dear ada

david jimenez.

 

It's been a long, long, long time since I've posted about one of my favorite interior styles, the happy, eclectic, classic and mixed up, hollywood regency. Truth be told, I've been a little burned out on it over the past year and I find myself softening it's presence in my life. But that doesn't mean I still don't appreciate it as a genre, especially when it's done in such a fresh, updated way as interior designer david jimenez is doing it. He can do the classic, strong hollywood regency most definitely (below), but is also nicely playing with a softer and more approachable take on the style (as in the image above). Very nice!

Original link found via the ever fabulous, fun and inspiring, desire to inspire.

ruzzetti and gow.

Yikes, these are curious and amazing. Mounted ostrich eggs from ruzzetti and gow. Strange, and almost a little disturbing for some reason. But come on, an egg topped with coral, mounted on a turned, black finial. Pretty wild and ok, pretty cool too.

bold, confident black and white.

I must have been daydreaming, but I just discovered that one of my favorite pattern designers lotta jansdotter has a blog. I found these fabulous images she took in her 2/6 post, at a visit to house in Long Island. Room after room decorated with confident, simple wallpaper patterns. I especially love the mix of the simple, bold graphics with the classic landscape paintings in gilded frames. Such confidence and joy and kind of hollywood regency sensibility too. Perfection on all fronts!

grey gardens on ebay.

Oh I love that hollywood regency style so imagine my joy when I found this amazing ebay link on the wonderful decor8. Fa-ha-bu-luos find. Bookmark, visit often, shop to you drop. Much thanks for the happy tip!

turquoise hollywood regency.

I hope I'm not the last to know about the groovy, hollywood regency-esque, totally modern fabulousness of turquoise in L.A. Regardless, I'm very happy I know about them now. This little hall vignette makes me weak at the knees. The color, the mix of furniture and accessories, the coral red lamps. Perfection.

And mucho thanks to a new blog discovery, orange beautiful, which it totally is, by the way.

karin blach nielson.

Simple, modern forms mixed with a restrained filigree decoration. A perfect balance from karin blach nielsen. Very nice.

jimmy choo perfection.

Can I say how much I love these shoes from jimmy choo. They are perfection. The silhouette, the hollywood regency print, the colorway, the sweet little ankle strap. Not going to get them, but still want them. To-ho-tally fabulous.

hollywood regency all in one.

I'm not a big fan of the recent trend in furniture that mixes disparete parts together to form one jumbled melange. But for some reason, I really like this particular sideboard from bocadolobo an awful lot. The proportions, the graphic quality of the various styles they've chosen to mix, even the color all works for me. It's a blend of all things hollywood regency in one place. Really fun!

Link via a new found design resource, kostasvoyatzis

hollywood regency meets envelope design.

Beyond the fact that this pattern feels very op and groovy, it also feels rather hollywood regency to me. The amazing thing is that I found it on this fabulous flickr set that's collecting, of all things, envelope security patterns. How great is that. And how amazing that there are so many different ones out there. Proof once again, that there's inspiration to be found everywhere!

Link via acejet 170.

deborah bowness.

I love this hand screened wallpaper from deborah bowness. It's kind of hollywood regency meets andy warhol. Imagine a bright, simple, modern painting hung on a wall covered in this paper. The clash would be magnificant!