Paris Kitchen’ yesterday on a walking tour in and around the blvd St. Germain area of Paris (5th arrondissement). We visited some exquisite establishments such as the famous boulangerie ‘Poilane’, which had the most gorgeous window display of bread leaves, the master chocolatier – Pascal Caffet, a trip through the very feminine but utterly gorgeous interior of Laduree (of the macaron fame), and the uterly modern & sublime ‘La patisserie des Reves’ by Phillipe …
Jan
23
Posted by Penelope.
Im in Paris at the moment for various trade shows & events such as Maison-Object and the new annual event ‘Paris Deco-off’.
Last night I visited some of the showrooms on the ‘Paris Deco-Off ‘ route and happened to snap a few pics of the beautiful window display at Nobilis showing some of their latest textile collections. I particularly liked their embroidered linens that play the matte linen base off shimmering threads in the embroiderie achieving a gorgeous & subtle effect.
note: not …
Nov
10
Posted by Penelope.
Heres a sneak peek from my beach house project. My clients recently re-landscaped their backyard, taking a tropical approach to their beach house theme. I was asked to selected some outdoor furniture and design a firepit for them. The furniture is from Brown Jordan and features all weather faux wicker and outdoor fabrics.
We also have a large custom designed outdoor lantern in the works – it is going to feature a glorious hand blown, colbolt blue irredescent glass globe and intricate …
Nov
9
Posted by Penelope.
Over the next few days Im going to be testing out some different wordpress themes to tide me over until next year when my new web site and blog should be up and running.
I like this theme in that it is a lot lighter and fresher feeling than the previous one I had. I’ll have to noodle with it more this evening when I have ‘technical support’ (aka. computer savvy, super animator husband will be available).
Unfortunately coding is not an …
Oct
27
Posted by Penelope.
Bedrooms are such special places for children as they are usually the one space in their lives that is under their own control – a place where they get to choose where there things go, create their own world and entertain their secrets and fantasies.
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