Best of friend AM and I found this little black metal cafe table set at an antique store last weekend in North Hollywood!
I am so lucky to have a design driven best friend AM. She and her family came this weekend. They were my first visitors. AM helped me pull together the finishing touches on EVERYTHING. In the courtyard, she even painted accessories for me…all of the metal lanterns and votive holders that were looking pretty dingy…she appropriated all of them and before I knew it she had a spray paint can in hand and painted them all white. Thank you bestie!
I love white daisies. Went to the flower mart over the weekend and bought these pretties.
Off to work now! What might you add or subtract from the courtyard? Comment below. Would love to know!
Hi Coco!
Congrats on the new Casa! I would build a half tent to shade and cover the seating area, probably striped or in a Moroccan design. I would immediately change the brown cushions for a blue to match the window moldings. Plant some fuschia bougainvillea and buy some large clay pots which I would paint Majorelle bleu, white and yellow. I’d use Yves Saint Laurent’s Majorelle in Morocco as inspiration. As a fellow Angeleno, I love Neo Spanish Colonial architecture. West Hollywood has quite a few Spanish courtyard buildings and they all utilize Moorish design, Spanish tiles etc. Santa Barbara is another Mecca of inspiration. Meanwhile, Bonne Chance!
You need some height and shade. Get 2-3 large terracotta pots and plant some trees (possibly flowering ones). By growing trees in pots, you can move them around to create different vignettes or ‘rooms’, when you want to change things around.
Just beautiful, I love it all don’t take away nothing! Can’t wait to see the rest of the house and I want to hear every detail!!! I have been following you from the beginning! Thank you!
I’m in love. What a gorgeous outdoor space-my favorite thing about California is the year round outdoor living. Can’t wait to see the rest of the house.