{blog love} this week i love…

Here’s another week’s worth of my favorite blog posts.  I hope you find some new inspiration!

Design & Decor:

• Lauren’s home updates – {pure style home} – this gal has style, I adore all the white and rustic elements!
• Atlanta market round-up – {Curious Sofa Diaries} – especially loving all of the linen/burlap upholstered items
• Beautifully tablescaped vegetarian lunch for six – {Eddie Ross} – Eddie has such effortless style!
• Love/hate relationship with Ikea – {pure style home} – I’m totally with her on this, but love the items she’s purchased!
• Design crush on Robyn Karp – {elements of style} – love her neutral foundations with pops of color, plus traditional furniture mixed with modern
• Deck pergola – {Brooklyn Limestone} – I am a total sucker for pergolas and absolutely love this corner pergola on Mrs. L’s new deck…I want to do this if we ever re-do our deck to help further shield us from the adjacent street!
• Gorgeous New England “ranch” – {elements of style} – I mean wow, the barn, the gardens, the shingled house, the view…this is amazing!…someday (sigh)
• Amy Butler bedding at Bed Bath & Beyond – {decor8} – I’m thinking one of these sets will be perfect for Jenn‘s bedroom redo
• Quadrille fabric & wallpaper – {Blueprint Bliss} – ooooh I love so many of these (especially Ziggurat, Nitik, Java Java, Fiorentina, Cintra, and Aga Reverse)
• Lantern round-up – {design*sponge} – need a lantern? – here’s your list!
• Anthropologie’s new lookbook – {decorology} – pretty pics from Anthro…still LOVE that Chesterfield sofa, ack!
• Vintage wallpaper cutouts for nurseries – {elements of style} – what fun design elements for a nursery or child’s room (ideas for so many of my pregger friends!)
• Best yellows – {Good Bones Great Pieces} – great round-up of the best yellows to paint in your home
• How to pick a new lampshade – {Bossy Color Blog}
• Bold & unusual lighting – {La Dolce Vita}
• Inspirational Atlanta designers – {Things That Inspire} – beautiful showrooms by Carole Weaks, Bob Brown and Suzanne Kasler
• Absolutely beautiful kitchen – {Brooklyn Limestone} – the finishing touches on Mrs. L’s stunning kitchen (I love it!!!)
• Before & after: suzanni-covered chairs – {design*sponge} – wow!
• Etagere round-up – {Material Girls} – loving these etageres…especially the first bronze one!
• ROMO fabrics & wallpapers – {Haven & Home} – absolutely gorgeous prints and stripes!
• Favorite “grandma” linens & toiles – {pure style home} – great round-up of super pretty linens

Recipes:

• Apricot tarts with frangipane – {Savour Fare} – this one’s for my mom, who recently planted an apricot tree at the Bay House
• Perfect yellow cake – {Smitten Kitchen} – say goodbye to Betty Crocker boxed cake mix!
• Duck in blackberry sauce – {Savour Fare} – this totally reminds me of all the canard (duck) we ate in France last summer!
• Parsley dip, two ways – {Heart of Light}

Projects & DIY:

• DIY candle sleeves – {Small & Chic in C’ville} – I totally want to snag this idea for our dining room chandelier!
• Concrete garden spheres – {design*sponge} – this looks SO easy and would be the best garden addition!…so creative
• No-sew banner tutorial – {mint} – fun decoration idea for a party!