Spanish Casita

 Still daydreaming of the ocean. Formentara has always been on my list of places I would like to live one day.
The houses are mostly old farmhouses and this one was beautifully renovated. The open air courtyard is perfect for entertaining. I love the moorish design and all the different textiles and souvenirs from the family's travels.
Photos: Micasa :The Style Files

lifestyle:mediterranean

Lovely Photography from Brie Williams.
Daydreaming
...Andalusia, South of France, Morocco...

Japanese Textile: Mina Perhonen

10,000 Feet

Flags

Galileo

Nap

People

Stream

Textile Designs by  Mina Perhonen, a Japanese designer who named his company after spending time in Finland.

Mina means " I "and Perhonen means" butterfly".

Leaf-Its!

 Leaf- It's by Appree.
Appree is a design company inspired by nature.
 Sangwoo Nam is the designer. 

So simple, as good design should be. 

The perfect present for my sister... who marks her books all the time. 

Feeling Blues....

All images from Here.

Natural Raw Dye

One continued source of inspiration is the design team of Daniera ter Haar and Christoph Brach  of Raw Color. 

They have been working on creating colors from raw vegetables. 

They added silk to the mix. These photos are some of their results using pure and mixed vegetable dyes. 

books by the fire...

This would be perfect next to my sister's fireplace so she could read when there is a huge snowstorm and the power goes out. There is something very farmhouse, little house on the prairie about her.  

However, she would be sipping some very fancy coffee beans and wrapped in a cashmere blanket.