Saturday, October 20, 2012

Nate the Great

A few months ago, I blogged about Nate Berkus and his upcoming decor line at Target, well the time is finally here and his line launches tomorrow!  We've seen bits and pieces of it and I'm so excited to see more. 


Image via Curbed


 I'm really loving brass accessories, here's a lamp I'm especially in love with from the collection.  

Image via CasaSugar


Not only does Nate have a decor line launching at Target, he has a brand new book called "The Things That Matter".  I'm just dying to get my hands on this book.  I heard it's a design book you actually want to read and not one you get for the beautiful pictures.  He goes into detail about his life and the things that have influenced his design style. 

Recently, his Manhattan apartment was featured in Architectural Digest.  

 I love how some of the books are horizontal in the bookcase. 


 The family room before.


 The family room after. 


 The living room, I'm loving the brass accessories in this room. 


 The kitchen before.


The kitchen after.  This is my favorite room, I love the black high gloss cabinets along with the subway tile back splash.  The brass handles on the cabinets look great with the black. 


In this room Nate masked the low windows with high blinds and long curtains, what a genius idea to make the windows look bigger. 

All apartment images via Architectural Digest

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Working For The Weekend

Weekends.....I love them!  I can't help it, but I'm always thinking about the upcoming weekend, that's probably why I love the 80's song "Working For The Weekend" so much!  I like my job, but I do love a few days off from the demands of a daily schedule, although our weekends get busy with errands and trying to catch up on life.  That's why I love little weekend getaways.  It's great to leave town and get out of the rut and the monotony of the week.  I always come back feeling refreshed and ready to take on new challenges.  

A few weeks ago I got an email from Everlane, a new company that sells t-shirts and other wardrobe basics, advertising that their weekender bags are back in stock.  I did notice that the first round of bags sold out fast and I'm glad to hear they have more.  I just love the classic style of these bags and of course it got me thinking of the weekend!


 
 


Here is the blue and gray bag and the olive and orange bag, there are some other great colors on the website.  These are the women's bags, but I think they look masculine enough for guys to use too.


I started searching for some other weekend bags and I found a few that I really like.  Now we just need to plan that weekend trip.   










Graf and Lantz via Refinery29