saladino winter...

A bit of snow in the north east, so I kinda curled up with one of my favorite books . . . John Saladino's ' Villa.' The curling up thing takes some maneuvering because the book is about 14" square. . .closed!  When he purchased the Santa Barbara villa, it was close to ruin and now after it's 4 year transformation,  it is probably one of the most beautiful homes in the world.  It is a great read and photo gallery depicting his love of architectural design.  He named it Villa di lemma, one he worked out brilliantly!!!!

linen pop...

Well... it is now 2012 and all the holiday decorations are put away until next year and it is looking a little 'sad'  around the house.  I wanted to freshen it up with some fun touches...so to spruce up the powder room I made hand towels using fine Italian linen with a simple embroidered motif, fringed the bottom and added a silk thread french knot for that pop of color I was looking for!