Ochre Chandeliers

When I saw the pictures of Keri Russell's brownstone home in Elle Decor, I was reminded of how much I love Ochre Chandeliers. The Arctic Pear Chandelier is one of my favorites. Here are some photos.

Keri Russell's living room via Elle Decor. Not only do I love the chandelier, I love everything in this room. The detail on the fireplace is to die for.

Keri Russell's dining room via Elle Decor. I love the rustic look with the modern chairs.

Colleen McGill via Knight Moves. Great entryway.

Picture via Ochre website.

I could see myself in this room curled up with a great book. Picture via {this is glamorous}.

Love this loft. Picture via From the Right Bank.

Picture via Ochre website.

Another Colleen McGill picture via Knight Moves. I love the floor to ceiling mirror.

Photo via Remodelista. The pink chair is a nice touch to soften the black and grey color palette.

Sunday Dinner

Jeff made such a great dinner yesterday, actually he always makes great food. I just remembered to take pictures of the food so I can blog about it.

I'm trying to be better at taking pictures, so we decided to take a couple of pictures after church.

Jeff made Slow-Cooked Hoisin Pork Wraps with Coleslaw. The pork was delicious and it was so nice to come home and have dinner ready. I love the Slow Cooker. Jeff used a Miso Dressing for the coleslaw, which went perfect with the Pork.

Chef Jeff

Jeff was planning to make an Upside Down Pear Cake for dessert, but he ran out of time, so I made it. I have to say I loved the way it turned out and it tasted pretty good too. Now that I'm looking at this picture, I should have put it on a cake pedestal or something instead of an old cookie sheet. Maybe next time I'll work on food styling.

Stripes

This last year I've been obsessed with stripes. I love them. There is something about that nautical print that reminds me of spring. The navy and white is so classic and timeless, very Audrey Hepburn. A few months ago, I found some really cute striped shirts on the website Chance. Here are some of my favorites.

I think this dress would be really cute with a wide brown belt and some espadrille sandals.

Images via Chance website

Target Calypso Collection

The Calypso collection at Target launched May 1st and I can't believe I haven't been to the stores to check it out. I previously blogged about it here. I had good intentions to go, but it seems like we have been very busy the last few weeks and other things have been more of a priority. Hopefully I can make it to Target this week and hopefully they still have some items left. Here are some things I liked from the Target website.

All images via the Target website

Knitted Pillows

While I was living in Los Angeles, I took a knitting class at Suss Design and I loved it. It was so much fun to meet new people, learn a new skill and enjoy all the yummy appetizers. After the class, I was very gung ho about knitting. Sadly, I haven't knitted as much as I thought I would. I have made a few scarves and I still have one to finish that I started years ago. I'm just not very excited about wearing anything I've made. I like the knitting part, but once I'm done, I really don't know what to do with the finished product. I just can't imagine wearing a sweater that I have knitted. When I saw this pattern for knitted pillows, I was so excited because this is a project I can get behind. It seems pretty basic and if it doesn't look perfect, I won't feel like I have to try and wear it.

I love the colors, it kind of reminds me of something Jonathan Alder would do.

From Spud & Chloe click here for the pattern.

Bring on Spring

We had a great weekend here in Portland. The weather was absolutely beautiful. It's amazing how a sunny day can brighten up everything. Everyone in Portland was out enjoying the sunny day. Spring for me means warmer weather, longer days, summer clothes and sandals. I can't wait. I'm a huge fan of sandals, I think it comes from living in Los Angeles for eight years, I really didn't own any other shoes. I'm a big fan of the wedge sandal and in my opinion, they are more comfortable than other sandals. Here are some of my favorites this season.

Tory Burch

Diane von Furstenberg

Diane von Furstenberg

Tory Burch

Miz Mooz

Frye

Nine West

Dolce Vita

Tory Burch

Tory Burch

Stuart Weitzman

Steve Madden

Color Inspiration

I can't believe it's been so long since my last post. Work has been really busy and I've been working crazy hours. It's so hard to create some sense of balance when work is taking up so much time. Anyway, I think most of the craziness is over and I'm looking forward to finding that life balance again.

When I saw this picture in High Gloss Magazine, I immediately fell in love with the color palette. Seeing the Lavender and the Gold together just makes me happy. I think these colors would be great in a bedroom. I may have to do some redecorating in the next few months. The interior designer is Mary McGee and she is based out of Los Angeles. I wish I would have been interested in Interior Design when I lived there, now I would love to check out some of the stores.

Picture via High Gloss Magazine