Spring! Bright and White

* I'd like this tub even more if the outside was painted a teal or green etc *

Indian Influences

These are some of my favourite spaces at the moment.
I love the bright colour, the details in the fabrics, the rustic furniture and the relaxed feel.  You wouldn't have to go as stark white as these places but you could easily incorporate many of the Indian elements into your own home.  Especially like the yellow fabric hung on the wall.

via. apartmenttherapy 

The Surf Lodge

I'm about bursting with things to share that I found in my recently loaned Coastal Living magazines.

I'll start with one of my favourite finds...The Surf Lodge in Montauk, New York.

The designer, Robert McKinley, is a man after my own heart. 
Check out his place:

  I LOVE IT.

The vintage surf photos, the patterned pillows, the white walls, the whicker basket, the tree trunk bench, the retro globe, the puka shell necklaces dangling off the frame, the giant white lantern (not sure what to call it), the ruff rug...i love it all. 

Not to mention the fact that surfboards make a cool accessory (sadly, an accessory is all they would be in my place because there are no waves in vancouver). 

Now for his Surf Lodge hotel:

Coastal Living gave a spread of inspiration from this surf lodge which was also quite awesome

*on a side note, i watched The Endless Summer for the first time last week...not what I expected, it's so old (the narrator called a girl surfer's bikini top a "green chest protector" haha).  it's pretty amusing...kinda like old Warren Miller movies.*

*new favourite colour combination reddy-orange and a that sort of muted turquiose...this jumped off the page! 

That elephant tray is pretty amazing too...i want it badly, it's from Fran's Wicker.  The knobs are from Anthropologie.*