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What we're working on (and listening to)...

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Anniversary Giveaway – Maisons Côté Ouest!
Are you in? - Current Giveaway News
August 8th Giveaway Prizes Revealed
Busy, busy, busy.
coffee break
Cote Est Giveaway – Are you in?
Countdown to Giveaway
Giveaway Day Approaches...
Giveaway extended to June 22!
I'm waiting...
If you won the latest giveaway...
linen & lavender – an invitation to join our global community
linen and lavender's anniversary today – 1 hour to giveaway
Midnight tonight – Are you in?
One Day to Giveaway!
“The Home Within Us” goes to...
There's still time!...
Music - l&l's Playlist:

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Pinterest:

Adorazione del Fiore
...and the livin' is easy
Antiek Amber

Antique & Vintage Finds
"A room without books...

Around the World
Art & Rustic Elegance

Bath Design
Book Love ~ the emporium by l&l
Buon Appetito!
Chateau De Gignac

Composition

Composition II
Composition III
Composition IV
Composition V
Composition VI
Composition VII
Cooking & Wine

Dream Weavers
Gifts of Nature
Holiday Glow
Holiday Wrap and Decor
Indoor/Outdoor Living

Inspiration:  Places & Spaces
Landscapes

Light Fixtures
Linen, Lin, Lino, Leinen

Living

Mika
Mirabeau
My Coffee Cupboard

Namaste

Nature Lover
Of chalets and snowy mountain villages and such...

Poetry of Morning Light

Simply Divine

Still Life
the emporium by l&l ~ gifts
Welcome to My World
Writing Spaces/Studio Elements

Publicity:

seen around the world

where l&l rolls
Reader Features:
"A Scottish Rose"  Meet: Tricia Rose - San Rafael California 
”I still have linen sheets woven by my Belgium grandmother..." (Meet:  Kathi Engstrom Gottlieb, Carbondale Colorado)
Luxe Living Stacy Andell - Houston, Texas
Meet:  Marsha Harris - Houston, Texas
Meet:  Lone Egeland Olsen - Odsherred, Denmark
The bedroom is her favorite...(Meet Kristi Delfino - N. California)
The dining room is her favorite...(Meet Tiffany F. - S. California)
the emporium:

about the emporium
an invitation...
Linen Love
monthly highlights/features (us)
shop the emporium (us)

enter (us) ~ enter (fr) ~ enter (uk)  ~ enter (ca) ~ enter (de)
Prodotti consigliati da l&l su amazon.it

Productos recomendados por l&l en amazon.es
wishlist - how to make your own

Twitter:
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ART & CULTURE
A concert on the beach:  Amadou and Mariam

A Night at the Museum: Luis Meléndez and Audrey Hepburn
April Airs and Bliss
Around the World with Arany Zoltan
art and rustic elegance
Art et Decoration
Art Feature – Wade Hoefer
art in the everyday Artful Living
Artisan Feature – Brocchi Workshop
Artist Feature:  Léon Bonvin, b.1834 Paris - d,1866 Mouden, France
artistic placement
Ceramic Artist: Marc Albert
For the Love of Italy
Fresco
I Dolci
Is this what we might call...
Kiss Me Again
LÁmoureuse
Luis Meléndez
Luis Meléndez at LACMA
Negative space...
Noa = movement and light
Paris is mad!
Saladino Style and Guiding Principle (Vermeer)
Take me there.  (travel photography)

Wade Hoefer
Wade Hoefer
What we're working on (and listening to)...
DESIGNERS/ARCHITECTS

Axel Vervoordt:

At Home with May & Axel Vervoordt
Axel Vervoordt

Axel Vervoordt
Axel Vervoordt - “Openduerdagen”
Axel Vervoordt – Bed and Bath
Axel Vervoordt kitchen
Axel Vervoordt, inside-out
chalet design by Axel Vervoordt
Of chalets and snowy mountain villages and such...
Prolific
Bernard de Clerck (be)
Bernard De Clerck ~ Architect (be)
Bobby McAlpine:
The Home Within Us Goes To...
Bobby McAlpine – The Home Within Us
Darryl Carter ~ The Collected Home
Garnier (Brigitte and Alain):
A visit to Garnier Antiques and Architectural Interiors
John Saladino:

