Have a wonderful Weekend!

It's been kind of a busy week for me so I haven't posted as much as I would like to but I leave you with some new products, a great sale and eye candy! Have a safe and pleasant night tonight! xoxo
Rubie Green has some great new fabrics and lovely new images on her site! Also check out her fantastic blog.

I adore this bathroom with the beautiful graphic flower mural tiled wall!!
These Jolina Sputnik Pendants are 50% off!! Someone get one please!!
Walnut Veneer Lauralei Chair. Wouldn't it look amazing in an eating area or office?
Another cozy rug:)
I think this dual purposed P'kolino toddlers bed is genius.

Lovely Idea

Ohdeedoh's Trend Watch just posted this nursery (which was on Nesting Blog) highlighting sheepskins in nursery's. I adore this nursery! The splashes of green, yellow and blue are perfect with the white walls and floor. And what a cozy idea to place the sheepskin there:)

Winner

And the winner is ........... Mary from Hoganfe Handmade!! Mary, please email me your address whenever you can. Congrats to you!!!!

Almost!

Thanks everyone who entered the Ready To Cover table Giveaway!!! I will announce the winner sometime tomorrow. I am heading back to Boise from DC tomorrow afternoon so hopefully I will announce it sometime in the morning.
Also I was nominated for a blog award (thank you to whoever the lovely person is that nominated me) so if you have a moment in your busy and wonderful day could you kindly follow this link and vote for Simply Grove?? No pressure of course!! But....that would be just fabulous:)

Below is a crazy perfect space designed by Brown Design featured in Angeleno Interiors Magazine. 

Magazine Monday. Im in love.....

....with Jenna Lyons house!!!! Yep, in love! If you haven't received or boughten the November issue of Domino yet you are in for quite a treat. When I flew into the Reagan airport on Friday and saw it I was pretty stoked:) Jenna (J Crew Director) has a FABULOUS home. The living room alone is amazing. My second favorite room is her son's bedroom.
Also a HUGE congrats to Grace Bonney of Design Sponge and Holly Becker from Decor 8 and all of the other lovely bloggers who were featured in Domino! Its an all around great issue.

(Don't forget to enter my GIVEAWAY!!!)

SG Giveaway!!!

Its time for another fun Giveaway! Don't you just love Giveaway's? This one is so easy and so worth it!!!
You have a chance to win this lovely Ready To Cover Decorator Table. You will be able to pick the size of your choice!


So this is how you are to enter. Please visit the Ready To Cover website. Select the size of table that you would like. Then come back to Simply Grove and click on the comment section. Leave a comment with the size of table that you would like to win and how you would decorate your table. The last day to enter will be Tuesday, October 28th. I will announce the winner on Wednesday.

See, so easy and the prize is very much worth it:) And if you are addicted to Giveaway's here is another great one to enter.

Shop Away

I am feeling a bit under the weather today so I am postponing the Giveaway until tomorrow but I couldn't just leave you with nothing today.

The lovely Elise from Burke Decor has given all Simply Grove readers 10% off of there orders from now until New Years!! Just type in GROVE at checkout. Shop happy!!

Apartment Therapy

Hey Folks. Check out my house tour at Apartment Therapy! Have a lovely Tuesday evening and I will be back tomorrow for an amazing GIVEAWAY!

Nella Vetrina

Here is the rest of Nella Vetrina's collection. This Italian based company totally caught my eye. I love the uniqueness of all of the there pieces. Enjoy:)

Fryd + Design

Jeanette from Fryd + Design is one fabulous blogger. We became blogging friends this last spring. (I have hergreen owl print hung in my powder room right now.) Anyhow, I was visiting her wonderful blog today and was stopped in my tracks by photos of her lovely home!! It is so lovely that it was shot recently for a magazine...Read more here.

Monika Eyers

Domino.
Did I grab your attention with that one influential word? If you said no then your lying!! Just kidding:) But the truth is we all love Domino. We look forward to receiving our newest issue and soaking it all in.
Many of you recognize the name Monika Eyers as an editor for Domino. Well lucky for you, you get to learn a little more about her in this post. She is simply a fabulous person so please enjoy this interview with Monika.


How long have you been an Editor for Domino Magazine?
I joined the magazine in June 2004 as a Market Editor. There were just a few of us on staff in those days and we used to sit around the conference table brainstorming ideas for how the magazine should look, be organized, etc. It was during this time that I came up with the Monika Finds It column (which Eugenia has brilliantly taken over since I moved to London). We worked for nearly a year before finally launching the first issue in Spring 2005. It's a great experience to work on the launch of a new magazine and it's been amazing to watch how it's grown in such a short time (there's even a book coming out this month)! I eventually graduated to a Senior Editor before heading off to London where I am now a Contributing Editor covering the UK and Europe.

What does a typical day for you include?
Life today is 180 degrees from my days in New York! I was a happy workaholic at Domino, which is easy to become when you have such a fun job. Days involved researching story ideas, pounding the pavement in search of great new shops and products, preparing inspiration boards for various stories, meeting with publicists, going to launch parties, etc. All of which culminated in photo shoots for the magazine every month. A busy bee indeed!

