toile de jouy

I have always loved toile de jouy patterns, but am still trying to figure out a way to incorporate a bit of it  in our house ,while still retain a modern look. Perhaps an accent pillow or something would be nice - most of the examples I see are of entire toile rooms - encompassing curtains, bed spreads and lampshades... perhaps a bit overdose inducing in that case.

more marimekko

I thought I would share another Marimekko piece that we have in our little home. This one is newer (I think you can still buy this pattern from any Marimekko store) and it is the fist stretched wall hanging I had attempted to do myself. After a lot of stretching and staple gunning, it turned out fairly straight... yay! It hangs across from our vintage Marimekko piece, so they live as a happy pair.

perfect pattern

I recently bought a shirt from one of my favorite local clothing labels, lifetime collective - it has the most pretty autumn pattern. It makes me want to go for a hike in the woods and collect pine cones.