Arcadia – John Saladino
John Saladino
Saladino Style and Guiding Principle
Ken Tate:
A Classical Journey:  The Homes of Ken Tate
Nathalie Van Reeth:
Nathalie Van Reeth
Pamela Pierce:
Chateau Domingue
Have you heard? Pamela Pierce has a new magazine in the works!
Richard Shapiro:
A Sophisticated Blend
Rose Tarlow:

convivial contrast
Rose Tarlow – What's new.
Rose Tarlow and The Private House
Rose Tarlow Feature

The Private House
The Private House, foyer
EXTERIOR DESIGN

Alfresco Dining/Outdoor Living:

alfresco, striped tablecloth
alfresco, sunflowers
Alfresco! Alfresco!
...And the livin' is easy
Arcadia – John Saladino
“Charmed, I'm sure.”
essentials, outdoor living
Fancy a swim?
grotto envy
Image for a gloomy day:
Inspiration File ~ Outdoor Living
inside out: outdoor living
in the olive grove
Laguiole
Missing my home away from home...
Morning Fare
Outdoor Living
outdoor living, Paris rooftop
Pool
Prolific
Retreat
Riviéra Maison – Outdoor Dining
romance by the sea
rustic landscape, Bernard Touillon
simple and serene
stone niche
tactile
The Garden Path...
the ultimate lap pool
vine-covered pergola
weekend schedule
Wine Country
wood arbor, grapevines
wood arch
Worth a Second Look
Architectural Elements/Facades:

a look back

ancient stone architecture
Art et Decoration
charming
charming stone cottage, village
Composition III, Tone & Texture
detail
For the Love of Italy
For whatever reason...
gray exterior & French Country Style
Inspiring Architecture
“It's a mystery.”
Of chalets and snowy mountain villages and such...
roses, rustic fence
Spring tropical garden elements
“welcome”
FENG SHUI

Essential Oils - Gifts of Nature
Feng Shui Your Life
Principles of Feng Shui
Wind and Water

FOOD & WINE

And the livin' is easy...(Recipe:  Whole Wheat Spaghetti with Salmon)
At Home with May & Axel Vervoordt:  Recipes for Every Season
Goat cheese with honey and a platter of figs
I Dolci (Two Recipes:  Candied Figs and Coffee Custard)
If on a winter's day...
King Maitake
Might I suggest?...
Nesting Instinct (Recipe:  Short Pasta with Cauliflower)
“One of my earliest memories of living in Paris...”
Pear, Basil and Pecorino Toscano Salad
Recipe for a rainy day: Leek and Thyme Soup
Recipe for a romantic evening...
Recipe: Farro and Kale Soup
Recipe: Spaghetti Alla Fornaia
Recipe: Truffle Bruschetta
Santa Barbara Day Trip, Part I
What do Abraham Lincoln, Anna Russian and Snow White have in common?

GARDENS/NATURE

Gardens, Landscape Design:
adorazione del fiore
And the livin' is easy...
Another inspiring image...
country garden, butterfly chair
Dream a little dream...
Dream Day
dreamy garden
everything's coming up roses...
Fabulous Flora.
Flowers in Profusions - Tasha Tudor's Garden in June
garden retreat, stone stairway
Gardens on my mind...
gateway to garden heaven
“If you build it...
Jardins du Botrain
Lavender in Provence
“Love in a Mist”
Patience, My Dear.
stone doorway, garden view
Wisteria
“Yes, please.”
Fauna:

Barbour ad, circa 2002

Birth Announcement
Horse Beautiful.
"If you build it...
Much Love
Much Love for our Mika Girl
Pastoral Portrait
peacocks
Herbs & Vegetables:
Classic Kitchens
Essential Oils - Gifts of Nature
natural treasures
The Heart of the Home

