tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48720753585853390032024-03-05T18:38:56.595-08:00a lovely beinga lovely beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852071433911289368noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872075358585339003.post-55662913743904006212009-12-27T22:09:00.000-08:002010-01-06T08:41:44.690-08:00the infamous mission road antique mall<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPzlVBVmyrw8nel8qOEW_bV0AnddXIdjHimdzWSROmr0vGNrq43lMBrc74My-Qkk34uJsm6h8QroNPJ2OPIcQxdBXz1YK7nrUizx6DjzlfGU-IROh6Kg7tXFesiLTkrldDEewc88PpbI/s1600-h/IMG_0361.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;text-decoration: underline; "><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/45703570@N08/4245789041/" title="CoralWallHanging by a lovely being, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4245789041_febbf18f69.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="CoralWallHanging" /></a><br /></div></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">gorgeous coral canvas wall hanging</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">this afternoon my brother and I went to the </span><a href="http://www.missionroadantiquemall.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">mission road antique mall</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, one of kansas city's hidden gems that also happens to be two minutes away from my house. he has developed a sudden interest in interior design, so I'm helping him update his room. my first client! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">the mission road antique mall is my happy place. I'll show you why:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiINakqeImyF6u8RNkWX8mO7694V1u7w0OSXiDZ9KvMbw6hM1_4cwqoJyEJ1x_owKbbN53mMT9aTnolX05eN0W5wsP8t-CFoC0S3DT_pyRqPQtEX0YS8yHMFlz9gEL2gdhmdR12ViwvdIk/s320/IMG_0381.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420169681074625490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAIBsDR3co0AYewdZ_RKxZAh_88fC9mx_rjuJvToUDazPVYqguiQJjY1OJM4_IFZUldMAKdz7sxPjL2lnauPo8J0XZaMqv0yjcIXBJEFPOA62IJyPEoiZ9gT2DRvwwM3WZLvEPLIEZDs/s1600-h/IMG_0366.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAIBsDR3co0AYewdZ_RKxZAh_88fC9mx_rjuJvToUDazPVYqguiQJjY1OJM4_IFZUldMAKdz7sxPjL2lnauPo8J0XZaMqv0yjcIXBJEFPOA62IJyPEoiZ9gT2DRvwwM3WZLvEPLIEZDs/s320/IMG_0366.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420170966687637410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7hHLSgc5vjLZ3MTjK_eO14MbbugmoAHyIaT374aVNYTQa-EfZIt1Vo7cguHG3ic6g1I4XOeIp-3we7nJfjF-p4yVeUBEdM1FUe0sUHkVD1PMsnkrALLdtV4ZK1wc6BHp2UVHrmBMaGw8/s320/IMG_0375.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420177086260382162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguzH5fXFt948Wqrty_ELH17wd_IQNeJ-L5eTTLiyn3vMXBydj4ZVtamVa4oo-J7RAwrsl2RzqBh2-Pvqh2JNX0FPyD-_lLTAUv7iRWxjqlT0CwDkRY3CgT-Pebj3JQ2knbMDpst91KlNs/s320/IMG_0371.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420172594960674450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJ1_otjQ9FvwyVsPFZjqHniuopqMhUhEGv0Y3-kybPRccBKi5BnCipqeYPWlgwYdFCSbbW3cMHQfK0LmziHaaWmNsaep_diMx8NIBXr6-jYzteiELzXVF09KLpwRDqZq_wLHM2TA5qEk/s320/IMG_0357.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420179596625450914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrFFSdWPeruTpHN8yhXLFX7F7pKRdlCOjKyLuhPnPl41aOf7HKQdOXbyKoE7W70LJnE0Fu57Sm7uZTatdeckzMuMVQ8jb9J7KJvB0A2-S6qa00BEtmONbdpVWOpE04pndeg_n01W0DZc/s320/IMG_0329.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420174848653194450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I've been there three times in the past two days and I'm tempted to go back tomorrow! I can't help it. I need a leash. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBBLm2Sh2yCffPc21P9rHJmZqg4V1kq8pYv0jcGddBg3B-zk7qF-KIP1sI05F-VjgOIag0neZmr0w4SWbIM8Leor5nz9r96T7GP8YU_TByFRm4zmfeB_PHX1gJYH8LQmTqSyrAtptLiA/s1600-h/IMG_0327.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBBLm2Sh2yCffPc21P9rHJmZqg4V1kq8pYv0jcGddBg3B-zk7qF-KIP1sI05F-VjgOIag0neZmr0w4SWbIM8Leor5nz9r96T7GP8YU_TByFRm4zmfeB_PHX1gJYH8LQmTqSyrAtptLiA/s320/IMG_0327.