Whoa.

Click to view all of the lovely offerings... swoooooooooon!

Loving Room Style

A dining room and kitchen to die for... someday, someday!

Images and inspiration courtesy of Pink Wallpaper.

Geronimo!

Geronimo Balloons currently on half-price sale here.

perfection

I think this is what we're going for...

the golden rule

It's a circus in here.

Check out this gorgeous find via Found & Beautiful's All the Fun of the Fair // Upon a fold!

Perfect reception centerpieces, no?

fall/winter projects

When the weather begins to get chilly, I'm going to keep busy with several exciting projects!

Plantation shutters in the living space

Black paint in the bathroom

Backsplash in the kitchen

as easy as black + white

If I were to re-do the style of my home, I think I'd focus on black + white for everything with a splash of color in each room... ahh... these are gorgeous images! {click the image for source}

Life is like a

feel the love

I'm feeling mushy today, which means you get to reap the benefits of the love flowin' through my veins... all finds via Etsy.com

back *splish* splash

Always in the mood for a revamp of my living quarters, I'm recently infatuated with the idea that the kitchen is in need of a fabulous tile or glass back-splash. Do you have a company that you would like to suggest?

sneak-peek into Chicago's own West Elm

This morning I had the absolute pleasure of attending the pre-Grand Opening event at Chicago's own West Elm store on North Avenue in Lincoln Park. I'll be writing about my experience soon, but here is a sneak-peek at what I saw...

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

guess where I'm going tomorrow

I'm one lucky girl. Tomorrow morning I'll be attending the media/press day at the brand new Chicago West Elm!

I'll be seeing & touching this...

...and this...

...and this...

...and this...

...and certainly this!

I'm thrilled to be invited and hopeful we'll be offered a special discount for the day!

North Avenue's West Elm Chicago opens Wednesday, February 3rd

For now, shop here

sit down and get to work

Often dreaming of my ideal workspace, I have a pretty-close idea to what my future office will look like... until then, I share with you these great spaces...

in my dream world

I'd be sitting right here



writing to you

Click on the image to view more amazing things via Graham & Green.

style deals around chicago

Many thanks to Chicago Magazine for making our lives easy and sharing the best & current style deals around Chicago! See link below for direct access to the Chicago Magazine article...

Sales Check: Sales, openings, and shopping news in Chicago for January 2010 - Chicago magazine - January 2010 - Chicago

tablet time: viceroy palm springs

A tablet can be many things: a scratch pad of paper, a pill, etc.

My tablet of choice, however, is Tablet Hotels. As quoted from the Tablet Hotels website "Tablet Hotels is the cure for boring travel -- the one-stop prescription shop for the jaded and harried traveler." ... and I couldn't agree more. After five minutes on the site, I fell in love and have been addicted ever since! Not only does Tablet Hotels showcase the most amazing boutique hotels around the world and offer rooms at amazing prices, the website also provides 'tablet guides' which direct even the most discerning traveler to the hotel's nearest and most coveted restaurants and entertainment venues. Bliss!

I am going to try to find time to provide a regular segment on Chocolate Pizza Stiletto Love called 'tablet time' where I will showcase one of my most recent and favorite finds from Tablet Hotels. This week...

Viceroy Palm Springs in Palm Springs, California

Style: Cutting-Edge

Atmosphere: Secluded

64 Rooms

It seems everything old becomes new again someday; who’d have thought geriatric Palm Springs could relive its glamorous glory days? Yet that’s just what’s happening, as a new generation of Angelenos skips out on Beverly Hills and heads inland to this desert oasis hideaway. And in Palm Springs, it doesn’t get more stylish than the Viceroy—once the Estrella, this place has seen it all, from Joan Crawford and Errol Flynn to American presidents and one King.

rockin' in style

You probably remember this post... where I announced that I had won something amazing... well, finally I remembered to post a photo of it for you! My new rocker, one that I have always wanted, is at ease in it's new home.

Rocco likes it too.

Thanks again to The Snoopster!

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

Can you even believe it!?! I won! Me. I won. This is amazing!

One of my favorite local blogs, The Snoopster, is notorious for finding incredible home decor items and assisting in inspiring home-owners across the metro area! She also offers a regular 'giveaway' opportunity on the blog. I was the lucky winner of this rocker, something I've had my eye on for many many years! I am beyond excited and feeling lucky. Perhaps this is a good time to head down to Vegas? Nah... I'll keep my luck local this time. If you're hoping my luck will rub off on you, please visit The Snoopster and see about winning yourself this classy 'ghost chair' with your creative haiku!

cover it up!

This fall/winter season, Prince Charming and I would like to cover up our main room windows with something that will also assist in keeping the heating bill lower than usual. Over the course of the last two hours, I have now gotten my heart set on these...

gorgeous gray wool curtains
from West Elm

...however, these curtains cost roughly $100 per panel and we need six of them! Do you know of any more affordable options? [Our windows span 135" wide and over 100" tall.. and we have two sets of those.]