HOLIDAY

A Christmas Gift
An Irish Christmas Blessing
Antique Market Finds - Last Minute Gifts
Auld Lang Syne
Busy, busy, busy.
December 31st, Reflection and Introspection
holiday climb
Holiday Glow
holiday kitchen
Holiday Menu Planning
Holiday or Hostess Gift Idea
Holiday Wrap and Decor
I'm dreaming...
Joy to the Earth
Last-Minute Gift Idea
Linen Love
Love is All Around Us
Post-Holiday Essentials
shopping days...
the emporium
the emporium by l&l ~ gifts
the emporium:  Holiday
the emporium:  Gift Wrap Supplies
understated holiday décor
HOME TOURS
A visit to Garnier Antiques and Architectural Interiors
breathing room
Chateau Domingue
Infinite possibilities...

Josephine Ryan
loft apartment, Firenze
Mimmi O'Connell's La Scuola
Simply Divine
The Simple Life

INTERIOR DESIGN BY ROOM/FEATURE

Bath:

a bath design fav

Always Planning 

And the shower

apothecary bottles, charming bath
Bath
Bath Beauty
Bath Design
Bath Vanity and Côté Bastide 

bath, wide plank floors 

bathing room 

Bathing Room, Maisons Côté Sud
Bed and Bath
Campagne Decoration

concrete design, bath 

Casa Antiqua, bath 

brass faucet detail 

concrete vanity, Venetian mirror 

contemporary rustic bath 

every bathing room needs... 

faucet and bath 

Indian spice 

industrial zen 

Italian Country Living 

layering textures in the bath 

masculine exotic 

mirror makes it 

modern lines 

petite cottage bath 

raw vanity 

shower x 2 

“Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and...”

spa white 

star gazing 

The art of shaving 

The Bath & “From Nature with Love” 

”The best things in life...” 

The Shower Niche 

tub envy
Bedroom:

a perfect blend

Bed
Bed and Bath

Breathing Room -or- Less Stuff...More Life

country bedroom

clean design, bedroom

crowning glory

Doors

Dream Weavers – Rumi

dreaming space 

dressing room 

for the guest 

guest beds, charming bedding 
Inspiration File ~ Morning Meditation

I predict sweet dreams and blissful mornings... 

just the essentials 

Maisons bedroom 

moody ambiance, bedroom
Monastic Simplicity 

More Riviéra Maison 

Musings on light and letter-writing... 

nature and white linen bedding 

net canopy bed 

peaceful sleeping 

Riviéra Maison, Bedroom 

romantic and rustic 

scrolled headboard 

sleeping loft 

Sleeping Pretty 

slumber send-off

soothing bed and bath 

spare and natural 

stone headboard 

striped linen bedding 

time-worn character 

twin canopy beds 

Ville and Casali 

waiting for bedtime stories 

white linens and water view 

white linens, dark coverlet

zzzzzzzen

Dining & Tabletop:

anemones, tablescape

Astier de Villate at Trove
Black and White...and a bit in between

black hutch, pitchers 

black, white, gray
Campagne Decoration

Casa Antica

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire

composed

country elegance

curvaceous

delicious dining room 

dining drama 

dining room 

dining room deconstructed
dining room peek

dining room, Queen Anne's Lace 

dinner for two dinner party

Extending the olive branch~

funky and fun

Gathering Place
Inspiration File ~ dining room & kitchen in a coverted mill
Inspiration File ~ dining room ~ Sweden
Inspiration File ~ Palette: Gray
it's all in the presentation

Italian Country Living
Linen Love

Mediterranean Style

More Riviéra Maison

natural lines

One can never have too many...

