INSPIRED BY: GIRLY LIVING ROOM

Don't y'all just love this room? A light-filled space with the bright colors and clean lines - it's right up my alley! It's super girly, sure, but honestly, when else are you going to be able to decorate a room in corals and pinks and oranges and turquoises than when you're a twenty-something girl living by yourself? (Or with a roommate, natch.) Love the bright colors and the graphic prints and how all the white keeps it from being too overwhelming.  If I could redo my room, this color scheme would def be a top contender.  

Here are my picks to recreate the look!

 inspiration via.

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DESIGN FILES: BRIGHT + BOLD

For every pristine white kitchen that I pin, I pin just as many rooms with crazy wallpaper and shockingly-colored furniture. After all, too much of a good thing (color + pattern) can be truly wonderful!

ONE / TWO / THREE / FOUR / FIVE / SIX

TRULY WONDERFUL QUOTE ADAPTED FROM MAE WEST.

PUMPED UP KICKS

Dude. Keds is absolutely killing it with the collaborations right now.  Both of these popped up in my inbox within days of each other, and now all I can think about are cute sneakers on my feet.  They're absolutely perfect for springtime ambles through the park and to the market.  For me, I think it's a tie between orange chevron and navy stripes for KS, and definitely the black and cream geometric ones from Madewell.  After all, a girl can never have too many Keds, right? Right?

kate spade + madewell

INSPIRED BY x2

red hot.

inspired by this: jeans / blouse / coat / tote

walk on the wild side.

inspired by this: sweater / jeans

OH LA LA

all via kate spade.

Love love love the new Kate Spade x Garance Dore collection! All the French-inspired pieces have that je ne sais quois that epitomizes both the blogger and the brand.  I'm loving the Peter Pan collar details, the abundance of polka dots, and the prints that feature Garance's beautiful handwriting - all in the oh-so-chic palette of black & white. Oooh la la is right.

WEEKEND SUNSHINE

Happy weekend! Hope yours is filled with sunshine & good times!

sand / flamingos

GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH

So if you haven't picked up on the printed jeans trend yet, you've clearly been living under a rock.  If you're anything like me, however, the idea of wearing leopard print or tribal patterns on your legs makes you break out in hives.  The solution?  Take a brand that makes really good jeans and have them partner with another brand that produces really good, classic floral prints, add a touch of Lycra, a dash of English roses, and stir the whole thing counterclockwise.  Voila! You've got the Paige x Liberty collaboration. They've got three prints each for their best-selling shorts and skinny jeans.  Snap 'em up soon at PaigeUSA.

images via teen vogue

BRIGHT & CHEERY

An image that caught my eye today - this white kitchen with its pops of color.  So bright and cheery!

image via here.

PATTERN PLAY

These patterns have caught my eye over the past week - clearly there's a cream/black/pink/red theme going on! If I had to pick a favorite, I'm really digging the uneven dots of number three, but I could think of a thousands places to use any of them!

ONE / TWO / THREE / FOUR

SHORT STORY

My obsession with fun printed shorts continues.  Saw these Anthropologie Madison shorts over at Sequins & Stripes and fell in love.  When I looked them up, I saw that they came in two different prints! Such a tough decision....

via anthropologie

LOVE NOTES

Cheeky Valentine's Day cards from smock! Such fun colors - definitely not the typical red and pink overload.  Besides, in my book, there's no better way to express affection than through a food/drink-related metaphor, but that could just be me!