Manhattan Apartment filled with Modern Art ...

Phoebe and James Howard create a Manhattan apartment with amazing details and focus on integrating their client's modern art collection into the home. The husband and wife team strip the apartment to its raw concrete, reconfiguring doors and windows to open up the space. The result is a stunning space with fluted walls, textured floors and the most comfortable sofa. Images via House Beautiful

The Healing Cocktail ...

Since the weather is changing and everyone's rushing off to get their flu shots, I thought why not change it up this week with a beverage that actually helps us get by the winter. I've made a version of this tea for a while and was glad to find this recipe from Wandering Spice with actual measurements and additional ingredients.

Whenever I feel like I'm coming down with something, I make a cup of tumeric and ginger tea as a preventative cure. Tumeric is a spice that has great healing properties, it is both an anti-inflammatory and antioxidant, you can use the actual root that looks like ginger but more orange or the powdered form. So here's to health and healing ... Recipe via Wandering Spice

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The Aman Canale Grande ...

Love it or hate it, the floating city is by far my favorite city in Europe ... I know what everyone's thinking the hordes of tourists not exactly romantic ... but when the sun sets over Venice and the crowds subside, the city becomes still, all you hear is the sound of footsteps meandering into the tiny "calles" and whispering voices in the distance ... it's just magical, you're transported back to its bygone era. 

Today we are touring the Aman Canale Grande which opened in June in a 16th century palazzo overlooking the Grand Canal. The 24 room hotel is immersed in history with many rooms featuring frescoes and reliefs. This is truly a sumptuous palazzo with grand salons, spacious lawn gardens, rooftop terrace and spa.

 

The Aman Canal Grande opened in June in San Polo, the smallest of Venice’s six districts and one of the oldest, dating back to the ninth century. Housed in a 16th-century palazzo overlooking the Grand Canal, the 24-room hotel is steeped in history, with many rooms featuring protected frescoes and reliefs. - See more at: http://robbreport.com/luxury-travel/sneak-peek-aman-canal-grande-venice-italy#sthash.wbKmexPN.dpuf

The Aman Canal Grande opened in June in San Polo, the smallest of Venice’s six districts and one of the oldest, dating back to the ninth century. Housed in a 16th-century palazzo overlooking the Grand Canal, the 24-room hotel is steeped in history, with many rooms featuring protected frescoes and reliefs. - See more at: http://robbreport.com/luxury-travel/sneak-peek-aman-canal-grande-venice-italy#sthash.wbKmexPN.dpuf

Eclectic Loft in Tribeca ...

Love this eclectic loft that belongs to interior designer Deborah French ... it takes you to exotic places with its myriad of colors, textures and styles. The designer incorporates furnishings from across the globe to create a warm and welcoming space, take a look  ...Images via Deborah French Designs

All things Grey ....

I'm really into Grey this week ... I was busy pinning images and I noticed the one common thing was that they all had something to do with the color "grey". I don't know if its the changing weather or just a shift in taste but I really dig it. Take a look at some of my pins ...

Discover the wonders of Laos ...

Luang Prabang sits on the banks of the slow-moving Mekong River and is an amazing place to experience traditional Buddhist culture with its well preserved temples under the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The architecture is French colonial with traditional wooden houses surrounded by lush palm trees giving this town its unique charm. Positioned in the hills above Luang Prabang is La Résidence Phou Vao, an Orient Express property, offering beautiful mountain views of temples and shrines in the horizon across the infinity pool. The guests rooms are furnished with rosewood furniture, Laotian cotton upholstery and fragrant frangipani .... and I want to go there:) 

 

Nascar Champion's downtown Manhattan Apartment ...

Interior designer Shaun Henderson designs a Manhattan apartment for Nascar champion Jimmie Johnson. The designer was inspired by the sofa fabric by Loro Piana linen and uses it as a base for the palette. Most of the furniture is mid-century modern including the living room sofa, a classic chesterfield that I adore. The designer also uses a Hans Wegner Papa Bear armchair in the master bedroom which adds a sculptural element to the space ... Images via Elle Decor