Print Lovin'

'Soulmate' print on white-washed oak with oak frame, £125, CoulsonMacleoud.com

I'm not quite out of the relaunching woods but I'm getting there so thought I'd check in!

It's my one year wedding anniversary on Sunday (!) - the paper anniversary. How are we celebrating? By going to a Chelsea soccer match on Saturday and 'the cricket' on Sunday - well, the tickets are paper anyway...

But if we had our own place I think this print (on oak, but since paper is made out of trees I figure that's close enough) by Coulson Macleoud would be first up as an anniversary gift. I originally heard of Coulson Macleoud's funky prints through work but ever since I find myself going back for more. Very simple but for a font-aholic like me it's just perfect.

I'll be back! Plus the perfect black boots...

Mentor Black Crepe Sole Knee High boots, £230, my-wardrobe.com

Might seem like I've loved you and left you but really I'm working on a total relaunch of SheerLuxe.com (where I work) at the moment. But it's meant to launch any day now, so I promise I'll return to regular blogging very soon!

In the meantime, I've been on a quest for the perfect black leather boots - not too shiny, not too rugged; not a heel but not foot-flat either; not over-the-knee but not ankle booties either - and I think I've found the 'it' pair in these Mentor boots! Now as long as my size stays in stock until the end of the month...

Erin's Amazing Shoe Wall!

From Lucky By Design.

Last month I blogged a pic from Livingetc of a DIY Chair Railing shoe rack that, while stunning, didn't really solve things for flats girls like me - and like Erin of Lucky By Design, too. With Erin's help (see the comments), a little idea of how to extend the project to fit our needs was born...

And apparently (amazingly!) put into reality! Seems Erin's been busy these last few weeks. Besides being in complete awe of her skills, I also feel so honored to have inspired (at least in part) such a cool project - this is why I wanted to blog in the first place.

So congrats to Erin on her new shoe rack, and a big thanks for reading! Read Erin's instructions here. And I love the yellow runner!

Sunny Side Up

Slowly but surely I've found myself saving image after image, product after product - all with one thing in common: yellow. I've always had a thing for yellow but really don't look good in the color, so over the last year the interior movement has inspired me. Here's just a snippet of what I've saved....

Striped ceiling (oh, Jenna!) photos from Domino and Livingetc (2009).
Yellow sliding door photo from Southern Living's 2009 Texas Idea House. Yellow & red door photo from Livingetc (2010).
Paint colors available from Farrow & Ball, Sanderson, and Valspar.

Bedroom photo from Ideal Home (2010).
Pillows, clockwise from top right: Canary Yellow Damask Pillow, $35 for set on swoonstudio's Etsy shop; Optical Illusion pillow in yellow, $45 on SacredandProfane's Etsy shop; Jenny Cushion in yellow, £19.99, Zara Home.

From left: 'Sleek' look from Domino; 'Rustic' look from Urban Outfitters (old).
For fabric and upholstery services, check out House to Home's directory listings.

Lifestyle photos both from Livingetc (2009 & 2010). You can still find the yellow wash basin at Aston Matthews!
Products from top: Vintage rectangular filigree mirror, $26 in shabbyvintagemom's Etsy shop; Kate Spade Sunny Side Up notecards, 12 for $35. Anthropologie Pressed Sunflower pillar holder, £48; Luminous Garden yellow frame, $21 from amye123's Etsy shop.

Well Worn in Lonny!

Photograph by Patrick Cline for Lonny, August/September 2010.

I've been counting down to today for some time now and am so honored and happy to share that Well Worn is in the August/September 2010 issue of Lonny! First thing I do every morning is check my phone, and when I saw the email - well, needless to say I didn't need a cup of coffee to coax me out of bed this morning! Which, if you read my picks (last spread of the online mag), you'll know is not normal...

Anyway, hope you enjoy my picks! And for the newcomers: welcome! I hope you'll stay awhile...