New York Eclectic

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This is a dream loft.

It actually exists (and on the Upper West Side), but it looks like something more out of an imagination or set design than a real life residence.

Between the floor to ceiling windows, simple-yet-modern furniture, oversized fireplace and museum-quality artworks, it's not easy to discern which design component really makes this apartment so stunning.

The ceiling really ties the whole space together. With the expressionist brushstrokes on a mural scale, the painted ceiling, and the way it is juxtaposed against crisp white architecture, makes the whole space  come to life.

"New York Eclectic" at its finest.

Opulent Modernity

(Cynthia Rowley, Rodarte, and Suno)

One of the spring trends to emerge from the runways in New York, that I'm most excited about is Modern Brocade.

This season designers are taking brocade, which is a material most commonly used in occasion dressing during the fall and holiday seasons, and putting it into daywear for summer.

Because the material is being used in a new way, the silhouettes are staying simple and easy to wear. 

The other thing about this brocade trend that's really fun, is that it really is seasonless. Take the Suno skirt in the last picture. You can wear it styled as pictured in the warmer months, or throw on a sweater and boots to keep wearing through winter.

It's a lovely trend, that doesn't feel like a trend.

Is there anything more perfect?

Things That Are Awesome Thursday: Internet Menagerie

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Now that I'm no longer a full time art history student, I no longer spend my days sifting through countless databases and archives looking for images and primary sources.

Today, however, I landed on the "Classic Illustrated Zoologies and Related Works 1550-1900" database on the New York Public Library.

Needless to say, this is the greatest thing I've seen on the internet in ages.

Things That Are Awesome Thursday: City Geometries

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Cities are really amazing places. There are so many people, so many things; all in all, a whole lot of energy confined to the same space at once.

I always find it awe inspiring to find a moment of serenity in cities.

Lately, I've been really inspired by the geometric lines in these quiet city moments.

The top picture is of TV antennas in Lisbon and the second picture is on the Williamsburg Bridge in New York. They're totally different places and very different cities, but they both have these wonderful serene moments. I think between the stark blue of the Portuguese sky and the hazy grey of New York, these pictures also embody my anticipation of the coming season change into fall.

While you'll never hear me complain about a summer day in Portugal (or anywhere for that matter), I'm definitely ready and looking forward to a heathered New York fall.