Floral Art LA

In Venice, California there is an amazing shop that is appropriatley titled Foral Art. They feature really stunning arrangements that are innovative and evocative. They are truly works of art.






Whether you are seeking a more traditional arrangementwith a vintage flair...

or a spectacular architectural arrangement...

or a stunning gift box...


Floral Art has the style sense and sensability to add unspeakable finesse to any arrangement.

Their use of color, texture and living art is remarkable.

The truly beautiful thing about flowers is you don't have to be wealth to use them.

Imagine three of these vases in a row on banquet table, visually stunning and spectacularly inexpensive.

Visit Floral Art and find yourself rejuvinated and inspired. I know I do. This is my Los Angeles floral secret and now it can be yours.

Stalked by a Design Theme

Did you ever feel as though a theme were stalking you? I had an amazing field trip the other day where I really felt that I began to appreciate marble in a deeper more meaningful way. While I was enjoying this new appreciation of marble I came across this amazing rose marble tile.

This particular tile is produced by a company called Hagan Flynn, Inc. The Tile technique is titled “Cameo” it is a “modular system of coverings executed in two-colored marbles, with a strong decorative character.”

The tiles, which are designed by Raffaello Galiotto, are currently available in four different styles
Rose (shown), Serpentina, Rete and Alkazar.

The tiles are really heavy and would require a professional plan to mount them in the fashion shown in the pictures.

I found myself being really attracted to the rose tiles. I have to be honest that my attraction to them was a little off beat from my usual Island living flair. There was something about them that reminded me of those women in New York City in the Seventies with Bakelite bracelets. But I couldn’t stop thinking about the rose tile.

Later in the day, still shopping, in another part of the city I came across this rug with the exact same design element.

And it occurred to me that I am being stalked by this rose theme. I will let you know where it leads!

A Trip to Carerra, Italy

I went on this amazing field trip to Marble Unlimited. They had a fabulous selection of marble – if you haven’t already take a look my post: A Marble Yard Fieldtrip. While I was there I walked past a picture of the crew in Carrera Italy actually excavating the marble and I fell in love with actually being able to see this process for the first time.

Have you ever run your hand across a beautiful slab of cold marble and wondered where it came from?

This is a view of the mining site in Carrera, Italy. It's hard to get a feeling for scale until you look at some of the closer pictures.

This picture is closer; you can see the sheered tower of marble about to topple. To get a sense of the size look at the size of the two human figures. You begin to get an idea of the size of this gorgeous stone!

This is a view inside the excavation site. Look at the amazing walls of marble!

Once the marble is excavated it has to be carefully transported down the mountainside and into the village where it will be cut into slabs, polished and the exported all over the world.

I don't know about you but I will never be able to look at another piece of marble in the same way.

For more information about raw marble visit Marble Unlimited.