barcelona: sneak peeks from the trip

On the agenda? Getting a new laptop and uploading all my photos from the Barcelona trip that made me neglect my poor little blog so much. Until then, here's a little sneak peek via the boyfriend's iPhone:

chair candy

I'm always replying to interior design posts about how much I LOVE colorful interiors, and the writers must think I'm crazy. For one thing, I blog mainly about fashion. For another, if you visit my home I have the saddest wooden Ikea furniture you'll ever see. So I decided to post some proof.

When I was in Versailles last summer, the majority of the photos I took were of candy-colored chairs and outrageously amazing over-the-top rooms.

Sure there were the random photos of light sliding in through windows

and the odd landscape shots

but really it was the great, colorful fabrics and wallpapers that spoke to me.

How amazing would it be to have an interior like these? Makes you question the whole minimalist movement...

monday funday: summer loving

I've been extremely nostalgic lately for the trip I took to Paris last summer. It was right after graduating, and we stayed for 10 days.

About the same time this year, I'm easing back into the work week after an early morning flight that sent me straight from Florida to the office. I'd be lying if I said it wouldn't be amazing to be dropped off somewhere sunny and beautiful for a week, a month, or the entire summer. Cannes, perhaps? That's why I'm in love with these series of photos by Baron Wells (via size too small).

I miss the beautiful streets, flower markets, and fresh pain au chocolat... Maybe it was a silly idea to book my big summer getaway in September--I'm going a little stir crazy!

monday funday: vacation dreaming

I've discovered I have a hard time coming to terms with the endlessness of the work-weekend-work-weekend routine. While it's probably not the best to start dreaming about vacations when Monday rolls around, it does make me feel a lot better about starting the week.

I'm trying to figure out what my summer hurrah will be... Copenhagen or Barcelona? I gave myself [and the boy] those two choices pretty arbitrarily. I think they're totally different, but I really can't decide which I prefer! What do you guys think? Have you ever been to either place?

Here are the things I think about when I ponder my options..

Copenhagen

Barcelona

1. Copenhagen chic - Stephanie G

2. Barcelona chic - Zina Ch