Since moving to London, I've gone from the hare to the tortoise which was been an interesting change. I work from home now so the day usually begins with a coffee and Larry King (it's on in the morning here), then a jog in Holland Park and "office hours" in the afternoon to bridge the morning in New York. I have found the change of scenery incredibly inspiring so I'm always sending ideas back to the office. I still scout shops for beautiful things to report back on, and meet with publicists often to keep in the loop, but I'm no longer running around like a headless chicken. And I'm always shamelessly asking people "how's your house??" in hopes of finding a gem!


How do you define great style?
Any room, no matter what style, needs a balance of proportion and scale but for the truly stylish, I think one look is easy to pull off, it's the blending that is an art. Throwing it a bit off kilter, adding an element of surprise, a dash of the unexpected… Even the most classic iconic room, outfit, whatever, is better if something unexpected is thrown in. Mastering the art of that, while avoiding an overt identity crisis, is what I consider great style.


How do you define your style?
Dare I use the exhausted phrase "boho chic" but it does capture the look I tend to favor. I love classic elements mixed with ethnic accents (rugs, poufs, textiles) and, adhering to the aforementioned rule, a modernist element to break it all up (like my sleek B&B Italia sofa). This combination is pretty much my signature look no matter where I'm living - in New York it was a modern loft and now in London it's a traditional Georgian flat.


Who are your style icons?
I think a style icon surpasses the boundaries of just dressing well or just decorating a house well. They are who you look to for inspiration holistically and they make everything look so easy. For me, two people that embody this are Carolina Irving and Diana Vreeland.

While I've never me her, I so admire Irving's aesthetic and seemingly effortless ability to make disparate things flow together seamlessly. She has such a great eye and a clever edit of the choices before her. Every time I see a photo of her home or her fabric collection or her outfits, I just think "genius!"

I've also read a lot about Diana Vreeland and find her absolutely fascinating. The term maverick has been popularized in today's political sphere and Vreeland epitomized a maverick in her day. Her strength, confidence and gumption in business, fashion and her home were aw-inspiring. She made her own rules and flew by the seat of her pants with an uncanny ability to make over the top opulence feel as natural as the day is long.

Carolina Irving

What is your favorite item in your home right now?

My Julian Chichester "Dakota" dining table. I needed an oval pedestal table to fit the space and searched high and low for the perfect piece. I love the Saarinen but wanted something a bit less modern. This table is the same shape but with a rosewood top and a shiny hammered nickel base. It's classic meets The Jetsons.


Favorite place to live?
Having spent a number of summers in the Hamptons on New York's Long Island, I fantasize about living out there full time some day. I've just always loved how it's on the beach with beautiful little village towns and great restaurants, shopping and galleries; but also very country, with farms, fields and vineyards everywhere. It's like the best of both worlds and is as lovely off season as on.


Who would you like to meet and have lunch with?
I always wanted to sit down with Ilse Crawford at something more intimate than a press party. Then we did have lunch once, at her home no less, and I swear I could hardly speak. When you lunch with someone you've long admired it is SO intimidating, no matter how nice they are and how cool you'd like to think you'll play it!


What would people be surprised to know about you?

I have a fear of impending doom! I'm always afraid that something bad will happen. Someone will break in, we'll get into an accident, a bus will explode on the street just as I'm walking by (seriously), the plane is going to crash, there's probably a shark in the water, the list goes on and on and on….


Favorite coffee or Tea drink?
Daily, it would be a grande skinny wet latte with a dash of vanilla powder from Starbucks. Ever, it would be Jamaican Blue Mountain drip coffee (which I did a Monika Finds It on once) – it's beyond delicious.


What is one goal you have for this next year?
To go on Safari! I have such wanderlust and I really want to take this time while I'm living in London to experience the world a bit. My two big prerequisites before returning to the States are to see India (where I'm off to next week) and to go on Safari.

Stripe

I'm Back:)
I like this Chair. Via Living Etc.

AphroChic Office Style Contest

AphroChic, Delight and Write Robinson are teaming up to have an Office Style Contest going on from now until October 31st. Go here for contest rules.

Oh No Again

Well.... I'm still having some issues with this darn computer but I have some great posts for this week including an interview with a very talented individual. So stay tuned!!! 

Via Homebug. I love this blog:)

Oh No

Blogger is giving me lots of trouble today:( I'm unable to download anything so until I can I don't have much to offer. I hope that you are having a delightful Monday!

Organize 106 (Laundry Rooms)

Here is a collection of Laundry Rooms. Some photos are just to please the eye and some are to nudge us towards organizing this space. These first 2 photos should inspire every one of us to make our laundry rooms pretty (look at that gorgeous chandelier!!!) instead of depressing. (I was preaching to myself in that last statement.)

Domino
Domino

Don't you love what Joslyn from Simply Lovely did with her laundry room??? I am inspired:)
This wall shouts organization!
Via Desire to Inspire
The pink paper looks fabulous with the grayish appliances. I would like to hang here:)
I love the thought of storing all of your soaps and detergents in Jars. This is one sparkley room.
What a great idea to dress up appliances.
Floating shelves and hanging racks are a great tip for a smaller laundry room.
house to home
A great tip for your laundry room is to only store things that apply to a laundry room. Don't allow it to become the store all room.
Martha Stewart

For Franki, Lana, My Notting Hill, Emily, Melissa and Robin.

I like....

house to home

Bubba's Room on ohdeedoh...

What a fun moment to be checking my daily reads and find my son's room on ohdeedoh!