Bathrooms...you would never want to leave

This is when your bathroom becomes something like a sanctuary...a place you would never want to leave. In this part of the home, one should have the opportunity to escape the world. A destination-room for peace and luxury.

Photos: Courtesy of Dornob

A Life of Style- The Book

Rebecca Moses’s exceptional illustrations and witty philosophy on living a life of style illuminate how to create and enhance your own style signatures: beauty, fashion, decorating, and entertaining.

Style: putting our own signature on the things that we wear and the way that we live. ~ Rebecca Moses

Check out the chapter... "What Defines a Home?"

House Beautiful: Design Institute

House Beautiful presents an all-day event brought to guests by the experts at House Beautiful that will focus on design, color, the latest trends and much more.

When: October 28th

Where: The Merchandise Mart; Chicago, IL

222 Merchandise Mart Plaza

Complimentary Admission

RSVP Required: DesignInstitute@Hearst.com

For more information, visit housebeautiful.com/promotions

The Queen of Jimmy Choo's...NY Apt

Check out the New York apartment of Tamara Mellon, the founder/queen of Jimmy Choo. (courtesy of Harper BAZAAR)

home makeover necessities

our home: before

... stay tuned for after

Roof-Top Loft in Berlin

No comment necessary.

Work done by GRAFT Labs.

Who Said Walls Have to Be Straight?

Collector’s Loft by UNStudio is an ultimate living space to store and showcase things. The loft is located in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. The main walls in the illuminatingly, white loft flow through the space, and together with curvaceous ceilings create hybrid conditions allowing showcase-like areas of the loft to merge into living areas.

When Fashion & Furniture Collide

Check out these wooden chair-inspired clothing designs... major collision. I'm not sure how I feel about this...

The Design Center & The Merchandise Mart

The Design Center at The Merchandise Mart, located in Chicago's historic Merchandise Mart, is home to five floors constituting the world's largest and finest design center, offering the most comprehensive concentration of home furnishings under one roof. With 150 showrooms and 2500 product lines of luxury furnishings, fabrics, wall and floor coverings, casual/outdoor furnishings, art, antiques, accessories and more, it is the ultimate resource for design professionals and discerning homeowners.

SPECIAL EVENT: October 1-4, 2010...attend four days of fabulous finds!

Tickets: $15

222 Merchandise Mart Plaza

Chicago, IL 60654

312.527.4141

Missing in Action

I apologize for my disappearance...please believe that I was on a temporary leave of absence for a good explanation--> school is now in session.