Queen Anne's Lace 
romantic hideaway?
the emporium:  Tableware

timeless appeal

Tuscany Interiors

well-done dining

Zona Home

Doors/Entries:

arched doorway
Côté Maison, entrance
entry bench, fishing gear
entry excellence
foyer, striped linen chaise
Hello, Sunshine!
white plaster, Mediterranean Style
Nature:
Essential Oils - Gifts of Nature

Natural Beauty
Nature's Art
Nature's Cathedral
tree tops, nature's art
Architectural Digest – Richard Shapiro in Malibu Inviting
Fireplace:

Advice from a French Grandmother...
Busy, busy, busy.
fireplace
fireplace mantel, composition
mantelpiece art
Of chalets and snowy mountain villages and such...
Ralph Lauren
refined rustic
ghost chair
Kitchen:

a favorite kitchen
charming eat-in kitchen
Classic Kitchens
Classic Kitchens
concrete design, kitchen
country kitchen fireplace
Cottage Charm
File: Mellow Yellow
Functional art.
handmade tile backsplash, Belgian kitchen
Inspiration File ~ dining room & kitchen in a coverted mill
Kitchen Detail
Kitchen Kitchen
kitchen indoor-outdoor
La Cornue
La Cornue Kitchen
La Cornue! La Cornue!
Linen Love
Living well...
Piazzale Galileo kitchen
stone floor, kitchen
stone sink, garden greens
Sunday and a new perspective...
Tabletop
The 100 Best Kitchens and Dining Rooms...
The Heart of the Home
Timeless Rustic
village view
Library:

“A room without books...”
home library
iron ladder and ambiance

reading loft, favorite books
Reading Niche
Reading Nook
writing desk, “A Life Worth Breathing”

writing desk, library with a view

Lighting:

Arctic Pear by Ochre
Chandelier by Deborah Thomas
Debra Thomas chandelier
black pendant fixture
industrial pendants
light art
“Orientale”
pendants

unusual light fixture
Living/Lounge:
a natural glow afternoon
At Home With White
Balanced Living

black cupboard, white plaster walls
bordered linen panels
Bringing Italy Home
by the sea
California Romantica
casual offsets formal
chair fancy
chaise
Clodagh
design, deconstructed
drama by design
finish artisan: Massimo Prestini
Flower Power
French Home and Essentially French
from the pages of French Home...
embracing the past
grand and great room
grand clock and crystal chandelier
Italian Style
Italian Style
Linen, naturally.
lived in and loved
living room comfort
living room, chandelier
living room, leather settee
living room, linen sofas
moody ambiance
More Italian Country Living
neutral + nature green
Parisian rustic chic
peaceful ambiance
perfect harmony
portraits and perspectives
screening room style secluded studio
Semplice
Simple Home – They wrote the book...
simple home essentials
still life drama
studio inspiration
sun room, Lloyd Loom
sun-washed color palette
Swedish? Check.
The grays have it!
The Natural Home
The Soul of a House
This = Love
unique settee, wide plank floors
velvet and iron
vignettes and textures
winter wear
wood chair
yin and yang
zen esthetic
zen living
Stairways:

by candlelight

iron stairway and lantern
of country life
Salvaged Wood Spiral Staircase
Salvaged Wood Spiral Staircase (Part II)
sculpted stairway stairway
stone stairway carved bench, iron and glass doors
Windows, Iron & Glass Doors:
Gothic Window

iron and glass folding doors
iron and glass to garden
iron window, country view
splendor in glass
What date is it?
KEEPING HOUSE

Storage/Organization:
apothecary display
beautiful storage
bureau and apothecary jars
Life.  Is Beautiful.
Pantry Storage
The White Home
Thinking Outside the Box...
Cleaning:
Essential Oils - Gifts of Nature

Simple Home Essentials
Spring Cleaning - Here and Now
MIND, BODY, SPIRIT

ancient symbols
Be happy for this moment...
Dream Day
Essential Oils - Gifts of Nature
Find your passion, whatever it may be...
Inspiration File ~ Morning Meditation
Inspired
Life.  Is Beautiful.
Sending Love
Soulful
Sting & Trudie: Healthy living at their Tuscan estate
the emporium:  Mind, Body, Spirit
The Heart Expansion Experiment
Window of Opportunity

SOURCE SHARING

A Must Have: The Little Black...

