Mostly White, All Romantic Rooms

I've always loved the look of all white rooms, and you already know that I obsess about an all white loft.  With all white floors.  White rooms are often criticized as being too sterile.  I still swoon when I see a minimal all white room.  But if that's not for you, don't be afraid.  If you love the look of all white room, but still want it to be cozy and romantic, how about a mostly white room?  Here are some tips to turn on the romance in  your white room.  Add silver.  Or add steely, silvery blue.  Add organic touches like concrete and wood, and lots of texture.  Add gray or a pop of pale lavender and a Moroccan accessory.  Here's some inspiration.

El Palauet Living via Yatzer

Love the pale wood table.

I love the gray sofa and am madly in love with the simple shape of that coffee table.

 

 Above four images via Natasja Molenaar

Love the white pouf and the Moroccan tray!

Arcadian Home Decor

Beautiful day bed.  Silvery pillows.  Pure romance.

 Be Interior Decorator

Love the tufted headboard and how the tufting carries to the bed frame.  Love the rug.  Wonder if I could make a rug like that out of cut felt.  I get a lot of ideas, but I'm not a very good DIYer.

Love the pale lilac of the bed head and foot board.

 

 Above two images via Decodir

Love large artworks looks fabulous in an all white place!

 

Jayne Wunder via The Style Files

 

Brunch at Saks

Such a beautiful, serene room.  Love the wood table, love the white poufs.  Love the rug, looks like it might be a Moroccan wedding blanket.  What do you think, dear readers?  Are you a convert?  Could you do a mostly white room?

OTT Girly Decor

Dear readers, I've been loving all white rooms, and have been seeing a lot of romantic neutrals that are intriguing me.  I had an all white post prepared, but you know how it is.  Stress sometimes takes us in a different direction.  It's been a very stressful week, so let's have some more clean, girly fun shall we?  We'll save the all white rooms for tomorrow.   Here's some over the top decor from my inspiration file.  Many are ideas I'd like to use in a studio apartment, and of course, feature pink.

 Shoot Factory

Here's a great idea if you live in a studio apartment.  Make the bed a feature.  Love the curtains and pillows.  So romantic.
 

 The Novogratz

I am loving anything over sized these days.  Love the over sized pink chairs, love the Debbie Harry (one of my idols) art.

 Alex Fulton's Flirtatious Use of Crazy Color via Apartment Therapy

Just when I thought I didn't like red!  Love the color of this wall, love the painting.

 Bolig Magasinet

Is it possible to be in love with a refrigerator?  Yes it is!  I've already professed my love for the Smeg fridge (see previous post here).  It's especially fab in pink!  And dig that hot pink floor.  Yum.

 Fabulous Mess

I love this 70s molded fiberglass set.  So gorgeous, can be used inside or outside.  I could see these in a modern loft.

 

Wall Art Design

I love big wall decals!  This seating area is so cute with the round sofa, pink pillows and white floors.

Karim Rashid 

You already know I love me some Karim, he's one of my favorite designers.  I need to do an updated post on him.  He's amazingly prolific and he loves pink.  I really dig that pink sofa.  I love how his furniture doesn't reflect any specific time period.

Have you noticed that the best lamps are sold in the UK?  I need this spindle lamp from Habitat.  Here's some cute pillows I saw at Target the other day.  Love the sculptural details.  Love the cool gray combined with the hot pink, but I didn't buy them.  I have enough pillows - if that's possible.

The Coolest Barbie Ever

 Barbie Collector

OMG have you seen the new tokidoki Barbie?  She's due out October 1.  You already know I love me some tokidoki (see previous posts here).  I think this is the coolest Barbie I've ever seen.  She's sporting pink hair, tokidoki tatts, leggings and taking Bastardino for a walk.  Supplies of this babe won't last.

I collected Barbies when I was a girl, but I gave my collection away when I was a teenager.  I'm beginning to question that decision.  No matter.  Today's Barbies are way cooler than mine were.  Have you seen the Hard Rock's Barbies?  I photographed the top two Barbies in Chicago and the bottom one in Seattle.  Sorry for the poor quality of the pics, I had to do it on the down low.  The sales personnel got mad at me and chased me out of the store.  Man I love photojournalism.

 @manu

Today's Barbie has the coolest furniture!  Sometimes I see a photo of a Barbie room and think it's a real room.  Just look at that hot pink lamp, turquoise sofa and soft orange silk pillows.  I want those for my own home.  I never had furniture like that, I just had the Barbie camper.  Although I must admit, it was the coolest.  I'd love to have a life size version of it to travel the country.

How I do mid life crisis

The few Americans I know who have not been touched by the recession are busy buying sports cars and convertibles.  I'm not impressed.  Here's how I do a mid-life crisis.  Thinking about a pink wig.  I've  written of my love for pink hair on this blog several times (see previous posts here and here).