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420180340840649506" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>a lovely beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852071433911289368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872075358585339003.post-47284240663026296292009-12-27T00:17:00.000-08:002009-12-27T23:00:03.735-08:00rita konig: design crush<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzjQyIGfXPV4TyJi6DiXcenkSzoSOvh5FZ9YEjW1o_YjXz6NqS2eTASrao9Yu9UffbeJWB7LK4aGexUBypEO8jq_iYRxQwADET55undfjY2bSxW0NDLW16ovn7squm3q0b3hJomfIGqls/s1600-h/sc000c2cc3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 224px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzjQyIGfXPV4TyJi6DiXcenkSzoSOvh5FZ9YEjW1o_YjXz6NqS2eTASrao9Yu9UffbeJWB7LK4aGexUBypEO8jq_iYRxQwADET55undfjY2bSxW0NDLW16ovn7squm3q0b3hJomfIGqls/s320/sc000c2cc3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419830532024084530" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">J'adore Rita Konig's tiny New York apartment, as featured in the October 2008 issue of Domino magazine. How can you not love her whimsical and eccentric style of decorating? Needless to say, I was ecstatic when I found out that Ms. Konig is occasionally </span><a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/author/rita-konig/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">blogging</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> for the New York Times. I'm obsessed with this photo of her bedroom, found in one of her recent NYT </span><a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/24/inside-out-sweet-dreams/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">blog post</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_MGpKK_bUVzMUwpqi49Af0NUnh92CDFxAdFygdHnJH7mQXXTsPuPKC0v5IF4kWWjgW79gDzr64XhQHItNBRfcdqtkCAKptXgBSCa44BMyJozKRTqdmI-KS-i3EZ7M2f4EBKoPu3YGE0/s320/rita112409c.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419832047267264514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Le sigh. Maybe someday I will so fabulous as to own a set of D. Porthault sheets. Rita suggests to first buy pillow cases and over time build up to a full sheet set.. I wonder what my parents would have said if I, a starving college student, asked for a pair of $320 shams for Christmas? Insanity! In the mean time, Bed Bath & Beyond it is. A demain, mes amis. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWKYo7kOfj37XruzLwu5Gtd3Om0cf6xLUe87Ek4DnwsdWy9IF-thZWGjBJ8PfcRNqwWKkYyucf02WkPiTdlYl9PLIF14pi4dyhFzB5vq6dulhwNZ5WBpOqhriSSQULz8geysSWfu6v1SU/s320/sc000d5df7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419838182852125986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">image of Rita's bedroom, photographed by James Merrell, found </span><a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/24/inside-out-sweet-dreams/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">here</span></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">all other images scanned by moi</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>a lovely beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852071433911289368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872075358585339003.post-58836364963062204762009-12-26T17:55:00.001-08:002009-12-27T01:18:26.444-08:00hello, world!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxnlX-j92wQoZyw98uHhCESENXNU8gG5Vz8-x2ein7S37Q7-RW5WrLZGtVAGJgQTWCqAV272P6WDKLzw9rUVj4nxj8P28KVEfNHsS-lOpQjPXZcXLHk9fN5fikDcxISqG_XAq1Z_xg6E/s1600-h/4089284771_ca02458e33_o.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 246px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxnlX-j92wQoZyw98uHhCESENXNU8gG5Vz8-x2ein7S37Q7-RW5WrLZGtVAGJgQTWCqAV272P6WDKLzw9rUVj4nxj8P28KVEfNHsS-lOpQjPXZcXLHk9fN5fikDcxISqG_XAq1Z_xg6E/s320/4089284771_ca02458e33_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419786357100358498" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">my name is fallon, and I love interior design. it's my passion. it began when I was eleven years old with a $25 inflatable silver plastic couch that was featured in a spread in </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">girl's life</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> magazine. when I saw that couch, something inside me snapped. I simply had to have it! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">thankfully, my taste has evolved since. into what? I'm still not quite sure. this may, I will graduate from an all-girls college in the midwest. as a young adult on my own for the first time ever, I hope to create a lovely being, or existence, for myself-- one that's filled with beautiful things and people I adore. and this is what I hope to share with you :)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#4C4C4C;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal;font-size:16px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(76, 76, 76); line-height: 20px; font-family:Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div></div><ul></ul></span></div>a lovely beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01852071433911289368noreply@blogger.com0