Spring Styling - The Sofa and Coffee Table

I actually had Sunday all to myself and had a wonderful time doing some spring cleaning and styling in my house. One little project was to style my sofa and coffee table for the spring with lots of color. I love the vintage pink Otomi runner I've layered on the sofa. I also added a new flamingo print to my wall art. On the coffee table I've mixed a pink patent leather tray, lots of interior design books ("Great Expectations" is actually a Kate Spade clutch!), and some J.Crew bracelets in vibrant pastels. The gold hedgehog on the skirted table is a Kate Spade coin purse and and the zebra handbag on the Chinese garden stool is vintage Kate Spade. See the zebra book jacket on "Henley On Safari"? - reminiscent of the iconic "I Married Adventure."

I love fashion almost as much as interior design (my daughter is a fashion stylist) and I often display beautiful jewelry, scarves, and accessories from my wardrobe. I was in C.Wonder the other day and all their foo dogs were wearing bracelets as collars and necklaces. So fun!

Spring Color Inspiration Board and Vignette

Spring is popping out all over in DC with star magnolias, camellias, and cherry blossoms in bloom everywhere. Bring these wonderful colors into your home all year long with a beautiful abstract floral painting by Kerry Steele. I love the idea of a striking piece of art above a bar cart - the "in" piece of furniture now. My inspiration board shows one of Kerry's paintings currently available - "Babylon" with a great pink bar cart from Furbish and a pink Chinese Chippendale chair from the Lilly Pulitzer home collection. Visit Kerry's Etsy shop to see the paintings below and more of her current work. Shown below are some of her abstract florals I love.

Update - Kerry just added this abstract floral below and I love it - it reminds me of cherry blossoms and the colors are gorgeous.

See it here

My daughter Kate sent me this last night from her iPhone and I had to share it. She has topped her blue and white Josef Frank chair with a coral pink Mongolian lambskin pillow. In the background you see her pagoda etagere with her collection of blanc de Chine - all white figurines including Chinese zodiac figures and foo dogs. Kate has wonderful Pinterest boards you can follow here.

Clocks & Spring

"A little extra bubbly makes losing an hour a bit brighter" - Liily Pulitzer

Although we set the clocks forward tonight and lose an hour, it also means that spring is on the way and spring in DC is nothing shot of breathtaking. This is what is blooming in my own garden right now  - camellias in pink, red, and stripes, Japanese quince, and a huge variety of hellebores.