Thursday, January 16, 2014

F&F Fashion Fridays: Kate Moss is 40

A woman that is natural, reserved, polemic, but with an amazing style. 40's is definitely the new great age!









Pictures source: Harpers Bazaar

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Inspiration: Sarah Richardson designs

One of my favorite interior designers is Sarah Richardson.

A bit of inspiration:





More here.

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Small bathroom, big changes

Continuing with the nesting phase, my son will move from the nursery to the big boy's room.
His future room may be big, but his future bathroom is the size of a closet, literally! It was previously used as a closet and transformed into a bathroom.
In all changes I try to make around the house, I try do add comfort first before design/decor. In this tiny bathroom there was no heating or a vent system, making it cold in winter time, and damp if the shower was used.

A vent, and a small baseboard radiator are being installed, and a small change is being done to the skink space.

New vent:

The new space for the heater:



 The inspiration found on a rental at the Juquehy beach to add a small vessel sink on a shelf to have some counter space:




First pictures: Maison MY, last one found here.

Monday, January 13, 2014

A little break in heaven...

Because sometimes you just need a break from life to find yourself!
A few days spent in the paradise: Praia do Juquehy



Picture source here

Friday, January 10, 2014

F&F Fashion Fridays: growing belly fashion

Oh, the difficult task of dressing up a growing pregnant belly!










Pics source: Maison MY  Style 0-9 board

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Smelling cookies in a hot summer day

My fellow Baltimoreans suffer with the cold, I suffer with hot temperatures, here in Sao Paulo.
One of the issues we face, while living here, is that on days very hot, with very low precipitation, the pollution reach high levels, and we can't step out the house.
Well, what do you with a jumping toddler, that has recently discovered the pleasures of sweets? You bake cookies!

We decided to bake chocolate and peanut butter cookies. The recipe was taken from Better Homes and Garden. 
The outcome was spectacular! I was able to entertain my little one for a while, he tasted his first cookie dough, and was bragging to everyone that wanted to hear that he made the cookies!






Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Do you launder your linens?

If so, how do you do it?
There is nothing better than sit down for a great meal than the sight of crisp linens on the top of the table. And linens are abundant around my house...
 But what do you do with the inevitable stains and spills?

You can't have paper napkins in such a great setting, right?



Photo from Nell Hills blog.


The vision of perfection!



From the amazing Miss Mustard Seed.