Sinnerlig Rules

This is a post about a lampshade, but a special one, I’ll get right to it (and I swear I don’t have any commercial interest here) The SINNERLIG lampshade, by Ikea, is a prominent member of every self-respecting chic home interior photo you find on Instagram. It is a three-part bamboo lattice shade, very simple…

Giving an Urban Jungle a Chance

The new Urban Jungle trend is making me super interested in the green world. The basic rule is simple, grow plants at home, and it’s a win-all-around result, adding beauty to your home, adding nature to your life, oxygen, and color. Unfortunatly until now, I was not able to grow plants at home, no matter…

A Balcony For The Soul

Irvine Welch, the Scotish writer (Trainspotting) said once “In my flat in Chicago, I’ve got this big room with an office in the corner and a balcony so I can watch people go by.” This is familiar, how an hour of sitting in your balcony, staring at the street, people pass by is counted as…

Rooms That Bring Joy

Cut and Save for my moments of sadness, What do I like about life? Time moves forward, and things continuously change Each person is a different type of a person, no one is the same as the other Everything is a game of perception. You can fall in love and make friends with anyone. It’s a…

Black Apartment With Alexander Wang

There should be somewhere to buy only black-color furniture. I just realized that from watching the fabulous home of designer Alexander Wang on Architectural Digest. His apartment achieved a new level of cool I did not know existed. Watch this video on The Scene.

Dreaming of Paris Beyond My Budget

One is allowed to dream, right? So my window shopping involves Air BnB. I love it to the extent that when I have time I just look through apartments and houses I will never stay at. This time I dream my way to Paris. I mark then highest priced locations and let the software lead…

Sara Berman’s Closet of Feminism

Sara Berman is not a celebrity but she’s portrayed at the NY Met. She’s a simple woman that got divorced in the 80’s and have taken here independence with both hands. She rented her own apartment in Greenwich Village, she vowed to only wear White and she proclaimed her order of things with a particularly organized closet. Her…

Tile Tour In Paris

I have a thing with tiles, floor tiles. I love the extreme variety there is, in colors, shapes, patterns, stone type, there are endless combinations. I track tiles on Instagram religiously, it’s easy through the various hashtags: #ihaveathingwithtiles #tileaddicts #tilelovers #tilesofig and more. But recently I discovered a fabulous Instagram account called Parisian Floors it displays beautiful tiles…

A Velvet Blue Sofa

It may sound cheesy and old-fashioned but a blue velvet couch is all the rage, no matter the room. It adds that deep vintage look which is difficult to achieve with small items in the living room. You know what they say about the color blue, it is seen as trustworthy, dependable, and committed. Blue it’s…

Apple Store’s Galore

Recently Apple’s Senior Vice President, Retail and Online Stores Angela Ahrendt introduced the new concept of the Apple store in San Franciso. Apple stores are known as the flagships of retail innovation, changing the conventional stores methods to a new levels of consumer relationship. Now Angela gives retail innovation a go and creates store concepts that…

White Linens and Hotel Memories

I used to travel, a lot. That was until a few months ago when I left my executive position. I have traveled only to Amsterdam with my friend since then and I realized how many things I miss about traveling. Most of all I miss the hotel rooms. I love entering a new, clean, hotel…

My Future Home In Paris (Part 1)

I love Paris. Every visit I’m discovering a different beautiful side of it. Wish I could live there, but I succumb to just dreaming, and if I can dream then I’ll dream big! Did you know that for $13 million you can live in this romantic 19th-century mansion just above a Parisian park? The 1st floor of remarkable Mansion…