Unique Interior Home Design with Stone Home Style in Malibu

This Malibu is the best place of quiet seclusion near the coast. Tana building occupies an area of ​​22.89 hectares of mountainous land, offers a stunning panorama of the Pacific Ocean, Boney Mountain in Los Angeles.

Malibu home style is unique in home design near the beach, home design resembles a cave. Forms of artistic room design with a bone-white space is perfect for creating a scene more lively atmosphere near the beach.

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Did you see?

DOMINO showed up at the shelves in our bookstore, I am so happy! Did I miss it earlier? Hope not...I saw it online before.

And did you see this magazine? UPPERCASE, for the creative and curious!

And this one: PRINT for visual artists!

Happy reading!

Happy weekend!

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around my house: roses and tarts

I had these pretty roses in the foyer to cheer up my entry.

Then I took them out to my patio for brunch with a dear friend in town from Boston.

 I made Carmelized Onion Quiche from a recent Family Circle Magazine, a simple salad, strawberries and banana bread.  This tart is so good.

Another recent lunch on my patio (before it gets too buggy and hot):

 This time my neighbors and I enjoyed this Lemon Curd Tart from Barefoot Contessa.  I hope you try it.  Recipe below.

Ingredients

For the tart shell:

• 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, plus more for greasing, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• Pinch salt

For the lemon curd:

• 4 lemons, at room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/4 pound (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 4 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
• 1/8 teaspoon salt

For the tart shell:

Directions

Mix the butter and sugar together in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment until they are just combined. Add the vanilla. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour and salt, then add them to the butter-and-sugar mixture. Mix on low speed until the dough starts to come together. Dump onto a surface dusted with flour and shape into a flat disk. Press the dough into a 10-inch-round or 9-inch-square false-bottom tart pan, making sure that the finished edge is flat. Chill until firm.

Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Butter 1 side of a square of aluminum foil to fit inside the chilled tart and place it, buttered side down, on the pastry. Fill with beans or rice. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove the foil and beans, prick the tart all over with the tines of a fork, and bake again for 20 to 25 minutes more, or until lightly browned. Allow to cool to room temperature.   (I skipped the beans and pricked the crust with a fork and baked without foil and it turned out fine!)

For the lemon curd:

Remove the zest of the lemons with a vegetable peeler or zester, being careful to avoid the white pith. Squeeze the lemons to make 1/2 cup of juice and set the juice aside. Put the zest in a food processor fitted with a steel blade. (I used my blender and worked nicely.) Add the sugar and process for 2 to 3 minutes, until the zest is very finely minced. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter with the sugar and lemon zest. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, and then add the lemon juice and salt. Mix until combined.

Pour the mixture into a 2-quart saucepan and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened, about 10 minutes. The lemon curd will thicken at about 175 degrees F, or just below a simmer. Remove from the heat.

Fill the tart shell with warm lemon curd and allow to set at room temperature.

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Friday love

I happened to see these images by Victoria of sfgirlbybay. 
I believe these are of her own kitchen and I have to admit sometimes I am a little slow to react... I adore her style and should have long ago put her on my blog list of greatly admired bloggers.
She sums her style up perfectly: Bohemian modern. I love the easy decorating style, from vintage to modern and the lightness of white to unite most! Splashes of color, artwork and self made prettiness.
Her kitchen is absolutely lovely! Using black board paint for the sunny kitchen nook makes a great background for the sculptural pieces she uses in her seating area.

I wish I had an eat-in kitchen, to make a difference between cozy meals and a more formal affair. But alas, my dining room must cover it all...


So here it is:

New on my blog list! And please go, have a look! Her posts are always fun and so refreshing!

Have a happy Friday and a sunny weekend!

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The Painted Sky

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have a dear connection with the always changing skies! Walking, driving, sitting somewhere, gazing up, it always let's me see the bigger picture, so to speak. 

I feel the insignificance and my smallness in the world. And yet, looking up, the sky always reassures me of the largeness of life. 

The sky brings close to me all the powers of nature, non-man made things. It's a large window at night and there passes no day, where I do not regard the sky above me.

I do not mind a storm, neither the soft grayness of a rainy day sky or the brilliant blackness of a winter firmament, dotted with stars.

I love the ever changing clouds, rushing, drifting and billowing above me. The flocks of 'sheep' or the ripples of windblown sheets of white.
The sky is painted by the sun, the great winds and the rain up there...

It speaks of the world I love!

When I do not walk in the clouds I walk as though I were lost.  ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943

All images by V.Zlotkowski.

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Today I love...

These soft and romantic interiors. They are neither overly frilly, nor too reduced in style. I like a sofa to sink in, laced with pillows....

I like the garden stool, yes, used all over, but why not? An ottoman to put my feet up and a romantic chandelier! The lightest pink on the walls, offset by the milky sage green.

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Or this garden style room, where large windows invite the outside in. I absolutely love the window casings in a darker shade, while the walls and floor blend gently together! 

This is a very large room, and yet, it feels cozy! Summer calm!

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And this interior has me absolutely enchanted, I love everything about it: The soft colors, the darker paneling and door frame, painted floor and the overall styling, which reminds me of the early 19th Century! Nature inspired wall decor gets me anytime! Again softest pink walls!

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And do I need to explain that I find this girly bedroom utterly charming?

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Lately I love the idea of darker painted woodwork. What do you think? White or color?

Happy Tuesday!

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It's a jungle out there

Saw this yesterday, while browsing some sites... 
I am not quite sure where the fabrics from, the site does not mention it, but I guess it could be Designers Guild!

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Looking at this alone certainly puts a spring in my step!








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