FASHION & LIFE STYLE

9/30/2011

Pagoda lamps

What do you think about pagoda lamps, love or not?
I am a big fan of chinoiserie things, especially if it´s mixed with other styles.

I like the lampshade on this pagoda lamp too.


Pagoda lamps with ditto pagoda shades



maybe not lamps but sure are pagodas

images via chinoiserie chic


9/29/2011

Craigslist Shopping Seattle.

Gorg. Metal faux bamboo table $75
 
Venetian mirror $500 (expensive but, beautiful)

Burled? (correct me) wood china cabinet $250 LOVE!

Single cushion upholstered sofa $250
Sofa's with a single long cushion look awesome. I could totally see a pair of green kelly wearstler trellis pillows on here


Succumb.

I've been shopping for a new coffee table. First and fore most, I don't want to. I love mine. It's beautiful, and everything I've ever wanted but, incredibly non-kid friends. >big sad face< There are TWO panes on the top, the boys climb and crawl underneath pushing the panes out, the books and the flowers on top. I've come to the conclusion my mental sanity comes first and foremost before my home decor. Funny right? I love to decorate so much, that I over look serious conundrums combining kids with certain decor objects. For some reason I'd succumb to buying a mini van before I take my pretty objects off my coffee table. Its probably like men and there TV's, or dogs and there "spot"; except mine is all over there house.


Funny Side Note: I didn't know how to spell succumb. So after looking at it in the dictionary, and spelling it correctly, I glance at the definition > 


1.     to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair.
2.
to yield to disease, wounds, old age, etc.; die.

As a new-ish mother (of 1 and a half year old twins) I'm cracking up at the definition. Any of you mother's out there? Maybe then your getting my drift. I think 8 out of 10 area's in my life I have succumbed to changes and, I'm sure the 2 left over are just around the corner.


This older woman asked me the other day, "What was it like, going from just you to times two?" <- Well put I thought.


I told her, mind you I was really tired, standing in safeway with my single gallon of milk after a "bad" day with the boys...


"It's like... Your leisurely running on the treadmill, then you jump on the side's to drink some water, or put up your hair. In the mean time the tread mill get's turned up to the max (more like more) and you jump back on, and like BAM" That's what it felt like in the beginning, now that I've been doing this for a while now, my endurance has built up and I can really enjoy it, I can enjoy the ride; more like the roller coaster but- I love it, really really love it.

What do you do with your pretty decor? Are your kids grown and it's now back out on the  
shelf? I'd love to hear blog lands feed back.

Here's the new candidate:

What do you think? Brass feet on a mid century base. Marble top and it's 40" Sturdy with no sharp edges.





Guestpost Susi of Designshuffle - modern & luxe nurserys

It was such a pleasure meeting Susi of design shuffle and today she writes a guestpost about modern & luxe nurserys, and yes I am sooo inspired.

Hi, I'm Susi, a writer for Design Shuffle, a fabulous social media site where design lovers can share projects and discover inspiration from design professionals from around the world. I love design blogs, especially Beau Lifestyle, that share amazing decorating ideas and interior design projects. So you can see why I'm happy to be guest blogging about luxurious modern nurseries today.† Love modern design and its understated luxury.† Here are some of my favorite luxurious modern nurseries. Do you have a favorite?

Modern Nursery Design

This modern nursery feels super sophisticated with a taupe gray palette and sleek modern furnishings. Love the modern rocker and crib. The wall decoration is stylish but charming for baby.

Modern Nursery Design

Love the Arc lamp in a nursery. Wonder how childproof it is, though.  It looks amazing with the dark wood wall and modern style furnishings Barcelona chair!

Chic Nursery Design

A chic nursery, complete with a stylish zebra rug fit for a master bedroom, is both modern and age luxurious. A framed collection of artwork is age appropriate but can grow with the child.

Ubabub Nursery Design

This super contemporary nursery idea is filled with furniture from the Australian design studio, ubabub.  When the sky is the limit, get a rocking unicorn instead of a rocking horse. The ubabub line of furniture works perfectly with mid-century classics.

Luxury Ubabub Nursery Design

Another example of luxury contemporary nursery furniture by ubabub.  Luxury modern sometimes is also minimal. The luxury comes in amazing interior designs and in the details rather than over the top flair.

Modern Nursery Design

Sparkling light from the chandelier, especially on a dimmer, will delight tiny eyes while adding a sense of luxury to this modern nursery.  Top end glider and ottoman feel more like real furniture than just nursery furniture.

Modern Nursery Design

The rocker, by Thomas Moser, is deceptively simple and gorgeous great investment piece. Modern designs will age well or be incorporated into other rooms in the house. A Persian rug in a nursery is definitely a part of luxurious interior design.

Accented Nursery Design

A statement piece of furniture, like this chrome version of a bentwood rocker, can add luxury and style to a nursery.  Original artwork, quality rugs and lighting are other ways to bring luxury into a modern nursery.

This post was created by Design Shuffle, a social media site that exhibits the talented work of Los Angeles interior designers to New York interior designers and helps spark creativity for design enthusiasts.

Thank you Susi!

9/28/2011

Yoga today


After coming home from being abroad more than a week I went to work, greeted only by high piles of paperwork! But now I have to calm down and attend my first yogaclass for pregnant girls...
See you tomorrow

9/27/2011

Bits and Pieces.

I'm seriously, seriously, serrrrrriousssssllllyyyyy.....yyyy.....yyyyyyyyyyy.....

In bits and pieces over the images below.



 





See something new?


As much as I really love and enjoy blogging I've never had a follow button until now! No reason why, just never got around to adding it to my site.... So if you like what you see here on Running on heels with twins. I'd be so happy if you added me to your list of reads. ~ Thank you!

:)

Bread came to his new home

I just came from the airport, picked up a package at the post office that Bri, from you me and a wiener blog, send me... and it was Bread, the painting from Bri that i was looking forward to receive. I absolutely love Bread and his pretty gold bamboo frame.
But wait, there was more, Bread came with some more art family, Fuzzy wuzzy, the bear for our baby's nursery and marshmellow a little abstract painting.
Thank you Bri for the lovely goodies and sweet note.


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9/26/2011

Piping Tutorial.

For a long time I've wanted to make some amazing pillows of my own, ones edged with beautiful piping. Well until now I didn't have the tutorial to step me through it. Here I wanted to share with you a easy step by step tutorial on how to add piping to pillows from the blog; The Sweet Survival. Check it out. Easy, right? I can totally do this!

Woonbeurs Amsterdam

Last Saturday I went to visit the Woonbeurs fair in Amsterdam, I will let the pictures that I have taken speak for themselves...
simple and good idea, these little glass floaters, that looked like donuts.
They made the roses float, so you need only 5 roses to fill up a vase.



I liked these 3 mirrors used at the stand of MTC magazine


Above 2 pictures MTC stand. I like this fire place for a dreamy house in a future.

This picture and nect was the stand of Ariadne at home magazine, for me it was the nicest decorated stand of the fair



Cupcake decorating with kids


Dutch design, flux foldable chairs


Free decorating advise with stylists

The 2 lovely sisters Lotte Dekker and Gieke van Lon of Humade

How cool is that? With the repair kits from Humade you can turn the cracks in your cups and plates
in to art with golden glue!

Finally at the end of the day getting a tĂȘte a tĂȘte meeting with Mariska, she was so busy, her designs are mighty popular. Mariska gave me a little present from Mariska Meijers design. She writres the blog I used to be snowwhite but I drifted, I posted about her before here