welcome home

windsor smith at home

Well, I'm all moved in to my new pad and have begun to settle in a bit.  One of the items on my (long) list of projects for the place is to paint the back of the front door a glossy black.  I've been in love with black lacquer doors for years and I'm excited to finally have the freedom to paint the door whatever color I want!  Speaking of...I'm heavily leaning toward Farrow & Ball's Off-Black in full gloss.  (P.S. Is it just me or did Farrow & Ball re-do their website?)

jenna lyons and vincent mazeu in domino

domino magazine

images via house beautiful | domino | simply seleta | ma belle

birthday girl

I know I've been pretty MIA when it comes to updating this blog, and I really apologize.  Life just gets in the way of blogging sometimes....  

I wanted to write a special post because today is my birthday!  (And apparently a lot of other people's birthday, according to Facebook.)  I started my day with a delicious pain au chocolate and latte and will continue a day of good eats with dinner at Surfside in Glover Park and drinks out with my girlfriends!

I wish I had a J birthday crown like Jenna Lyons to wear today!  Have a wonderful day everyone!

*images via martha stewart and department of the interior

in case you missed it: jenna lyons on oprah

J. Crew's Executive Creative Director Jenna Lyons appeared on Oprah today to chat about having her dream job. She invited an Oprah camera crew to follow her around for a day.  Check out the video below.

My favorite Jenna-related item on the blogosphere is the  Huffington Post's sneak peak into her office (including an awesome "j" crown I could put to use).  Check it out.  

Finally, I guess this would be a good time to admit to you all that I have a mild addiction to J. Crew.  My addiction got so bad, I gave up shopping at J. Crew as my 2009 New Year's resolution.  I made to late September before I broke down and bought two sweaters :)