Oh My....

A little tile mosaic artwork, anyone? These opulent bathrooms are best suited for a penthouse in Dubai, but when I ran across them on the Kitchen Exchange blog(written by the talented Peggy Deras), I had to share them with you. They are the work of Italian mosaic factory SICIS.

We all need a little visual escape in this cold, grey January with our thin little post-holiday wallets hardly able to even buy a giant-sized Neutrogena Rainbath bottle for our shower....and here it is!

this blue color and flowering vine motif is so gorgeous

this one almost has an Anthropologie-like feel,

with its sprig of flowers gracing old-style footed tub

this one has the tasteful, tamed down Calvin Klein minimalist look

whoa! .... a little gold Victorian Gustav Klimt naughty girl look, anyone?

bordering on tasteful, if this were wallpaper, it's an almost accessible look

I have to confess I love this one!

butterflies & giant lilies

calling Sarah Jessica Parker's designer...yes, that is a bathtub

shaped like a high-heeled shoe

and so is this Japanese-girl-of-Shijuku-district look

a bathroom for a truly frivolous and flighty supermodel?

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in the new year, it's :

Kit Golson Design

for elegant, sustainable and pragmatic

Chic Provence Interior Design

If Santa Was a Woman....

.....we would all find one of these under the Christmas tree!:

{Kelly Bag in Playful Pattern}

From here:

Or we might find one of these:

{Incredible Hermes Silk Scarf}

Or even one of these:

{An Hermes Watercolor Set!}

With it all, we'd wear one of these:

Or these:

{Bracelets With Lots of Jingle While We Browse}

{The Hermes Christmas Website}

{The Wings of Hermes}

{The Entertaining Portal of Hermes.com...

You'll Get Lost for Hours!}

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Kit Golson Design

for elegant, sustainable and pragmatic

Chic Provence Interior Design

Visiting Emily Joubert in Woodside

My friends and I love to meet for breakfast at Buck's in Woodside before heading out for a busy workday or for a leisurely weekend gabfest. It's always fun to watch residents of this woodland enclave dismount their horses and tie them to the hitching post as they nonchalantly amble inside for coffee and gossip.

Only deep in the heart of Silicon Valley will

you find a plasma screen installed outdoors

to show how the exquisite Juliska is made!

at Emily Joubert Home & Garden

When we finished our breakfast, I headed over to Emily Joubert Home & Garden, the source for things that make us feel like we are in a {deceptively luxurious} simple country place in France: Arte Italica, Juliska, William Yeoward. I also love that her traditional chic extends to the hip, green and sustainable Chilewich line of rugs and table linens, and the very hip and fun Danish Rice line of tableware, and bucketsful of the friendly affordable striped rugs of Dash & Albert.

Rustic Elegance Perfected in this

Welcoming Setting

I was stunned at the beauty of the new pewter

finish on Juliska's Octagon line....and even

more stunned to learn it's oven, microwave

and dishwasher friendly!

Simple & Elegant Etched Lantern

Juliska's Table!

A Grand Old Dauphin with Shell

Buckets of Those Charming Dash & Albert Rugs

If you adore the rustic elegant look, drop in here for a couple of hours of delightful immersion. You will want to take home everything you see here.

And speaking of buckets, just be sure to give Trigger his oats before you lose yourself completely at Emily Joubert Home & Garden!

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Emily Joubert Home & Garden

3036 Woodside Road

Woodside, California 94062

ph. 650.851.3520

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Kit Golson Design

for elegant, sustainable and pragmatic

Chic Provence Interior Design

A Little Luxurious Levity

If you always play it safe, that's ok. But not everyone does. For some, life is tough enough out there; when they get home, they would like a bit of cheer. Something unexpected that makes them smile again when they see it. Something just a little luxe, but in a fresh way.

Enter the designs of Christopher Guy and Emma Gardner, two of my favorites for clients who emphatically don't want a plain vanilla aesthetic. Hey, they probably like Christian Liaigre, but they want to mix it up, shake things up. Here they are shown alongside iconic French designers Frederic Mechiche, Jacques Adnet, and Jean Royere.

Emma Gardner's "Whole Baby Fish" Rug in Acid Hand-Knotted

Silk and Wool

Christopher Guy's Playful Headboard

Made up of Silk and Mohair Upholstered Ellipses

Iconic French Designer Jean Royere's

"Upholstered Bear Chairs"

Emma Gardner's "Joy" Rug in

Springtime Green Hand-Knotted Silk and Wool

Pair of Raspberry Fauiteuls by Jacques Adnet, Celebrated Icon of

Luxurious French Modernism

"Fire Island" Rug in Pale Shell Hand-Knotted Silk and Wool

by Emma Gardner

"Fishtail" in Chocolate Fossil Hand-Knotted Silk and Wool

by Emma Gardner

Emma Gardner's "Koi Pond" in Aqua

Hand-Knotted Silk and Wool

"Canape Allure" by Frederic Mechiche, French Designer

Known for Injecting Playfulness Into Luxury Designs

"Palace" Rug in Midnight Hand-Knotted

Silk and Wool

Christopher Guy's Design Squared Headboard

Made up of Silk and Mohair Upholstered Squares

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Kit Golson Design

for elegant, sustainable and pragmatic

Chic Provence Interior Design