Don't care how, I want it now!

I want...
Leather Armless Sectional from West Elm
I love the fact that it's modular so that I don't have to commit to one single layout.

I want...
my Mac. It crashed and it's not getting up!

I want...

a really great sports watch 

the Nike Imara Kylo  Cee Women's Watch

Lighting my home

Three light fixtures for three different rooms in the house. I have no idea what to call this style. All I do know is that I seem to be drawn to polished chrome, romantic crystal accents and industrial style fixtures.

For the foyer

                                     

For over the island

                                      

For over the dining room table

Ode to Kitchens

After a very successful and long meeting at Lowes, we've finally decided on the kitchen layout (yes, Miguel Angel, there's a triangle).  This is what inspired this morning's post "Ode to Kitchens". Kudos to all the interior designers out there who would have made my life a lot easier if I could afford your brilliant ideas and impeccable taste.
Photos via 
A Life's Design, Decorology & Decoratti Access

Don't care how, I want it now.

I want... Alfajores Havanna, and not the chocolate kind, the yummy meringue covered ones!

Pictures courtesy of http://thisweekfordinner.com/

I want... The Cloak Bag 

I want... my mommy. It's been a rough week.

Love this!

Thanks Ffffound via swiss-miss.com

My Old New Home (4 weeks in)

So progress is definitely being made. Framing has been 80% completed and that's more than I thought would be done by now. I never knew I could spend so much time in an empty, saw-dust smellin' room, daydreaming about the rest of my life. I feel very blessed.

This is now:

This is later:

The supposed kitchen

The dining room and living room, in that order.

Highlights from Architectural Digest HOME INTERIORS SHOW 2010

So I dragged the hubby to this weekend's Architectural Digest HOME 

INTERIORS SHOW 2010. He would have been better off putting me on a leash. I went gaga over just about everything. Here are a few of my favorite things.

Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams show off their style.

DIFFA Dining by Design exhibit was one of the best. This gorgeous table was divided by a curtain of small mirrors and had a screen playing 

Breakfast at Tiffany's at the end. Visually stunning.

My future bathroom.

Don't care how, I want it now!

Starting today, Friday's will be the day I add my "wants" to OSG. A little something to kick off my weekend daydreaming. Enjoy!

I want...

talitha rug

$1,620.00 6 x 9  @ jonathanadler.com

I want... cool wall art for my new casita $55  @ whatisblik.com I want... a vacation to somewhere really, really warm Rockhouse Hotel in beautiful Negril, Jamaica

Classy Kitchen

So after being admonished by absolutely everyone I know about how difficult it is to keep a white kitchen white, we've decided to go with cherry cabinets instead.  Don't get me wrong, they are absolutely lovely but I will always wonder how the white mullions on my glass cabinets would have looked.

Kitchen courtesy of Kraftmaid

For all those artsy chicks

Awesome package design from a Brazilian designer. Compliments of Lovely Package.

Love is sweet and vintage!

Congratulations Dennis and Alyssa!!! Dennis, the romantic, proposed to Alyssa on Valentine's Day with this gorgeous 1930's vintage ebay find. So sweet! Best Wishes, friends :)

Be still my tiny-sweets-lovin' heart!

Everyone loves something. A special person in your life that lets you sleep in on the weekend, a hobby that gives you something to look forward to at the end of the day. Little cute things like Chihuahuas and cupcakes! Oh it's those things that fill me with that giddy, butterfly in my tummy feeling.  Like little cake pops from Bakerella.

Happy Valentine's Day all you lovers out there.

Suited to perfection

The era of carefree cigarette smoking may be over but one thing the 60's definitely had going for it was the amazing, perfectly tailored men's fashions. Made to Measure NY remembers that, paying homage to the tailored suit and showing 2010 that a girl appreciates a well suited man over baggy jeans any day.

Invitation Design

When Vincent and I were going to get married I always knew I would design our wedding invitations. And after much research and inspiration I came up with this. I had a fun tracing and playing with the scrolls and since have designed both traditional and non-traditional wedding invites for other couples using my own personal style.

I wanted a romantic feel for my spring wedding. I think I did a nice job!

Time stands still for pretty jewelry

These sweet necklaces from Brevity are the next gift I'm getting myself once I reach my goal of losing 15 lb.. (A pretty good incentive, I think) The 24k gold clock arms are simply gorgeous.

Milkcake Logo. So sweet!

Here is the logo I created with the help of Laz Marquez, an amazing artist, art director and friend and creator of faceitdaily. This is the image for my tres leches (delicious Latin American milk cakes) business and I think it's a great way to visually explain what tres leches cake is: yummy cake dripping with sweet milky goodness!

Our life for the next six months in PDF format.

We found out our permits were cleared today and we can start construction!! I'm so happy yet scared about what the next six months hold. 

If my new house were a catalog...

...it'd be Pottery Barn. Is it terrible that I love everything in their catalog?  I feel devoid of a sense of style but it's just that everything is so darn pretty!

Things I would really like to have in my house:

1. My living room: Manhattan leather couches with light blue paint on the wall and red accents. I absolutely love this look!


















2. My bedroom: Toile! My old soul hearts toile! A little 1700's France right in our bedroom, you can't get more romantic than that.

3. My dining room: the Benchwright dining table has so much character. It's industrial design is reminiscent  of an early-20th century work table and I think it would look amazing with the chandelier that I fell in love with in Miami (see earlier post).

Vintage movie posters or locations?

I'm starting to daydream more and more about what each room in my old colonial is going to look like, even though we haven't started doing much construction (actually, we've done nothing). One thing I do know is that I love vintage posters and I would like to get some framed for our living room. I'm torn between old movie posters or some really cool location posters.

Here are some of the ones I'm looking at. I definitely want it to be rich in blues, reds, yellows and greens, especially since my hubby is holding firm to the decision of neutral colored walls.

All posters courtesy of art.com

Happy Friday!

I came across this old picture from my trip to London a few years ago and it made me smile. What's better than a happy little hippie playing with bubbles on a Friday!