grandscale.

DSC00530  DSC00533   DSC00534   DSC00541   DSC00544   DSC00545   My favorite feature in the latest issue of elle decor. "For French designer Jean-Louis Denoit, the assignment to create an estate in New Dehli from the ground up was the commision of his dreams. All it took to transform it into reality were ingenuity, patience, and a cadre of Indian craftsmen."

LOVE.

UPDATED: The link to this feature wasn't available online yet, but now you can read the story here.

womenlikeme.

womenlikeme

“Women like me do not fall gracefully, we stumble over our spines, trip over our vowels, and collapse into your arms.

Our hearts are open books, Russian novels containing fifty pages on the way your voice drifts across the telephone wires each night. Our hearts are first drafts, unedited verses about each and every person we have ever loved: the stranger on the subway, the girl who gave us a balloon, the boy who took our virginity but not our heart.

Women like me will love you from a distance of a thousand syllables while laying in your bed, we will destroy you in the most beautiful way possible, and when we leave you will finally understand why storms are named after people.” — Katrina, M.K.

Thanks Lauren. All images via tumblr.

comingbackisgood.

7-domino  Domino magazine is back!! I know it's been all over the web, but I finally picked up my copy and I'm beyond excited! Domino quit printing my first year in college (basically right after I feel in love with it) and since then I've collected back issues along with their special releases that would pop up every now and then. If you know anything about the back story (Michelle Adams, Lonny, etc.) then you'd understand why I love that its back so much and am so inspired by it's return. Here are a few of my favorite features..   2-domino   2b-domino   Thanks to their uber smart new website you can literally shop straight from the pages and easily pull your favorite pictures from every feature.   4-domino   4b-domino   5-domino   6-domino   6b-domino   The Nate Berkus collaboration feature "True Colors" made by heart stop for a sec. Everything about that apartment mixed with the home of Ali Cayne is 100% me. love. love. love.   Magazine photos by me. Feature photography from Domino.

nothingwasthesame.

nwts woah. hello, hi. it's been over a year since I posted and a billion things have changed in that time. I finally moved back to Los Angeles, worked at a fashion company and joined up with Social Gypsy (lost myself, found myself)— then 6mos later moved BACK to Charlotte, started a magazine, moved in with my guy, got a kitten, started a new job.. and promptly decided to move back to Los Angeles (Spring 2014) to further my design career, have some adventures with the boy and just figure out what the hell I want to do.

I don't plan to post everyday or even regularly, but I figure this is a better place to rant, document my magazine hoarding penchant, post random ratchet rap lyrics (sorry— guilty pleasure), design projects, inspirations and favorite quotes from books I'm reading.. If you're interested I will always be more active on Pinterest, Tumblr, and Instagram.. but let's see where this takes us.

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