bed lust

A girl can dream!


Images via D*S and Decor8

SWOON

This dining area is hot enough for me to consider maxing out my credit card to purchase. Even if I'd only be buying two chairs! But for real this combo of white Louis Chairs and an over-sized pendant with the matte coal fireplace behind? I'm totally digging it.

Here is the rest of the tour over at Wall Street Journal : here

STUNNING

Simple yet absolutely stunning! Canvas artwork using paint and thread. I may just borrow this idea for my own projects. There rest of Gillian Bates "textile art" is on her website : www.gillianbates.co.uk

WHEN WE MOVE TO MIAMI

These pieces would be perfect for our home. In fact this whole collection would be wonderful! Right now however, not so much. I couldn't justify having something so beautiful be hidden for 8 months of the year.


VIA Lekker, Heath Ceramics Seasonal Collection

POSITIVE/NEGATIVE

Loving this pendant from Das rote Paket . It's called te BlAD pendant, and I have no idea what that means, but I still like it!

HIBISCUS MIMOSA

This morning on the KITCHN there was a post about mothers day brunch and some ideas for cocktails. This one sounds amazing, and despite it's intentions for Mothers day - I could see this being a great summertime drink at anytime of the day!

Here is the recipe:

1 Wild Hibiscus Flower
1 oz St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur
1 oz Pink Grapefruit Juice
1/2 oz Wild Hibiscus Syrup
5 oz Dry Sparkling Wine

Place flower in champagne flute. Shake next 3 ingredients on ice and carefully strain into champagne flute. Top with dry sparkling wine. Garnish with long grapefruit zest.*

BUSY BEE = ME

I realize now that it has been over a week since I last updated this blog with any worthwhile information, so my sincerest apologies to all of you loyal followers... you do exist right? Tony's final thesis was presented over the weekend, and with that huge hurdle out of the way we both have been lounging in blissful nothingness for the past few days. However spring is in full bloom here in Boston, and I can't be too lazy. At least not while the sun is shining and birds are chirping! This morning after an earlier morning meeting I headed to TJ's for some weekly groceries and decided that today was a day for baking!

I attempted to make some whole wheat loafs, and two turned out quite perfectly, however the last bit of dough was a bit tough and I guess also a bit "stringy" . So I decided that it probably wasn't going to bake up pretty or potentially at all, so I used the dough as a bit of an experiment adding mango chunks and coconut to the batter. I plumped the brick into a bread pan and crossed my fingers. Well the baking fairy was totally watching out for me today and that bread is the bomb! After averting a near disaster with some burning, smoldering coconut flake drippings onto the oven bed, the loaf came out with a crispy yet chewy caramelized coconut top and sweet mellow mango flavoring in the dense, moist center with surprising spring. I have to admit this was the luckiest mistake ever, but a mighty tasty one at that!



Pic: The yummiest mistake ever: Mango Coconut Bread