CELEBRATING THE ART OF LIVING WELL,
AS THE FRENCH DO,
BY USING ALL FIVE SENSES
TO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING ABOUT LIFE

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05 October 2010

La Vie En Rose










It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month

In celebration of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and as a personal thanks for the lives of friends and family who have experienced this disease first hand, I am posting some of my favorite pictures of  PINK things I like for home and lifestyle. Enjoy the pictures and then find out more about what you can do to help, by visiting some of the links at the end of this post.


Decoupage plate from Marye-Kelley

 Image from The Well Dressed Home

Image from House Beautiful

Decor Chinois wallpaper by Zuber with an unusual pink background (this pattern is usually on blue)

I strie glazed these walls, above, in a client's living room.

Windsor Smith - images from House Beautiful (above & below)
 Decoupage tabletop from Carson & Co.

 Bedroom by Kishani Perera Interior Design

Betsey Johnson's all pink apartment

Image from Canadian House & Home








Custom pillows of Scalamandre fabric I did for the New England Spring Flower Show









Image from House Beautiful

Accessories from Lampwear


Massucco Warner Miller in Traditional Home



A dining room I did in Narragansett, RI, with China Seas and Carlton V fabrics




















 Needlepoint wools from Brown Paper Package
Ribbon from MJ Trimming

Little Willow dog collar

Stray Dog lamp and chandelier


Quadrille fabric (image from House Beautiful)

Image from Chinoiserie Chic

 Tom Scheerer

PomPom wallpaper by Sanderson

Designers Guild curtains




Desire wallpaper by Spirit



Trapunto quilt


Lee Radziwill's bedroom, decorated by Renzo Mongiardino (watercolor by Mark Hampton)

Robyn Karp and Stark Carpet


Lily Pulitzer interior

Carolyn Quartermain fabric


 Stroheim & Romann










Image from Elle Decor


Lilly Pulitzer home from Garnet Hill (above & below)
Trina Turk pillow

Silk ikat pillow and yardage
Pillow by Henry Road
Wallpaper from Graham & Brown
Manuel Canovas

 Book, Simply Pink
Closet by Jamie Drake

Decoupage items room Marye-Kelley


Pink Studio by Henri Matisse

Interior painting by Jani
Coco Chanel by Fifi Flowers

Studio Printworks wallpaper, from Oprah Magazine








Jonathan Adler

Pink Dresser by Fifi Flowers

Image from British House & Garden





Mother of pearl inlaid dresser from Graham & Green (above & below)

 Lysette wallpaper from China Seas

Image from House Beautiful with Lysette fabric in reverse colors


Lace rug from Posh Living

Floral design by Preston Bailey






Thibaut wallpaper and fabrics (above & below)

Image from Carson & Co.

Mother of pearl mosaic tile

Mary McDonald


Antique corner cupboard in my kitchen

Image from Cote de Texas blog


Amanda Nisbet

Oversized pink houndstooth fabric from Diamond Baratta, through Lee Jofa

Diamon Baratta pink tartan, from Lee Jofa, in my sister's living room

Image from Coastal Living
Image from Country Living magazine

Robyn Karp and Stark Carpet

Diamond Baratta Design (above & below)



Image from Apartment Therapy blog



Chapman Radcliffe

Charles H. Beckley

Flocked wallpaper form Designers Guild

Jonathan Adler


Barrie Benson


Diamond Baratta Design (image from House & Garden)
Diamond Baratta Design
Charming dining room  from Diamond Baratta

Joe Nye used Pali by Manuel Canovas on these pillows (above)
Pali Wallpaper from Manuel Canovas is the reverse of the pillows by Joe Nye

South Beach toile from Studio Printworks

Manuel Canovas toile covered chair from French Pedestals and Dreams blog

Jennifer Paganelli fabric

Jonathan Berger

Ghislaine Vinas

 Image from Maison Boheme

Image from House & Garden

Image from House Beautiful








Image from Stark Carpet


New toile from Manuel Canovas

Image from House Beautiful

Faux marbre walls in my old master bathroom








Suzanne Kassler









Katie Elliot









Manuel Canovas's own living room (1970's)

 Romo fabric curtains








David Hicks bedroom



Jeffers Design Group

Studio Pink shop


Karim Rachid (above & below)

Mathieu Lehanneur




Kelley Interior Design








Jonathan Rosen


Image from House Beautiful


Duralee's Serengeti cotton
Decoupage tissue box from Marye-Kelley

Pine Cone Hill bedding
Manuel Canovas bedding
Mousepad from Zazzle




Silver plated photo album from Mullen & Fitzmaurice

Stationery from Mary McDonald

 Decoupage frame from Marye-Kelley

Decoupage wastebasket by Marye-Kelley
Tray from the Pink Giraffe

Birth announcement from Poppies

Robyn Karp


Palmer Weiss

Little Crown Interiors

Image from Elle Decor

 Image from Domino Magazine

Phoebe Howard

 Images from Domino Magazine








 Steven Miller


 Image from Domino Magazine

Image from Domino Magazine

China Seas Aga

Ruthie Sommers (Groundworks fabric above & China Seas fabric below)









 Miles Redd


 Ines de la Fressange (above & below - images from The Selby)

AND FINALLY...
Monet's house at Giverny (above) and my dollhouse copy of Giverny (below)

To find out more about Breast CancerAwareness Month and what you can do to get involved, check out any of these sites:
Flower arrangement done by Eddie Ross
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2 comments:

  1. Holy Pink Gorgeousness Batman!!!!

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  2. kate!!! what a beautiful blog! i love your sense of style and look forward to exploring earlier posts!

    i recently entered blogland as well, so if you have a moment please stop by travels with persephone and visit me!

    p.s. you haven't aged at all!! xoxo amanda (mandy)

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