Wednesday, February 10, 2010

girl crush


we can't say that this girl crush is new, we've been following emersonmade for a while. but the more we create inventory for our etsy shop, the more we find ourselves continually inspired by her incredible style - from her personal style, to her gorgeous flowers, to the incredibly perfect merchandising pictures. 

and so we wanted to share our girl crush with you on this snowy day, because nothing makes us warmer inside than emersonmade !




 

 






 

 

(ps the emerson mouse has a bloggie, too! http://emersonmouse.blogspot.com/)


we're sure you've been crushing too!




get the look


we often stumble upon interior styling perfection. by often, of course, we mean daily.

many times, we look at a picture, it gives us warm fuzzies and we wish we could make our spaces look like the picture. but we shrug it off as a professional photo shoot and something that we could never achieve.

that is until now.

every wednesday we're featuring a 'get the look' segment. we'll break down a room so we, as well as all my lovelies, can achieve what was once the unachievable.

when we stumbled across this picture (warm fuzzies in tow), we knew it had to be the inaugural get the look. we love the colors, the intricate, delicate, and unexpected details, and that gasp worthy clock (which we trolled the internet for days trying to locate....which we did!)





first we need a modern poster bed. we found this one from room and board for $999. but you can think of the bed as a blank canvas, you can funk it up, dress it up, make it mod - do whatever you want. so this look would work on almost any bed.



this tapestry, from urban outfitters for $28, is pretty darn close to our inspiration picture:



our next issue is the pillows. don't be afraid to mix colors or patterns or sizes! (or textures, materials, etc)

the tailor striped sham  from west elm is a doable stand- in for the large black and white print pillow.



now for some good shapes and patterns, from our dear friends at anthro (respectively: $68-168, $88, and $50):








 and from urban outfitters (respectively: $20, $24, and $28)

 
  


 


  




we're loving this one from z gallerie:




and then there's the union jack pillow. 

this one is from urban outfitters, but is no longer available.

 karen hilton designs has this one available on her etsy shop for $66:


for a carpet, we like this option from ikea for $399. it's not as busy as the one in our photo, but we're digging the color choice:

instead of the cute little stool in the picture, we've picked out a folded chair from anthro, for $199:




and last, but certainly not least, the large clock on the wall. at first we thought that this clock was porcelain. but it looked like a pillow. and after scouring for something remotely similar to this clock (for two weeks, may we add)  we found it. the conran shop has this clock (it's knit!) for $575. 

quite dissapointing. 

THEN, this VERY MORNING, we found THE CLOCK for....

wait for it....

SIXTY NINE DOLLARS AND NINETY FIVE CENTS. $69.95. 

of course, we found it on anthro:





so we put it all together....
(okay, it's not that pretty, but we can see it all at once...)








winter wonderland

enjoying the snow day!


we're taking advantage of being stuck inside and working on our inventory for our etsy shop! 

every once in a while, we glance out the windows....












we just wish we could show you how hard it's coming down! 

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

typography tuesday

in honor of valentine's day, we at her long way home would like to share our typography obsession with you all by way of valentine and love inspired typography.

the you and me its love postcard from rarrarpress is one of our favorites:



anemone letterpress' venn valentine has got us all smitten between the color choice and sweetness of the sentiment, we're right in that happiness zone with them




for a year round, permanent installation of valentine-love-typographic-perfection, we are drooling over roll and tumble letterpress's gigi love handprinted poster



and of course, what would valentine's day be without the heart breaking perfection from paloma's nest? especially when it's the title of our favorite poem?





going on now

- ideeli has a french connection sale, victorinox watches, a designer dress boutique featuring laundry, dana designs, joseph, ar cashmere, and kosta boda, as well as the sales from yesterday - nautica, alice and trixie, gustto, donna rico, michael kors sunglasses, eze sur mer and moon palace.

(french connection)

- the outnet has some great new additions, including this dress (now 70% off) from matthew williamson. (we're quite smitten)



- rue la la's newest boutiques include cosabella, english laundry by christopher wicks, and l'erba.

- haute look added tag heuer, rock and republic, decades two, cole haan, mario badescu skin care, mona taner, michelle vale, nachtmann, and 388 california cashmere.

- gilt groupe's newest additions are burberry shoes & jewelry, herve leger, marco bicego jewelry, modern staples by french connection, VPL, and jewelry by tuleste market and hazel & harlow.


(if you need an invite to any of our favorite sites, drop us a line! herlongwayhome@gmail.com) )


an american in paris - word of the day

aujord'hui  le mot du jour est blanc -- today's word of the day is white


appréciez, mes anges!



















Monday, February 8, 2010

daily sales from our favorite sites!

enjoy today's sales!

- ideeli is featuring nautica, alice and trixie, gustto handbags, donna ricco, michael kors sunglasses, eze sur mer, moon palace, miss sixty shoes, bcbg max azria, tanner krolle, trunk, qi, and a mixed sale featuring candace ang and ben amun.


- theoutnet has an upcoming sale for the fendi doctor b tote

- rue la la is currently featuring stuart weitzman, a vacation boutique, a luxury vacation items boutique, gustto, gucci watches, c & c california, and H2 at hammerman.

- hautelook has sales from 7 for all mankind (women and mens), herve leger, tourneau (preowned), kevyn aucoin beauty, project exx, yumi kim, melissa, tova, burn, roberto cavalli, and sagaform.

- scoot on over to gilt groupe to enjoy the sales from chan luu jewelry, carlos falchi, vivienne tam,
marc bouwer glamit, walter, sector watches, and jewelry by ranjana khan and lee angel. there are also sales from frette, mariebelle chocolates, yedi houseware, jimmyjane candels, and simon & co.
their gifts section is also well stocked with beautiful items for valentine's day.

(if you need an invite to any of our favorite sites, drop us a line! herlongwayhome@gmail.com)