Paris appartement

Welcome to Paris lovelies! 

I'd like to invite you to another amazing apartment this year, the one of textile/knit designer Eve Donon. When i think of Paris these days, i think of it as a city, where i'd love to be and work for a while, paint, write, sit in cafés, walking the streets, breathing in impressions and breathing out art! 

Eve Donon is an amazing artist who has worked with the famous names of fashion, like Lacroix, Gaultier, Kenzo, Rykiel and more. Check out some of her beautiful work here  

This post is linked to the France link party, hosted by Anita from Castles, Crowns and Cottages.

Be sure to visit her and embark on a journey of dreams - french dreams of course! 

Images:  Marie Claire Maison May 2008

French living

French living: Happy and cozy

Happy start to the week lovelies – hope it’ll b a nice one, with lts of opportunities to ejoy septembers mellow beauty! As fall starts, my mind turns to interior decorating. Don’t you love this charming appartemet of french designer Myriam Balaÿ Devidal at Nîmes? She manages o well to combine textures, colors and unique little objects to create a dreamy, happy and very individual setting for herself and her lively family.

Phots: Marie Claire maison

A home for imagination

Such a cool place to be, 

Cy Twombly's Roma apartment shot by Horst P. Horst for Vogue in 1966.... I imagine myself swanning around these rooms, drawing, dreaming, preparing to paint. It seems so removed from the business and chitter-chatter of everyday life, almost like an underwater palace, removed from time. 

Cy Twombly died last year in Rome, age 83. I found him most phaszinating and inspiring in his old age, where he, who was known for his subtle scribbles painted huge canvases of roses and did something entirely new and daring. 

Any exiting and daring plans for the weekend yet? OMG, i feel lie sleeeeeeeeping in ;)

Photos via: Mondo Blogo

May in Paris

Just imagine ...

May in Paris, with all of YOU living there as well, 

for a week or so, all of us, free to enjoy live in the city of lights,

 love, art, fashion and joie de vivre. I would rent

 erin fetherston’s apartment  - and invite you in 

for tea and rainbow colored macaroons and later 

champagne, cheese & paté. 

Isn't that pink daybed a dream? 

I would, paint, write, dream ... drive my vintage byciclette to 

do my groceries at farmers markets and delicious little shops, 

polish up my french again, and meet you in sidewalk cafés, 

on lively squares and  in little restaurants ... 

yes, i can see why Paris is always a good idea! 

Let's start the week à la parisienne,  

whatever that means to you ..

.i'llbe delighted to hear more about it soon!

And look at more gorgeous  Paris inspiration 

over at my friend Anitas place - 

she's american, but whenever i think of Paris,

 i think of her as well!

P.S: As i'm currently away, i will come and visit you all as soon as i get back - beginning of nexr week!

Pictures and inspiration: sfgirlbybay

Loulou de la Falaise in Paris

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"If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast."
Ernest Hemingway

Ever dreamt of a charming place in the capital of love?  I sometimes do! And  Loulou de la Falaise's apartment here looks just perfect to me!

Loulou de la Falaise was Yves Saint Laurent's favorite muse. And as a designer and a woman with great taste and style she decorated the place in a relaxed, elegant way, combining neutral eggshell shades with colorful items from all around the globe. 
'When I saw my apartment for the first time, I felt good in this artist's studio,' she says.

Well - i would, too! Can i please come visit for tea and macaroons Loulou? 

In case you want to dream on a bit, i highly recommend the little book by Ernest Hemingway  "Paris,  a moveable feast".  It's a real favorite of mine and i read it again and again over the years.

Photos via Daily Mail from from Fashion Designers At Home by Marie Bariller 

Portrait: Christopher Wahl