Royalty As An Experience.

When luxury is experienced in what was once Palaces to Royal Families.

Golden Age is back and we all feel it. I'm totally inspired by this photo.

Breathtaking, isn't it?



Photo credits to Financial Times

Piles Of Books.

Last week I posted about books as a decoration feature in our living and working spaces. Today I found a few more pictures on my archive that I'm using on my studio moodboard. Do you like them?

Books market in Paris by the river.

My friends pile of books. Love it!

Art installation at The V&A last summer.

My pile of books (magazines and newspapers) on a Sunday afternoon.

Little Side Note: I changed my Blog layout. Do you like it?

Through The Window.

Do you look through the window?

There was this day that I was passing by and suddenly these windows grabbed completely my attention. Intrigued, I decided to seat on a café terrace on the opposite side of the street. Asked for a glass of red wine and enjoyed the view.



The interiors looked as clean and crystal as the light the windows projected.
I imagined a masculine and monochromatic space styled with eclectic objects from different sources, books, lots of books and a huge dining table where friends and family gather in a night like the one I was enjoying. Casual!

Little side note: I see a window as a transitional space which is part of the façade yet with its very own identity. A frame with dual exposure and perspective has always things to see, stories to tell.

Vélos Parisiens.

No one in the world is more stylish riding a bike than a french woman.
It's total delight watching Parisians pedaling along the Seine.

Have a stylish weekend.

Ralph Lauren In Paris.

Ralph Lauren is one of my favorite fashion brands. One word only describes it: classic. And classic is forever.

I have visited a few RL shops but this one in Paris is indeed the most charming one. French interiors enhance totally the classiness of each piece.

White and Gold everywhere.

Wouldn't you love to live in here?

Changing rooms, or should I say Dressing Rooms?

You find these little corners around the shop making you feel at home, Ralph Lauren's Parisian home.

The shirt I fell in love with. Très chic, n'est-ce pas?

Soon I'll post about Ralph Lauren Jardin, a gorgeous space to meet a friend for a nice afternoon tea.

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Books As A Decoration Statement.

Today I've started to plan my next little studio. Walls are already immaculate white waiting for my intervention.

Books display is an important feature in anywhere I live or work and these pictures I took early this month at Merci in Paris are a great source of inspiration. Always loved walls filled with books from top to bottom.


Next to a wall like this, specially if in your studio or living room, an armchair is a must have. What's better than seating comfortably with a cup of tea checking which books you need for your next project or what you're going to read next?

What's your most important feature where you work?

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Notre Dame Hotel.

I still have many photos of beautiful Parisian spaces to share with you all, but time has been little and the list of things to do gets longer everyday. Anyway, in the mean time I leave one photo only of the Hotel Notre Dame designed by Christian Lacroix.

Café on the first floor by the Front Desk.

For more photos, check From The Right Bank. Ally wrote a nice article about it.

Give It Some Humour (With Pottery).

The moment I put my eyes on this façade I smiled. From a distance it looked like buttons, colourful buttons covering an immaculate linen. I get closer and suddenly it looked like patchwork, ceramic patchwork designing some kind of interesting grid. What it is, is a simple traditional building covered in Portuguese pottery.

What's better than finding design and architecture dressed up in humour?



As you probably realised, this is a traditional pottery shop.

Building in Sagres, Vicentina Coast.

Unexpected (Love).

One of the reasons I never regret to carry my heavy camera with me at all times is because I always find fragments I want to record (and share) for the rest of my life. This photo is an example of it.

Isn't it so poetic?

The perfect curvy pink heart right on a middle of a "no trespassing" traffic sign.

I just fell in love with the unexpected message.

What message do you read out of it?

Photo taken today @ Vale da Telha, Vicentina Coast.

Café.

A café is always the scenario friends like to gather in for a chit-chat, isn't it? This following week I'm off spending time with two gorgeous friends in two different cities. I'm pretty sure a café is going to be the stage in many occasions.

Call a friend. Pick a nice café. Enjoy both.