Monday’s Masterpiece – Parisienne chic

Morning morning darls, how are we today…?  Hope the weekend treated everyone well!  We’re back from Vietnam and thrown back into the thick of things here in Singers, but I’ve taken a longer time than normal over my Monday morning coffee + design oogling sesh as today I have a corker for you.

sarah lavoine1French interior designer Sarah Lavoine, has the kind of style that normally doesn’t ring my bell but for some reason this morning these images pretty much leapt out of my computer screen and grabbed me by the eyeballs.

The perfect mix of understated minimalist chic, interesting quirky lighting and accessories, and dark moody monochrome colours, these spaces are simply fabulous.

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Phewee it is a looong post today folks, I just kept finding more and more images to drool over.

In love with these lanterns.  In love!

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The best contemporary pendants of all time?  Why I do think so yes:

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The details and vignettes are so well curated – pretty much a masterclass right here…

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Sarah also has a bit of a knack for scrummy kitchens – this Moroccan pendant / copper (?) splash back and countertop action has me all in a tizzy:

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As does this more rustic look – love!

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Her bedrooms are simple and elegant affairs, with dark soothing palettes and luxurious long drapes:

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And the bathrooms?!  Oh my gawd they’re good:

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Not such a massive fan of this tub design but am loving the built in shelving and accessories:

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I’ve literally never seen a more glam dressing table:

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And lastly (see, told you it was a killer) a villa in Marrakech which is pretty much the cat’s pyjamas.  Do you see all this carved wood??!

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And the outdoors spaces are just divine:

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Swoony swoony swoon swoon.

Here are my picks from Sarah’s delectable collection, I’m loving the mix of quirky organic shapes and unusual materials:

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Thoughts…?  Have you managed to make it to the end of the post??!

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Mekong Magic

Apols for the cop out post today folks, we’re heading down the Mekong Delta early this morning to go check out the floating markets and life on the river, and have run out of time to post yikes.  I hope you’ll forgive me though when you see how cool it looks! 

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Have a fab weekend loves, see you next week!

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Bling alert

Err, have you guys seen the latest collection from Z Gallerie?!  Holy hell I need somebody to confiscate my credit cards…

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A monologue on old age…

Ha no not really, just kidding.

Today is my 30th birthday.  30 whole years on this planet.

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You know how when you’re a sprog and you think about how your life will be when you’re ‘old’ at 30 (or was that just me that did that?!) – I always imagined myself married with a house in the country, 5 kids, an aga and small army of doggies, and I find it pretty bloody amusing that our current setup could literally not be more different.  Wouldn’t change it for anything though.

Anyhoo I’m not going to commence blathering because I have some sunbathing to get done, but I will say that today I feel so full of gratitude for everybody I have in my life.  My wonderful husband, family and friends (bloggy and otherwise!) mean the world to me and I am sending out hugs worldwide from this little corner of Vietnam.

I have convincingly failed in my quest to get my design course finished, home designed and business set up by my 30th birthday, but I am 95% there on all three counts so think I’ll let myself off – it’ll be done by le bloggie’s 3rd birthday fo sho.

Anyway, I’m off to enjoy my day with my man and a hefty dose of sunshine, toodles!

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Flirty flamingoes

So after setting peepers on that blooming gorgeous fuchsia-tub-plus-flamingo-wallpaper bathroom last week I’m feeling inspired to check out a few more of these cheeky chappies.

Pretty fun, no?

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And here’s the lowdown on sourcing options, I know I know I’m too good to you…

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Monday’s Masterpiece – luxed up Robinson Crusoe…

Morning loves!  Hope everyone had a fab weekend. 

We’re looooving Vietnam – Ho Chi Minh City is totally bananas and we’ve just spent a couple of seriously relaxing days in gorgeous beachy Mui Ne.  We’re heading up the coast today towards this beaut of a hotel, and holymoly I cannot wait to see it.

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Decked out in rustic woods, bamboo, stone and floaty floaty mosquito nets, it is the perfect place to spend my birthday!

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Design classic (32) – le clawfoot tub

So after 31 DC’s I’m starting to scrape the bottom of the barrel in terms of classics that I love (I was going to post about the Womb Chair today but it kinda freaks me out a smidge and also I think it’s uggers), midcentury modern or otherwise.

But today I thought I’d post about one luscious lady that has truly stood the test of time: the claw foot bathtub.  First created in the 1800′s from cast iron and lined in porcelain they were luxury items that only veeery few could afford.  Happily for us that is no longer the case!

As you can see here, the piece fits really well into seriously trad styling but can also hold its own in a crazy contemporary scheme:

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I have a serious soft spot for metallic clawfoots but today I thought I’d just stick to the painted jobbies.

First up, how about some dark moody beauts…?

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Yummy brass fixtures on the RHS here, and those floorboards!!

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Or are you more of an all-the-colours-of-the-rainbow kinda gal…?

[Side note, can we all please give this FLAMINGO WALLPAPER some lovin'?!]

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Floaty drapes and shower curtains get the thumbs up from moi:

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And I’m seriously enamoured with these cooler shades of green and blue:

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More brass fixtures!!  Stop it, it’s too much!

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So which would you pick…?

It’s my 30th birthday next week (crumbs, not entirely sure how that happened) and we’re using it as an excuse to travel in south Vietnam for a week to celebrate – will try to keep the posts rolling as normal but please humour any hiccups…

Have a happy weekend y’all, what are you up to??

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