So Beautiful

I wish we could see the rest. Beautiful architecture and plantings.

Greener Acres - Perfect Pool House in Chicago

Greener Acres - Chicago Home "Greener Acres ~ A grand home in Lake Forest goes formal and nearly flowerless with Euro-style landscape design" I love this perfect pool house, don't you? The article from Chicago Home Magazine is very interesting. Notice the lack of color in the landscape design . . . green only. Don't forget to view the photo gallery. 

Stockholm Library | WOW

It makes me dizzy just to look at the enormous bookshelves in the Stockholm Library. WOW. Click image to enlarge for the full effect. 

Mud Room Of My Dreams

This is absolutely wonderful. Love the double door.

Green Pleated Skirt by Maira Kalman

Sounds like a plan. Isn't this one of the sweetest things to dream about?

"My dream is to walk around the world. A smallish backpack, all essentials neatly in place. A camera. A notebook. A traveling paint set. A hat. Good shoes. A nice pleated (green?) skirt for the occasional seaside hotel afternoon dance." — The Principles of Uncertainty by Maira Kalman

Fabulous Laundry Room

You can't possibly imagine how much I love this laundry room. via 

34 Fresh Ideas for Decorating a Home Office Area

Decorating a home office area can be tricky. I liked so many of these . . . click on the link and see each of the 34 wonderful ideas. I have lots of horizontal working space in my own personal home office and right now every single inch is covered with papers. Really! But ask me where anything is and I can put my hands right on it. via google images

Summer on the Lower East Side | Weegee, 1937

Weegee | 1937 "Summer on the Lower East Side" Today would have been a good day for a repeat performance. It's very hot in the Northeast.