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Color Study…Kyoto in Instagrams
I just got back from two quick but wonderful days in Kyoto, traveling with two dear like-minded friends. We were worried it would be bare in winter, but in the absence of cherry blossoms or fall...
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LuRu Home…Keeping the Folk Art of Chinese Nankeen Alive And a Giveaway!
With the development of economy and progress of industrialization, more and more machine-made cloth has been taking the place of calico, home-made and hand-imprinted and dyed in the country. Therefore,...
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Shop Talk…Amy Katoh’s Iconic Blue & White
So it occurred to me in writing my last post on LuRu Home that Claire and Liza are possibly at the beginning of a similar journey to that started some time ago by Amy Katoh, author, shop owner and...
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Provenance…My New Guest Column on Cloth & Kind
prov-e-nance ˈpräv-nən(t)s, ˈprä-və-ˌnän(t)s noun. the place of origin or earliest known history of something. I am so excited to announce my new gig as a monthly guest columnist on Krista Nye...
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Living Lavender Dreams
What does a girl do with unmade decisions hanging over her head? Sulk? Panic? Nope! Fantasy decorate is the answer! Ever since this time last year, I have been obsessed with designer May Daouk’s Beirut...
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Feeling Blue…The Perfect Library
Boy, have I been feeling blue for some time. It reached its zenith today upon seeing this perfect blue library – painted Farrow & Ball’s Hague Blue – over at Cote de Texas, where Joni was showing...
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It’s a Crapshoot…Picking Paint Colors Long Distance
I’m a hard-core believer that paint colors have to be tested on the wall before selection, but unfortunately that’s not possible for our house in Doha. I’m actually ecstatic that we can paint at all...
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Is Blanc de Chine Chinoiserie?
I’ve been meaning to write a post on blanc de Chine porcelain, literally French for white from China, for ages, probably from as far back as the Great Japan Earthquake of 2011. Many of you may remember...
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Friday Flowers
As simple as it sounds, the act of buying flowers for your apartment holds great significance and will heal your home on many levels. -Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan Apartment Therapy ran a January Cure this...
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Sleeping in a Cloud…Dreamy Gray Bedrooms
Funnily enough, as I was packing paperwork for our trip back to the US this summer, I stumbled across an old folder with some of my long-term gray bedroom inspiration images. In light of my last post,...
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Souvenirs of ShahJahan…Delhi and Agra in Instagrams
I guess it’s not really fair to call this post ‘India in Instagrams’ as we only had a few days in New Delhi, ostensibly to “watch” our teenage daughters in a soccer tournament. While we did make it to...
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