Amazon

I fell in love with pink hair the first time I saw Dale Bozzio.  I wore the Annie Hall uniform, but my hair was pink with white streaks.  Pink hair is an addiction I never got over.  I still love it.

I know I'm the only person in the world who is not a Lady Gaga fan.  But I gotta give props where they are due.  This is the prettiest I've ever seen her look.  The girl rocks a pink wig.

Ya'll know that Nicki Minage is the shit right now.  That girl really rocks a pink wig.  See previous post here.  This outfit was on a fashion faux paus list, but I kinda dig it.  Love the graphic leggings with the clear mini, the pink jacket, and I always love piles of bangles.

I want your hair

Look at this coy little cutie!  Innocent and sultry at the same time.

 

I should've bought this Hello Kitty bag I saw at Target.  I worried that I would look ridiculous carrying it.  By the time I went back, it was gone.  Surprise.  I wish I was one of those daring people who wore whatever they wanted and didn't think for one minute about whether people were judging them.  If self-acceptance is a topic you're interested in, here's a couple of cool blogs to check out: 

Fat Shopaholic

Advanced Style

I bet this fab lady would carry a Hello Kitty bag, wear a pink wig and wouldn't worry what anyone thinks.  Advanced Style is an awesome blog written by Ari Seth Cohen.  If you love style, fashion, moxie, freedom and confidence, you'll love it.  Maybe I should just take the plunge and buy this pink wig.  What do you think dear readers, would you sport a pink wig?  Wanna see more?  Check out my flickr gallery, here.

Yellow Eyeshadow or the Face as Canvas

Today was one of those typical Mondays.  You know the kind, you have a fun weekend, and then bam!  You gotta come back to reality kicking and screaming.  So I thought we should postpone the reality for a little while.   Let's have some good girly fun, shall we?  What's more fun than makeup?  Not much.  When you live life as art, make up is another art form.  Faces are canvases.   Here's a great example.  I adore yellow eyeshadow.  It's a great color for summer.  Forget the fake tan and get some yellow eyeshadow.  It's the color of sunshine and it makes the face glow.  Yellow looks great with orange and with gray.  It looks great with purple and hot pink.  A little goes a long way, or a lot makes a dramatic statement.

I first discovered yellow eyeshadow when watching the gorgeous Annie Lennox in the Eurythmics' Love is a Stranger video.  This look fascinated me.  Yellow, orange and gray.  Would be perfect on a canvas.

Squidoo

Here's a look very similar to Annie's with yellow, orange and fab eyeliner. Love it with the two-toned hair.  Yellow eyeshadow can be wild, exotic, flamboyant.  But it can also be done in a demure way as the following couple pictures show.

 Fashionistimus

This Betty Grable inspired look is updated and fresh.  A little coy and a little wicked at the same time.  Love the yellow shadow paired with fuchsia lips!  

 Doe Deere

Just a smattering of yellow in the middle of the lids, gives her a sunshiney look.  The always fabulous Doe Deere.  I just can't get enough of her.

 Makeup Bag

Yellow shadow can be soft, especially when paired with pale lips.

Beauty High

This lovely creature sports an almost natural look with just a hint of yellow across the lids and pale lips.  Add to that a beautiful pale yellow blouse and tossled hair, and you have a wholesome, healthy and gorgeous summer look.

 Orange County Girl

For a more dramatic look, yellow eyeshadow looks great with heavy liner and gray shadow in the corners.

 The Makeup Artist

DList Magazine, June 2011

For a daring look, this model wears the shadow under her eyes.  And dig that fab statement necklace.  Here are some totally dramatic looks, not for the faint of heart.  Any one of these lovely images would make a great painting, or great color scheme for a room.

 

Add purple to it.  Love the purple lashes and lips.  Image used by permission of Facebook user.  No link available at this time.  Please do not copy this picture without permission.

Fashion Bomb Daily

Or add hot pink, one of my favorites.

 Devon Willson Photography

Makeup by Stephanie Rittenshouse

And yellow lips!  Too fab.

J David Photography

Yellow eyeshadow really brings out the beautiful color of this model's eyes.  Love the matching shadow, lipstick and scarf.

Van de Fashion

Fashion Bomb Daily

Fashion.by.MK

What do you think?  Would you ever try yellow shadow?  If you decide to try it, send me a picture and maybe I'll feature you here.  I'd love to produce a runway show with all the models wearing some variation of yellow eyeshadow, lipstick, nail polish, shoes.....  There's nothing to fear about yellow.  Try it on your face or in your home.  It's fun and sure to cheer you up!

Pop Gloss

Oh dear, I think I need these Christian Dior booties to go with my new yellow eye shadow.