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February 8, 2012 · 8:02 am

Montage: 34 Rooms with Love

The web has been littered with hearts and such since the beginning of the month. I was going to hold this post until next week, but I figured I’d join the party early. These rooms all spell love, literally. Well, there’s one amour.

Twine | photographer Armelle Habib

achitects Elding Oscarson | Liz Caan

via Mak & Jill | Cath Kitson in Lonny

photographer Marjon Hoogervorst | photographer Lisa Cohen

Norske Interiorblogger

via The Aestate | Norske Interiorblogger

Diane Bergeron | unidentified

via The Aestate | stylist Selina Lake

unidentified | Flickr – Dottie Angel

photographer Graham Atkins-Hughes
stylist Heather Nette King photographed by Armelle Habib

via Apartment Therapy

Flickr – royaltygirl

via Flickr – Laura Smera

Flickr – Iro {ivy style33}

via Funky Bear Decor

via Pinterest

architect William T. Georgis

via Inspace Locations

Robyn Karp

photographer Douglas Friedman

Found Associates

Anna Beth Chao

via Design Public

via Where the Sidewalk Begins

stylist Heather Nette King

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February 7, 2012 · 8:02 am

Design Diary: The Saguaro Palm Springs

The Saguaro Palm Springs, brought to you by the developers of the Ace Hotel, opened last week, just in time for Modernism Week and well in time for those heading out for April music festival Coachella.

Designed by NYC-based Peter Stamberg & Paul Aferiat of Stamberg Aferiat Architecture, the hotel is a re-vamped a three-story Holiday Inn from 1977, re-imagined in serious Technicolor. The color palette reflects the vibrancy of the Southwest, in hues derived from 14 indigenous flowers of the Mojave Desert.

Guest rooms boast multicolored striped bedding, orange furniture, a bubble gum pink accent wall, and royal purple carpeting. A wood table and chairs and black and white images by Palm Springs photographer Jim Cornett ground the rooms with a bit of natural realism.

There are 245 rooms, a second floor public space with a wild red Bird-of-Paradise wallpaper on the ceiling, an expansive pool in a lush courtyard complete with a cabana pool bar, a spa, and two restaurants by Iron Chef Jose Garces, one with a tequila bar, the other with a wine bar.

The Saguro Palm Springs, 1800 East Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, California.

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February 6, 2012 · 8:02 am

ARTmonday: Arite Kannovas

During my Sunday afternoon catching up on what’s been posted on design blogs this week, I spotted an image on The Design Files blog that led me to painter Arite Kannovas. It was the bedroom of Melbourne stylist Heather Nette King. Above her bed, she hung a newly acquired painting by the artist. Turns out King’s blog is quite fantastic as well, and promptly added it to Google Reader.

Back to Arite Kannovas. According to Daily Imprint (another blog worth a follow), Arite, who also lives in Melbourne, both paints and designs textiles. Her use of color is fantastic, and King’s crisp white room is just the way to show it off. (My favorite is “Eye Candy”, in case anyone who loves me is reading this.)

The home of stylist Heather Nette King.