6.12.2013

Corners of Your heart

There is a saying "When one door closes another one opens." While the first door hasn't really closed yet, I am going to take advantage of that second door being open. I am moving Saturday, finally out of a room that I spent many years in, more years than I would have liked, but the times I spent in it were great. 

A bedroom for most people is usually relegated for sleeping or catching a great book in the comfort of your bed. But for me my room was my office, my dining room, my craft room, my living room, my dressing room and lastly my bedroom all in one, that was a pretty big room for only being 12x10. I didn't really have the luxury of running around the apartment that I shared with my dad to have full reign of spreading those tasks outside of my bedroom. How I managed it, I have no clue. My next bedroom will be for sleeping, reading while wrapped in my covers and dressing, but that it! I refuse to have a TV in the room or even think about eating a full meal in bed anymore. 

I cant wait to get into my new apartment and start decorating! -I promise I will have pics asap of the progress and the final result. I have so many ideas, some of the ideas came from Pinterest, Apartment Therapy, Design Sponge, Honey & Fitz, and Brooklyn Limestone (the first ever blog I followed.) But a lot of my ideas came from my own brain, so many years of antiquing with my mother and watching her decorate as well as seeing things that I want to apply to decor. 

So until then I leave you with some photos I snapped sometime last year of my current room. 

Just a sunnies and clutches display, the shoes vary throughout the season, all back dropped by a Thomas Gainsborough painting I picked up for $5 at a flea market. 

My body form who actually creeps out anyone who first sees it. Her clothing and accessories change throughout the seasons as well. Isn't that sari gorgeous? I wore it to a wedding. Oh and another flea market find with the Vermeer painting. 

I hand painted that mask, the actual mask I picked up on a trip to Venice, Italy in 2005.

An actual snap of me, probably blogging. My bed is unbelievably comfy, its like sleeping on a cloud, I swear everyone who gets on it falls asleep immediately. 

My postage stamp sized closet. But I am very organized, I have double rods and have almost 100 pairs of shoes in there. I actually devised a system so I know where each shoe is, keeps me from having to go digging for hours for a particular pair. 

Simple jewelry and perfume storage in a black and white theme. 

I love to paint but my mom is the artist, she did the Cala Lillies painting above my bed. My night table is my favorite piece in my room, my mom picked up back when I was a wee one. 

6.07.2013

Stoop Chat

top: Beacon's Closet / shorts: Levis via Crossroads Trading Co / bag: Marc by Marc Jacobs / shoes: House of Harlow 









Sundays are meant for doing all your chores last minute before the work week starts anew. This past Sunday was no different, I finally brought up my summer clothes - 4 days of humid 90 degree days call for minimal strips of fabrics to stay cool. I also got my first pedicure of the season, so I am totally ready for summer. Especially now I have this great yellow Marc by Marc Jacobs straw bag that will go with my navy color dominate wardrobe, can't wait to rock it again. 

Speaking of weather, when is it gonna stop being windy in NYC? I swear everyday it has been windy and my hair is blowing in my face. I have that kind of hair that is light and will blow around in the slightest breeze, which means I go home and my hair is in millions of knots. Its also not conducive to taking photos in them. Oh, work is the worst place for the wind, we have piles of sand and dried powdered concrete blowing around the yard so its not fun to get a mouthful or eyeful of the stuff. 

photos by Tessa Mu

6.03.2013

Full Spectrum


top and skirt: H&M / shoes: Nine West (old) / bag: R&Em / sunnies: Karen Walker "Anytime" / bulldog pin - MACK Trucks  / lyrics bottle necklace: DIY / star necklace: c/o By Boe / lipstick - Covergirl "Spellbound"










Happy June 3rd! 

If you follow me via Instagram, you would have seen that I posted a pic on Friday wearing this shirt at work and that I said I was remixing it for an after work outfit.  Its been 90 degrees here in NYC so Ive been trying to wear lighter fabrics and this shirt is light and perfect to keep cooler. 

When I actually walked into the garage at work the guys were like I brought my own sunshine to work, but they really liked how the color complemented my skin. I hardly every get complements from them since I usually wear my simple tees, basic jeans and my beat up work boots or sneakers and my outfits aren't really loud or dazzling.  But I don't really care since I'm surrounded by mechanics and truck drivers all day. So I'mtrying to be as comfortable as possible and wearing clothes that stand up to the wear and dirt from working in a garage/concrete plant.  But as soon as the work day is over I cant wait to pop on a skirt with some heels and have a bit of a girl moment again. 

So Friday when I got home I decided to throw on a skirt, some heels and pink lipstick and headed out the door for dinner with David. I also grabbed the sunglasses that happened to match my shirt.  I have to thank Lisa, who I met at the Karen Walker show, that I went to in February, her friend hooked us up with some sunglasses. 

Oh and I don't know why but my eyes decided to be green in color this week. My eyes are normally  blue, crazy! 


5.31.2013

In Bloom


dress and blazer : thrifted / necklace: u/k 








Since I'm still recuperating but taking it easy at home, I've been shuffling pictures around between my laptop and my desktop and I have found a few pictures from past outfit shots that I haven't used. 

These pictures are from last October when the last of the summer warmth allowed me to romp around in a dress and bare feet. I actually blogged about this dress already in this post, but I never wore the blazer in the shots. I picked up both the dress and the blazer thrifting and I love how they worked together perfectly. 

Its funny how things plan out because like I mentioned in the post back in October a few days after I took the shots, NYC suffered major damaged due to Hurricane Sandy. To this day people are still replacing their homes or even worse living in trailers while they wait for funds to rebuild. I know someone who happens to be living in a trailer that they bought themselves and are waiting for money from insurance and FEMA to come in. But today, the Rockaways, who has suffered the majority of the damage in the city finally got back their subway line. Without the "A" train,  it was taking people 3 hours to commute by temporary bus lines, where as the train would take them an hour and a half. Can you imagine that? 

photos by Tessa Mu