Photos courtesy Elle Decor
A Malibu, California, weekend house gets a seaside makeover courtesy of interior designer Kerry Joyce, who lined the room with shallow shelving to display starfish and shells; the walls are painted a pale aqua by Donald Kaufman Color. Photo for ELLE DECOR by Dominique Vorillon. (above)
Went to a fab book signing party the other night…it was for Style and Substance: The Best of Elle Decor…a book by Margaret Russell and all of the editors at Elle Decor.
The party was quite posh and took place at William Sonoma Home in West Hollywood. The room was filled with interior designers, design mavens (including famous fashion designer Monique Lhuillier) and me and my sister DS (design interlopers of sorts…hee hee..). I was late. Poor DS, who is a lawyer, was left to navigate the design crowd by herself for about 20 minutes. When I arrived, I found her eating a snack, focused on some furniture and seemingly totally enjoying herself. Phew.
So many people to chat with (albeit brief in the social whirlwind)…let’s see…famed interior designer Windsor Smith who is quite lovely(dove across the room to meet her because we had emailed a few time about posts…I may have even interrupted a conversation she was having…oops), bloggers/t.v. personalities Eddie Ross and Jaithan Kochur of Eddie Ross (both so cute) … and most importantly design aficionado and head of Elle Decor Margaret Russell herself (she just oooozes undeniable style and looked so extremely chic…of course DS’s only comment to her was “I love your dress”…)
It was so much fun. After sis DS and I did our meet and greet due diligence we exited the scene…very happy to have attended, to have met, to have had a bit of champagne and have mingled.
The book looks fabulous by the way…perfect for a coffee table and filled with ideas for every space in the house. 240 pages pulled from the archives of Elle Decor. Love it!!! These pictures are pages from the book.
Hope you enjoy!
In Jamie Creel and Marco Scaraniās round periwinkle-blue dining room in Paris, Thomas Boogās cast-iron Coral chandelier dangles over a vintage Serge Roche table. Photo for ELLE DECOR by Roger Davies. (above)
From left: Style and Substance book cover; Margaret Russell, Editor-in-Chief, Elle Decor at book signing earlier this week at William Sonoma Home in Los Angeles. (above)
Hope you have a great Friday! Am running late now. Have a morning meeting am off to…(need to stop and get my morning tea…)
xo
Coco
P.S. Jonthan Adler lamp giveaway winner will be announced shortly! Stay tuned.
I have such ants in my pants to find out the winner of the amazing Jonathan Alder lamp! Best give away ever!
I love that seashell bathroom! I tore that picture out of my Elle Decor magazine years ago, and have had it in my ideas binder ever since!
Yes! Very excited to hear about the JA giveaway too, but now I’m equally excited about the Style and Substance book! Any contest giveaway in the future for the book? Margaret Russell is fabulous.
I love that periwinkle color in the dining room. So pretty!
I just love the bathroom from the first image so so much!!! Have a great weekend! xoxo
The bath is the best ever…smiles.
What fun that bathroom is — it made me laugh out loud as I imagined my wonderful housekeeper dealing with the shelves and shells. He would grumble constantly if he had to contend with it!
Great description of the fabulous signing party — a perfect treat for fabulous you (and fabulous DS)!
Took a look at the living room design – gorgeous! Note that the carpet is similar to that used in the living room set of the film “Something’s Gotta Give”, everyone’s fav design (and copied many, many times). Loved it!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the blue hues! I actually have the blue dining room with the coral chandelier from Elle Decor on my inspiration board: simply gorgeous!
-Reanna
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what fun to go to her book signing. she looks quite petite. i love her mag.
just found your delightful blog.