Friday!

Here is a fun quote and a pretty picture.  Go forth and live your weekend with zest and vigor! 

"If you obey all the rules, 

you will miss all the fun."

                                      ~Katherine Hepburn

It is time to open up the pool and swim...yay!!! I wish this was my pool, sad that it is not...boo! I need to acquire some friends with pools...uh huh!! Hope you have a safe and awesome Memorial Day weekend!
 

• Source: House & Home June 2008 issue
• Products: Patio furniture, Fresh Home & Garden.
• Designer: Landscape design, David Mather; architect, Sharon McKenzie.
• Photographer: Virginia Macdonald

Lynda Reeves' Gorgeous Kitchen

I wish we had built our house to accommodate a set of fabulous French doors, like these, leading to a sweet courtyard patio.

Photographer: Michael Alberstat

Image via Canadian House & Home

• Source: House & Home October 2007 issue
• Products: Calacatta Oro Anticato marble, United Marble Co.; painting on wall by Zhu Lan, Roseland Art & Decoration; Moooi pendant lights, Klaus by Nienkämper; wall, trim and ceiling colour, White Down (CC-50), Benjamin Moore; Venetian plaster wall finish, Scandinavian Painting Inc.
• Photographer:
  Michael Alberstat

I love Lynda's glam kitchen. The pendant lighting is spectacular against the bleached wood and marble.

I am a fan of the artwork as well.

Sigh...I really want and need a dish cabinet.

St. Patrick's Day Inspired Rooms

• Source: House & Home September 2008 issue
• Products: Schumacher Imperial Trellis wallpaper, fabric, by Kelly Wearstler, Bilbrough & Co.; table, lamp, Angus & Company; Kate Spade vase, clock, Teatro Verde; duvet cover, shams, Pottery Barn; drapes, rug, Ikea; black ribbon, Masterstroke; wallpapering by Thistle Painting; sewing for pillows, drapes, Blinds, Drapes & bedding.
• Photographer:
  Donna Griffith

• Source: House & Home April 2010issue
• Products: Settee, 507 Antiques; Thibault's Aries Trellis wallpaper, Crown; rug, Elte; vase, Decorum; pillow fabric, Designer Fabrics; coral, votives, Angus & Company.
• Photographer: Donna Griffith

• Source: House & Home December 2010 issue
• Products: Painting, Danielle Lanteigne; chandelier design, Atelier de l'Opera.
• Designer: Atelier de l'Opera
• Photographer:
  Monic Richard

• Source: House & Home January 2008 issue
• Products: Wall colour, Saxon Green (80), Farrow & Ball; Headboard and canopy, Anne Hepfer Designs.
• Designer: Anne Hepfer
• Photographer:
  Michael Graydon

• Products: Sofa and carpet, Elte; bookshelves, Ikea.
• Photographer: Angus Fergusson/Courtesy of HGTV'sStyle Dept.

{All photos are from my favorite publication, Canadian House & Home}


Happy St. Patrick's Day!  May the luck of the Irish be with you!!

Spring Rooms

All of these rooms remind me of Easter Eggs.  I guess it is the color palette.

• Aqua Coloured Living Room

• Designer: Sara Ruffin Costello
• Photographer: Paul Costello

Bright Pink Wicker Sofa

Design by Anna Spiro

• Source: House & Home May 2010issue
• Photographer:
  Simon Kenny

Rich Blue Walls

• Designer: Montana Burnett
• Photographer: Michael Graydon
• 

South Beach Style

• Products: Rug, Dominion Rug; sofa, drapery, TM Design; sofa fabric, Designer Fabrics; drapery fabric, Maxwell Fabrics; side table, Pierre Deux; lamp, chair, McGuire; artwork by Jeffrey Milstein.
• Designer: Timothy Mather
• Photographer:
  Ted Yarwood

{All of these photos are from Canadian House & Home}

{ Colorful Spring Rooms Photo Gallery}

Gallery Walls

Check out these great gallery walls via Canadian House & Home.

• Source: House & Home April 2010issue
• Photographer: Janis Nicolay

• Source: House & Home Condos 2010 issue
• Products: Frames, Ikea, Pottery Barn; lamp, Restoration Hardware; vase, silver tray, Liberty; console table, Chintz & Co.
• Photographer:
  Janis Nicolay
  

• Source: Lloyd Ralphs Design
• Designer: Lloyd Ralphs Design
• Photographer:
  James Tse
  
  • Source: House & Home January 2007 issue
  • Products: Parsons desk, Lloyd Ralphs Design; desk chairs, Philippe Stark chairs, Plan b Office.
  • Designer: Lloyd Ralphs Design
  • Photographer:
    James Tse
    
    
    This is the last day to enter the digital subscription giveaway 
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    I also want to mention that my blog friend Krystal is selling 
    some of her photography.  Please go HERE check it out.  I 
    have my eye on at least one photo (this one).