A Beautiful Day.

<img height="520" src="http://atcasa.corriere.it/Tendenze/Dove-andare/2009/11/27/img/kihlgren-sextantio-07.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="692" /><br />Don’t you want to just dive into this picture? I long for a day like this. Please deliver me from the snow and cold! It’s really no fun being trapped inside one’s house for days because of treacherous weather. However, I know things could be worse, so I will not be heavy handed with my whining today. Here’s to warmer and sunnier days soon. XX<br /><br /><a href="http://atcasa.corriere.it/"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">{image}</span></a>

A Beautiful Day.

Don’t you want to just dive into this picture? I long for a day like this. Please deliver me from the snow and cold! It’s really no fun bein...

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It's on and Popping: Exterior Colours of the House

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsl2Vw5z9XHqmMAzypGw3eS6U49yqMb3t5I5x2QABBCFKRxChXj3IgEqAF9hAQPhMUQnGHUfXynwMG-CeEO0GQizobRUlWHU9K8cX7MZOFEuGaIrIlFE2-Myz8FFamWxrshmKFrWLM/s1600/IMG_8618.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsl2Vw5z9XHqmMAzypGw3eS6U49yqMb3t5I5x2QABBCFKRxChXj3IgEqAF9hAQPhMUQnGHUfXynwMG-CeEO0GQizobRUlWHU9K8cX7MZOFEuGaIrIlFE2-Myz8FFamWxrshmKFrWLM/s640/IMG_8618.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(this view shows a straight shot of the back of the house)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yep, i think the colours i chose for the exterior are popping:-). I really do love the end result. I chose the colour, Benjamin Moore Mineral Alloy #1622 for the siding. Mineral Alloy is a beautiful blue grey colour. I wanted a colour that would have presence and highlight the lines of the house beautifully. I think this colour delivers.  For the trim, i chose BM Maritime White #963. It complements the siding colour nicely and is light on its contrasting effect.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmiVeQDU-Ugh5rZoQ2Uue4XWTGVzkJpgR6YENBBF32lBbGl9MN5ASFdvnq-wD2vT7Aoq3bKCwoOM_eKn-OICS6vUIpKXS7k88DRSPoljd1k_xuUT3QMD_ybRm5JgTNxxyg0LvcTgNa/s1600/IMG_8617.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmiVeQDU-Ugh5rZoQ2Uue4XWTGVzkJpgR6YENBBF32lBbGl9MN5ASFdvnq-wD2vT7Aoq3bKCwoOM_eKn-OICS6vUIpKXS7k88DRSPoljd1k_xuUT3QMD_ybRm5JgTNxxyg0LvcTgNa/s640/IMG_8617.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDxZ3NQDHf3ANam-yN7UO6TZR3YiDrBisvSLlgKNkBBLkvoW7WQTox-pRfamd_4whUslHrYLmhW5JFubOoArohUByUoOUby3c8dUD3AHrVn3kLufe9vFKMsyY-5-mmoixBeF5pB8ee/s1600/IMG_8605.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDxZ3NQDHf3ANam-yN7UO6TZR3YiDrBisvSLlgKNkBBLkvoW7WQTox-pRfamd_4whUslHrYLmhW5JFubOoArohUByUoOUby3c8dUD3AHrVn3kLufe9vFKMsyY-5-mmoixBeF5pB8ee/s640/IMG_8605.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was an overcast day when i took these pictures, so you're not really seeing the richness of the colour, but you can get a great idea nontheless of how it looks from these. So, what do you think? Have a lovely day everyone. XX</div>

It's on and Popping: Exterior Colours of the House

(this view shows a straight shot of the back of the house) Yep, i think the colours i chose for the exterior are popping:-). I really do lov...

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Let’s Linger...

