Monday morning quiet time!

Continuing the "theme" of my last post; A bowl of Cafe au Lait and breakfast starts the morning off on a good note!

While technically this is a "day off" from work, I have a busy day ahead of me:

- Meeting with a client this morning; A European Girl having a difficult time with the scale of furniture in her new US home... Some homes here are excessively grand, and can be difficult to furnish.
- Lunch with a friend and a newly graduated Interior Design student, for a little guidance.(I'm flattered, I must say!!)
- And then onto another meeting with a potential new client. Not quite sure what to expect, I only know that this is a second home. Busy, busy, busy...!

Natasha

Image via Dreamy Whites

Cafe au Lait!

Something exciting happened today!! This past September, while visiting my family in Denmark, my mother & I discussed the possibility of putting up a shelf in the kitchen, just deep enough to hold one row of Cafe au Lait bowls....
I had heard rumors that the shelf had been installed, but had not seen a picture yet.

... and then I got a grainy image from my sister of the new shelf today! Very exciting! It came out just as I had imagined! Yeah!! My mother has a large collection, so this was the perfect solution, as they are all to pretty to hide away in a cabinet.

Natasha

Images via Solid Frog

August is here!

August... Can you believe it?
I feel like the summer has passed me by... so much has been at stake, I have not had time to plan a vacation this year, and now it's already August....

I dream of beautiful Hydrangea bushes, of a summer day with no humidity in New England...

If you feel like treasure hunting, but can't make it to one of those famous French Brocante's, check out Dreamy Whites ...

This sweet online store has some really pretty items; lavender pillows, wire baskets, zinc watering cans and beautiful Cafe au Lait bowls, as the ones above, filled to the brim with the most beautiful pastel Hydrangeas.

My favorite was the green bowl (first image), unfortunately for me it has already been sold, but the blue one could be yours, just click here. The founder, Maria, also have a blog by the same name, check that out here, it will surely make you want to redecorate with a country/cottage-y flair!

Happy August everyone!

Natasha

All images via Dreamy Whites

Cafe au lait?

How about this collection of Cafe Au Lait Bows? How fantastic!! I know someone - Hi P - who also likes vintage bowls like these, though the collection is not this extensive.... yet!
This image makes me so happy!! The wonderfully colored bowls, in order by color, the yellow shade, fun carpet and bright yellow Tolix stool, tons of good light in the kitchen, what more could you ask for?  .... oh, perhaps someone to make the Cafe au lait??  ;)

Probably many of you have seen this image before, BUT I felt a need to share it again (not that I have re-posted an image here on NL, God forbid!!)....

Have a cup of cafe au lait today, I'm drinking mine "as we speak".

Natasha

Image via MSL