sometimes all you need is a swell surface to set your laptop.

(images from top to bottom: a unique beijing loft via sf girl by bay; cado shelving wall unit; work table and an abacus photography by petra bindel via the design chaser; vintage desk and black & whites via modern findings}

in 1895, this building was used to process lima beans.

now, it houses the collective team of graphic artist ty mattson.

oh, how times have changed.

{more images and info at mattsoncreative.com} {via blood & champagne}

hopscotch, anyone?

{photography by brooklyn-based photographer trevor tondro.} {via desire to inspire.}

over the weekend, i found myself combing through apartment therapy's house tours and stumbled across the downtown los angeles loft of artist kelly reemtsen.

i've featured kelly's beautifully badass art a few years ago (vintage frocks and chainsaws...oh my!) and could not resist sharing her spacious and covetable loft. filled with vintage furnishing, paints and props, and her signature "kelly orange," miss reemstsen has created a perfect palace for inspiration and conjuring killer canvases.

more on kelly reemtsen's downtown live work space at apartment therapy.

kittens, it's that time of the month again...time for WHORANGE'S monthly pad.

today's pad comes to us from columbus, indiana, and is one of the most playful and purdiest around - the miller house. completed in 1957 for industrialist and philanthropist j. irwin miller, the building was designed by the one-and-only eero saarinen. yes, saarinen! and there is an illuminated tulip table to prove it!

alexander girard designed the interiors (and stayed on as the interior designer for 15 years) and dan kiley crafted the landscape architecture.

what could go wrong, right? the answer is nothing. nothing went wrong (at least visually).

behold the work of a mid-century dream team, darlings...

{above exterior: alexander girard's painted iron gate.}

{above living room: many of the home's rugs and textiles were custom designed by girard in shades of reds for winter and pastels for spring.}

{above living room: a sunken sofa sectional with stairs. perfect for a sleep overs, salons, or love-ins.}

{above living room: two words - cylindrical fireplace.}

{above dining room: an illuminated, saarinen, marble top, tulip table and chairs. yes...illuminated!}

{above dining room: girard rud and needlepoint chairs.}

{above: a playroom turned office.}

{above: wife xenia's closet features a custom stool upholstered in girard’s mogul 081 fabric.}

{above kitchen: a blue mosiac tile wonderland.}

{above: girard's master textile plan.}

did i mentioned the miller home is open for tours and coveting? get your passport and binoculars ready. read all about it here. 

{photography by leslie williamson for dwell; via the north elevation and des chaises en couleur.}

kittens, i 'm a tad hungover from the oscars last night. the cure: looking at pretty pictures of pretty pads. 

my go-to place for dwelling eye candy is dabito's old brand new -- and look what i found! adam pogue's amazing loft in the heart of downtown los angeles. complete with a DIY denim patchwork sofa upholstery, macramé wall art, and dip-dyed curtains, mr. adam made his loft worth loving.

see all of dabito's gallery of adam's glorious home at old brand new.

especially when it comes in the form of a vintage robert indiana LOVE print.

ever since i found out movie stars stash their oscars in the bathroom, i thought why not display your finest treasures in the lovely loo?

from art to postcards, give your guests the gift of the unexpected lavatory gallery.

{top: via fair ivy; middle: zoe johns and max catalano's san francisco home via design sponge; bottom:  via high on dreaming.}

the other day, i noticed a pink chair/black wall mini-trend on one of my pinterest boards. and by mini-trend i mean three pins.

three. whole. pins.

follow me on pinterest, darlings! the trends may be small, but they are mighty.

{top: black brick wall and vintage pink chairs via mélanie hervé; middle: pink eames chairs and a chalkboard wall via richard morales; bottom: pink tolex stools and a blackboard wall via bri emery.}

sure, sometimes it's important to stop and smell the roses.

othertimes, it's important to just stop...and take a seat, darlings. monday's a good day to give it a whirl.

{photography by bruno comtesse. via plastolux.}