• Tune Out and Turn On

     

    I’m inspired as of late.  I’m finding crazy/wonderous/beautiful things everywhere I look.  It’s like I’ve snapped out of a foggy stupor.  I haven’t discovered a new vitamin or taken up Buddhism, but I have made a committed effort to unplug from the oversaturated and under-inspired world of regurgitated design.  It’s become pretty obvious lately that most of what’s online, in magazines and in the stores is the same recycled concept over and over again – i.e., a random mix of genres with the ubiquitous pop of color, pseudo-ethnic pillows and obligatory mid-century focal piece.  Bleh, enough!  In this day and age it seems that the internet has become our main source of inspiration – I think that may actually be one of the seven signs of the apocalypse – and everyone is plugged into the same circuit.  So as one who is not only guilty of this crime, but who champions the cause (yes, I realize as a blogger I am the pot calling the kettle black), I say turn off your smartphone, log off Facebook, ignore this week’s blog feed and look around you.  There is beauty in the world!

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    Tricia xo

     

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  • Lonny

    Luxe & Lucid was on hiatus last week.  My home laptop was corrupted by a virus (good times),

    so I wasn’t able to blog.  Here’s a quick post until the next in-depth Luxe & Lucid installment …

     

    Although it breaks my heart to watch so many shelter mags shutter their production, I am happy to report

    that one forward-thinking and stylish girl has come to the rescue in our time of need.  Michelle Adams has

    launched LONNY, a new online design magazine.  Currently into its second issue, the “e-zine” is winning rave

    reviews and already has 10,000 fans on Facebook.  I am beyond impressed with its stylish content, beautiful

    photography and easy-to-use web format.  It takes A LOT  to impress me, so let me assure you that this is one chic

    periodical and well worth a bookmark.  I’ve “torn out” some of my favorite pages from Lonny - volume 2 below.

     

     

     

     

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    The Cover

    Every page is printable, email-able, blog-able.

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    A gorgeous spread on the Hotel Keppler.  A definite contender for my next trip to Paris.

     

     

     

     

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    The article on uber chic Haus Interior is a showcase for the magazine’s slick, stylish photography.

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    I pretty much love everything in their Gift Guide.

     

     

     

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    This is a dressing room in J. Crew’s upper east side shop.

    It could have been a Huntley & Co. design!

     

     

     

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    A detail from Kate Spade on 5th Avenue.

    I don’t know what I’m looking at, but I love it.