Flour Power

Oh, how I love KitchenAid Stand Mixers. I rarely bake, but given an instruction manual and a couple kick ass recipes I'm sure I'll learn to make use of one. KitchenAid mixers are symbolic of a healthy kitchen, and I can't help but imagine myself covered in flour, baking up a storm in some gorgeous country kitchen. What presence they have seen here in store at Sears. I want one in every colour!

J xx

Hamper Happy

I'd be happy to leave laundry laying around for days so long as it was hanging out of this perfect French Wire Hamper from Pottery Barn.  This basket is so lovely it deserves to be displayed out in the open which is especially ideal for apartment living where there is often little room to store and hide away unsightly furnishings. Love!

J xx

Dragon Tattoo Girl

Steig Larsson's Millennium Trilogy is brilliant fiction and you are seriously amiss if you've chosen to ignore the hype surrounding these novels. The characters are so well written, the strength of their resolve is near tangible. The series' heart Lisbeth Salander is mad at the world (with good reason) and expresses her anger violently (with good reason) and has a style sense to match. If my girl Salander wasn't a fictional character, I'd call her up and commend her on her honest duds and recommend she try these on for size.

J xx

Clockwise: (1) Old Navy, Fall 2010 Motorcycle Jacket (2) Treesje, Jet Crimson Bag (3) Frye, Rogan Engineer Studded Boot (4) See by Chloé, Low Rise Skinny Jeans

Blue Kitchen

Image: Cococozy

First came the pink kitchen, now comes the blue kitchen. Blue is my favorite color. But would I have chosen blue cabinets for my dream kitchen? Nope. Until now. This shade of blue is so rich set against the walnut-stained hardwood flooring. The glossy cabinet finish adds polish and catches the light to brighten up the space. This kitchen feels warmly sophisticated and I love it!

J xx

Gals & Garbs

There's The Devil Wears Prada and Sex and the City, but for me there is more importantly, Stealing Beauty and Love Story.  The fashion in these movies epitomized my romantic ideals and shaped my style aspirations.   I am so taken with Liv Tyler and Ali MacGraw and their cinematic 'je ne sais quoi' that my subconscious self has directed my style choices accordingly.  I don't mind following trends, but I will never veer too far from home base.  On the spectrum of style, this is exactly where I want to be.

J xx