Frederic Mechiche

As I was flipping through my birthday day present book "The Iconic Interior"  the apartment of Frederic Mechiche immediately caught my eye.  It is the ultimate idea of a true Parisian apartment, as it should be, Frederic is from Paris.

I like this casual look of leaning art in unexpected places.

How stunning are these spaces?!  White walls, distressed wood floors and accents of grey are just what I like to see.  You can see more of his work and all the above pictures on this Pinterest page.

keri

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{Happy Friday}

Another week has gone by and my mind is dreaming of visiting Paris again.

Happy Friday and have a great weekend!

keri

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Monday Pics - Good Morning to Ya'll

This weekend was a working Saturday, which really takes the speed out of your engine. Sunday always seems to become a lazy day if you've just worked 6 in a row.  I tried to get out a few things, and glad that I did.  Found some prints, Ikea specials, maybe for the nursery?  Could be a world traveler in there, who knows?

Stopped by my local LCBO and Winners for a couple of treats too!  Nice big box parking lot sunset to finish off the weekend.

Bill

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Girl in the Big City aka Big Girl in the City

I'm kind of sick of thinking and talking about my dining room wall  (here and here). It's still begging me for some sort of wall paper or paint. Aren't you tired of hearing about it?

So I'm scrolling through my Pinterest page and I come across this pic and it hits me!  I love it when a creative idea practically hits you in the face!  My wall is calling for a skyline!  A skyline I say! If I could do it with a cord like they did above that would be amazing.  Check out the rest of their work here.

 The first skyline that came to mind was Chicago.

Chicago is such a beautiful city, it would be perfect for my wall.  But as I always do, I start thinking about options.

Paris, London or maybe New York.

I'm loving that skyline rug of London too!

Or maybe I could do a mixture of all my fav buildings in one painting.  That would keep me from second guessing which city.  I promise I will have finished photos of my condo in the new year!

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keri
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{you are my cup of tea}

Tea cures all, doesn't it?  Makes you feel warm on a cold day and some how soothes all your problems.

It's even better in pretty packaging!

  I've been admiring Kusmi Tea packaging for a long time.  I would probably buy a tin based on the colours of the label instead of the flavour of the tea.  So would it be fair to judge a book by it's cover?  

I've never tried this tea before but I'm about to, so let's hope what's inside matches the outside.  I was weak and decided to purchase myself this pretty lil tin, the detox got me. 

Even Kusmi's exterior store front is pretty, perhaps I'm bias because it's in Paris!

Can you spot some of the colourful tins in this kitchen?  Love it!  Oh and I'm so feeling that back splash tile too!

Now go make yourself a cup of tea!  Go!

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keri

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Monday Morning - A different kind of Markt

Monday Morning is back and upon us, and I'm hoping this is nice easy week.  I've got some design meetings lined up, some drawing and planning to do and one install. Now that I think about it, maybe this won't be such and easy week.  At least the weekend was enjoyable.

As you can see above , we ran out to the market.  I guess no one is surprised, we always run out to the market.  However, on Saturday night, I visited a different market. The Bier Markt at the shops at Don Mills.

I didn't take any shots of the food, though I should have. It was a great spread. Mussels and Belgian Flatbread,  Delicious.  The decor was a feast for the eyes though.  Faux (I think?!) tin ceilings, rich stains.  Call it sophisticated bar decor?

And finally a stop off at Indigo/Chapters to browse for some new reads. Found these two, partly for reading, partly for looking at!

The Paris book. This picture is really for Keri and her obsession with Paris.

This one is for me!

Have a good week everyone!

Bill

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Tour de Paris

    So I've been debating about adding wall paper somewhere in my condo.  But I'm stuck on what colour,  what pattern and most importantly what wall!  Then I remembered seeing a booth at IDS this past January of some amazing wallpaper.

Rollout has a wicked selection of vintage map wallpapers from both New York and Paris. They also have tons of other wallpapers regarding the two cities and custom papers.

I of course favour the Paris map, what a surprise right?! The pics below aren't from Rollout but are some great examples of map wall papers.

These papers completely remind of a mural wall paper my grandparents had on one wall when I was growing up.  Brings back wonderful memories.

The use of any kind of map as wallpaper creates a beautiful visual backdrop.  Ok I'm off to figure out what wall to have this on!

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keri
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I dream of you...

Around this time in 2010 I was planning my trip to Amsterdam, London and Paris.  It was an amazing trip but some how my memories are becoming but a blur.

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I'm itching to go back to Paris in the worst way so today I plan on spending all day there...in my dreams!

One of my hundreds of shots of my fav city!

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keri

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