Abigails
Anne Becker – Paris
Antiek Amber, Head Over Heels for
Antique Dealers
Antique Market Finds - Last Minute Gifts
Astier de Villate
Athezza
Authentic Provence
Becara, Madrid
Blanc d'Ivoire
Book Love ~ the emporium by l&l
Busy, busy, busy.
Chateau Domingue
Devon and Devon, Firenze
Eloquence Inc. ~ L's Picks
Emery Et Cie
Entertaining
Epica Imports – Handmade Italian Journals, Albums
Flamant Home Interiors
Frigoverre
Horchow Lighting, A few favorites...
Horchow - One Day Sale – Hurry...

Inessa Stewart's Antiques
Inspiration File ~ dining room ~ Sweden

I Vassalletti, Maestri Artigiani

Jayson Home and Garden 

Libeco linens
Linen Love

Lloyd Loom Furniture by Vincent Sheppard
Luxe Living 

Maison de Provence 

Metal Baskets 

Michele De Lucchi Lighting 

Milk Bottles 
Mirabeau ~ L's Picks
Mothology 

Mulberry Heights Antiques 

Paris Pied-À-Terre
Reclaimed Wood Floors by Corvelyn (be)

Relics Architectural Antiques
Riviéra Maison
Rolling Greens 

Roost
Santa Barbara Day Trip, Part I

Savorique, Salted Caramels
't Achterhuis (nl)
More to admire from 't Achterhuis (nl) 

Tara Shaw 
the emporium (pins)

Trove 

Two Maisons

The wine table hunt...
We love Fushi!
Traveling Light -or- How to lose 50 lbs with just one MOVE

Antiques & Vintage Finds:
about a chair

Antiek Amber, Head Over Heels for
antique and vintage finds
antique console
Antique Dealers
Antique Hardware
antique pump and stone sink
Authentic Provence
A visit to Garnier Antiques and Architectural Interiors
Bruxelles Antiques and Au Coin de la Reine
Chateau Domingue
Inessa Stewart's Antiques
Jayson Home and Garden
Kitchen Detail
Maison de Provence

Mulberry Heights Antiques 

Relics Architectural Antiques

Rolling Greens
Roost
Tara Shaw

Trove 

Two Maisons

The wine table hunt...

unusual lantern, Elle Décor Italia
Linens:

A Scottish Rose

“Baby It's Cold Outside”
Inspiration File ~ dining room ~ Sweden
linen & lavender
Linen Love
Linen, naturally.
Loodylady's Passion
Two Maisons
TRAVEL
A concert on the beach: Amadou and Mariam - Santa Monica, California

Appennino by Giambologna - Florence, Italy
Aquapetra and “Nesting Instinct” - Benevento, Italy
Bayeux Cathedral - Normandy, France

Bruxelles Antiques and Au Coin de la Reine

Capri - Italy
Charmed, I'm sure. - Dordogne, France
Castello del Nero - Tavernelle val di Pesa, Italy (Chianti Wine Region) 
For the Love of Italy-Rural Pleasures and Hotel Estates
La Bastide de Brurangère, Provence, Vaucluse, near Avignon
La Grande Maison - Chanteuges, France
La Maison du Bailli entrance - Normandy, France
La Mas Fougairolles - Languedoc, France
La Saison Douce - Saint Rémy de Provence, France
Le Chaufourg - Périgord, Dordogne, France
Le Logis de Puygaty - Angoulême, France
Le Mas de Theyrargues - Rivières de Theyrargues between Barjac and Uzès
Les Rosées - Mougins, France
L'Hacienda Uayamon - Campeche, Mexico
Boutique Hotel - Les Rosées - Mougins, France
Boutique Hotel, designer: Jocelyne Sibuet
Chateau de Gignac - France
Chateau de Ker Nelly - Brittany, France
French Country Hideaways  Hôtel des Tailles - Montagne au Perche, France
Kenwood Inn and Spa - Sonoma Wine Country, California
La Bastide de Marie, Ménerbes - France
La Grande Bégude - Luberon, Provence, France
Paris is mad! - France
Santa Barbara Day Trip, Part I - California
Scenic Route - Scotland, France, Italy, California, New England (Driving Tours)
Sublime - Campeche, Mexico
Take me there.
Villa San Michele - Florence, Italy
Viva Santa Lucia! - Ortigia, Italy