Summer Thornton Design

How posh and pretty darn cool is this Chicago penthouse designed by Summer Thornton Design?! I just love her philosophy: "To make the design process unpretentious, fun and fresh. Mixing high and low, rough and polished, classic and irreverent, her designs utilize contrast to engage the senses". Check her portfolio, you'll see exactly that. But before you go, scroll back up and look at the first image again. I died and went to heaven...

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Happy Labor Day!

I just had to bop in today to share with you this cool bedroom photographed by Gilles Trillard for Elle Decoration. Guess who it belongs to?? Jonathan Adler, of course! I have to admit, I'd never think to use that color on the walls with turquoise and orange, but it serves as the perfect background for all the bold color. And all the pattern! I am really digging the David Hicks carpet combined with the damask. And the colorful LeRoy Nieman plates are so fab too! Enjoy the holiday everyone!

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Lavish Bedroom + GIVEAWAY!

Fab-u-lous! This room covering the August issue of House and Leisure magazine photographed by Elsa Young is located in mountainous Magoebaskloof (love saying that!), South Africa. Doesn't it feel just like a French country villa? All so elegant! The tufted headboard is out of this world to-die-for!

I'm so excited today to bring you my first ever giveaway (believe it or not)! The lovely Lynn of Paris Hotel Boutique is generously giving one of my lucky turquoise-loving readers this fabulous Breakfast at Tiffany's Decoupage Tray. The 4" x 6" hand-crafted glass tray is backed with felt and was made exclusively for Paris Hotel Boutique using an image of a vintage "Breakfast at Tiffany's" book cover. Don't you LOVE the color?! Yes, yes, you do!

How to enter:

• Head over to Paris Hotel Boutique, pick out your favorite item, and then come back here and tell us about it in the comments below!
  

• Deadline to enter is Thursday, August 26. I'll announce the randomly selected winner on Friday morning's post. Please make sure your email is included in your comment if you don't have a blog!
  

Good luck everyone!

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Malibu Beach Cottage

When my friend Candi of Candace Rose fame shared this Malibu beach home featured several years ago in California Magazine (and Project EcoArt) belonging to Juicy Couture co-founder Pamela Skaist-Levy, I was completely smitten! Like Candi, my dream is to live in a beach house by the ocean (surprise surprise), so seeing these images makes my heart beat a little faster. All the glorious white, mixed with striking punches of blue and turquoise...what's not to love?! Certainly that killer ocean view too! *sigh*

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Valerie Onor

I first learned of interior designer Valerie Onor in Schumacher's blog where they featured her work in the Mansions and Millionaires showhouse which earned her the title of "Designer of the Year 2009". I was immediately hooked, and went on to her website only to discover it filled with my favorite color. (Not just these gorgeous rooms, but her actual site too!) It's obvious going through her portfolio that she loves color, and classic designs that combine beautiful fabrics, artwork and furnishings. All so elegant, but comfortable at the same time. Definitely head over to her site next for more fabulous images!

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Caldwell Flake

Blueprint Bliss and Room Remix have both recently featured some of the stunning work of Lisa Flake and Mary Ruth Caldwell, the mother/daughter team of of Caldwell Flake. However there is nothing like a tour of their portfolio. So many bold vibrant rooms, so many soothing neutral spaces, ALL completely droolworthy. Part of their philosophy is to compose visual anecdotes that are all at once classic, curious and calming, which is definitely apparent in these examples. Do head over to their site though, you won't be sorry!

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Sally Denning

I just love this photo and the peek into the bedroom styled by Sally Denning, former Style Director of Ideal Home magazine. Boy do those colors pop on that all-white canvas. I wish I could fill my home with white floors like this. I'm sure it would look this clean...um...try never, due to the dog. But I can dream! Love the b&w cat too...that's my kind of styling!

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Holly Dyment

There is one very apparent thing when you look at the website of Toronto interior decorator Holly Dyment: her love of color. And not just pops of it here and there, but full-blown technicolor rooms that scream fun! Holly actually has a fine art background combined with graphic design training that gives her a unique approach that I'm not used to seeing every day. It takes serious talent to combine patterns and vibrant color the way she does! And I could eat it all up with a spoon! Mmmmm. And with that, have a super fun weekend everyone! :)

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