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3aWzoB-Q14pdx8B86XAUcTbJPiBMe6QFLOUiwyUlvQj-mi_GxVe_qBdXL7u2hKYb9HJcZ2ZIg5uVlcxfEJr51FmsCYS9EwwINIKYAPQnUZpZPc2gfHT-kRrOJhVtArUmRSR8XB77N1vH/s1600-h/linger%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="linger" border="0" height="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFRNzcjz3M1LAu8SHFaB0cqO3L8jlvdyMM3z70bDWrWgs1Du-_nb5XipQp2QaSyyrPbzqfpPw1wqPMa3XN0IknA2JlVOY2aa7wfd1QUP3QJtXgwp909tUdhYiLKOC7YrdrQX7Yuc2yEPq/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="linger" width="694" /></a><br /><div align="center">Schools are closed today because there’s bad weather in the forecast.  Yes, we are getting snow; it’s always a mad frenzy when there is bad weather in the forecast. People go out and buy everything in the supermarket and whatever they think they need so that they can “bunker in.” I, on the other hand, am not so melodramatic. Impending bad weather means I get a chance to linger; linger in my bed <strong><em>OR</em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em><br /></em></strong></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzml4d-_7is2Xz4tt_MUErTZkfIsdaOUsa1xiTTvAu8Gwz8CdflLHFo_WdMHppEKp63BK6Q6dwnM4YhAH-2pwPP_q8xSf0Ry_awDZiQEWjvKQxf3uNT639u_SpXcLG0A7K2M5ArxECrOi/s1600-h/linger2%5B6%5D.jpg"><img alt="linger2" border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijK3MBkwnXtRYgj3Deq8nuQcBXIK8K1zOi4BRGM6EDXL9g7yMGWSQt2nenO4d20hkafACZYHiA7T-95J_A7qPv9Tyt8b4FZXORIDORfldbqiE3aE6aXPESIXV4B3QWN7kNiaWLw4vQCTXC/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="linger2" width="694" /></a><br /><div align="center">better yet this <a href="http://www.esquire.com/">Master Suite</a> where the bed is framed by dangling spindled beads. Did you notice the high definition screen built into the fireplace in the pic above?  Or how about that fur throw that lays seductively across the bed…Forget linger, I would never leave this space!  </div><div align="center"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZNK9qg3TnZpkIBRfEm3P5Sf0oMtx40yT0Mm-2RpaB-EIBjke6VhLVUCz-5JdpiUmwfZ0NKb4Yb9xNFT_huOz00W6F7wkuKYhK1Dh7BekdE8KYkB4E7lc8zIzLiX6h6amxO8skDb4tzAe6/s1600-h/linger3%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="linger3" border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfieSk_kNKW3dPv4x1TJNQXmkayWnPSsNgVawDceLOVlkTL2UluQlNZf6IptpBnFdv6OQ6O-Er0GRN5qFft7HddqXXt6pDDHIQfshwx0D-z4T8Qxl3ju2hqVa5QV-BVJmfC7uBCGH-0CmC/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="linger3" width="694" /></a><br />The talented <a href="http://www.annetteenglish.com/">Annette English</a> was partnered with luxury brand Ferragamo to redesign this Master Suite of the prestigious <a href="http://www.esquire.com/features/esquire-house/esquire-house-la-2010?click=main_sr#fbIndex8">Esquire Showcase House</a>.  Ferragamo’s fall collection, their tradition of master craftsmanship, layering of rich textures and fabrics was the inspiration used to hone this luxuriously sexy Master suite that is really for a bachelor pad. However, being female, I would be quite at home here; lounging and lingering.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNMvvtRfd8oOsgyY2sfoKKPwIhRCoYkLixQGTqpdPW3JKGKaGJxofOQAU_nC8l6_OGixseCP-LLO-anWzagPsZzch04vwnH4BrKzx4PZ9sRbUp6FkVKM7xkie20UE-QOfSBtbZT5zIJi8/s1600-h/linger1%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="linger1" border="0" height="437" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUht2NBpUewWDhpZEcvuv_3IiYOpr6MALihrHUqJ8112FOy0MoYxSQ2YxRs5Y6BW5coproUUefMYvGgDeoIg5XmZ5wb66HBNFdWYCfUtA-s4Zc4AiqjYGy3ukpI2eTinxuoGas3iHTPkB/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="linger1" width="694" /></a><br /><div align="center">Perfect spot to get some blog reading done while sipping on a cup of coffee(<span style="font-size: xx-small;">which I’d be careful not to spill on my fur pillow</span>)</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw96bwlA1o4sBRK-5p9PSL34sGAYXiZ7dRIqmqf1Voyunj-3Q9WI0TWYXvY33cGHj5VtZBRVLS-ZxmBriGG59QgS8fkvfaLAr0_mBlr78LqtpsQqwRIUFmt6iYpahZLf8uF0EwKaN4OrYR/s1600-h/linger5%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="linger5" border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyrBfmwZ7gESh5qjp_EGhJhryiIVxBYYsQ7saT_Cuipkg84YavzDe_pQPWU2jsiGrDhK6zZbVoNPHYzmqliqB6eUXfhA5ID1DI4b8qtHaE407MC9KwZED4LqkoBS4JgpxAJoEVyfmWWSe/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="linger5" width="694" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKb-HPKy7T39qMMtSFjPMcIBbtJBMZOD95MlLC9u18FQcPivGKmd4m1WtPV0B46zBL45es6ja6sSd6dyQ3VKJWrfldr7ZgA4Doy1hahge4Xthitj91z5RcVxG0cSeLAna8M8G6B3CiEACb/s1600-h/linger6%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="linger6" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_aSWhI48d_c2T-Lc7gwneF5aYfQKG2_jweiUtlmeZVcZX4N9Uh9F7hBoonwHAs7vQTD9KHRQE2ShqJZV-xFwoU2GzRXiWA5dkAUJabRQoc0UZxr9c4KArO5VtQe24_TSRgMwuoV-NhyphenhyphenZP/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="linger6" width="694" /></a>The closet would give any Ferragamo boutique a stiff competition and I think every builder should use this closet as the blueprint for their walk in closets, don’t you?</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipzRp7-Pe8EA33lI1Y3A4euv2ZXCRV9IwDCP3hZRUL2IPYz1DsIne0aX6C-kvL1hl7HH3YpuRPgaf5_VNj5xFOXA84BovYwaxlc1z2FTucgKrtAP51K4aW8hyIKY-09mdBYgq5wMTRA4jb/s1600-h/linger4%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="linger4" border="0" height="441" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc0A_0cVIDas35UeblTXLGvhbG2KBpHbzbrOX2zgz8YHL82TX7pxV6kvdCJPq72WR7e4nLxW3h55gQLrMUI8uPCPcxk36Ke0SZZyy4lgPIV-x9IHTMRCeTvklbClf4_UdsTOPm67_bIO-5/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="linger4" width="694" /></a></div><div align="center">How was your weekend? I hope it was a great one and that you were able to capture a few minutes/hours to just linger and be. I’d love to be able to linger in that tub above with the sun’s rays on my skin! Happy Monday everyone! XX</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="http://www.annetteenglish.com/">{images}</a></div>

Let’s Linger...

Schools are closed today because there’s bad weather in the forecast.  Yes, we are getting snow; it’s always a mad frenzy when there is bad ...

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