An Unseen Audrey Hepburn
I was visiting the Fabulon website today and he's posted some pictures of Audrey Hepburn I've NEVER seen before and I had to share them here! I highly suggest you check out this blog - he always posts the most amazing and interesting photos, kitsch, videos, etc.
BLACK and WHITE TEEN BEDROOM IDEAS
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There’s so much that black and white bedrooms can offer far beyond a painted white room with black curtains or vice versa. They are an excellent opportunity to forego the worries of coordinating accent colors and play with graphic designs that add a mix of patterns and scale that in many cases trump the effects of even the most wild of color displays. But as with so many decorating styles, there are a few tricks to using such a seemingly simple design successfully.
TEXTURE
Some decorators (not me!) shy away from black and white bedrooms citing that the design is too stark and modern for most tastes. Even black and white damask bedding sets with a very active fabric pattern tend to make some otherwise bold individuals unsure of themselves. I agree that this color combination can be cold so the key is not to let it intimidate you but to warm it up.
To do so without losing the dramatic effect of the monochromatic color scheme can be difficult without tripping up and allowing an unexpected accent color to throw the entire scheme of things and challenge your black and white bedding set for decorative dominance. Here are some suggestions on how to layer your black and white room with delicate, sensual textures without leaving the neutral color palette:
A black tree branch with white silk blossoms artfully arranged in a ceramic vase.
A black or white faux bearskin rug
Accent pillows made of fabrics that offer a broad array of textures
Lamps of varied heights and shapes with interesting shades
Here’s an idea of how to make your own black and white teen bedroom decorations. Dig through your attic, granny’s trunk or the garage and pick out some stuff that you can prime and spray paint either black or white. Take the decor up a notch by mixing it up with enamel, shiny black lacquer or flat black finishes and step back to admire your work.
Return to Girls Black and White Teen Bedroom Decorating Ideas and Bedding Sets to see more tips on making black and white bed sets work for you!
PALM TREE COMFORTERS
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Blast! All the palm tree comforters got scooped up in the collection I had been watching all summer. When I find a bedding set with palm trees on it that I like, I like to pick it up even if it gets stuck in the armoire or my overflowing storage trunk until I need it for a room that I’m working on. And if you think that I’m a crazy chick who has a huge pile of bedding stuck back threatening to create an avalanche every time the linen closet is opened, you would be wrong! Rarely do I have an inventory of over two sets because it’s practically impossible to decorate a tropical bedroom without using at the very least some accent pillows from my stockpile.
At the moment, I have a set of shams and some matching valances. While I was waiting for the bedding set to go on sale, somebody grabbed the comforter that I needed to go with them. They were not from the same set, but there are times when mixing and matching the various pieces (so long as the colors and styles are similar) is much more attractive than using perfectly coordinated pieces from a bed in a bag.
So, I’m off to my favorite discount bedding store at the outlet mall to see if I can rack up a few tropical design comforters for my stash because in the decorating world, palm trees are a staple item. Return to Teenage Girls Palm Tree Comforters, Bedding Sets and Bedroom Decorating Ideas to see the results of my shopping excursion.
(500) Days of Summer - My Review
I was eagerly anticipating (500) Days of Summer for months before its limited release and then I had to wait even longer for it to finally come to Las Vegas. Not everyone is a Zooey Deschanel fan (there’s odd backlash against her and her indie-hipster-quirky self) but I love her and Joseph Gordon-Levitt is quickly proving himself to be one of the better actors of his generation with incredible turns in films like Mysterious Skin and Brick. Between Zooey’s side life in the music industry (most notably her band She & Him with fellow indie darling M. Ward) and Joseph’s wonderful little collective website hitRECord.org they are definitely two people to watch and admire.
So anyway (500) Days of Summer: I really enjoyed it. The idea of the film is to show the arc of a relationship that spans 500 days by jumping back and forth in time. The scenes are like vignettes from different days in the relationship and every time it switches there is a title page that announces the day: (500), (488), (1), (316), (28) etc. It works kind of like a flip chart and it’s a fun concept, utilized in a way that shows the highs and lows of a relationship in a completely relatable way. Don’t we all remember our long term relationships in flashes of good days and bad days? And don’t all our memories have a difficult time sticking to chronological order?
The two leads are wonderful together and their acting is assured and honest, not flashy or over-precious. At first I was disappointed in the way that Summer (Deschanel) seemed to be underwritten as a character. But upon further reflection from myself and others I realize that the character was meant to be written that way: mysterious, unknowable, uncatchable. Tom (Gordon-Levitt) is instantly enthralled by her and is soon convinced she is the ONE for him. The majority of the film is spent revealing to him and the audience that just because someone may be the ONE for you, doesn’t mean you will be the ONE for them.
The film has some really great fantastical moments. After Tom and Summer’s first night together, Tom’s walk to work evolves into an incredibly happy-go-lucky dance number as if he’s stepped into an MGM musical, when he is particularly down about their relationship he sees himself as the protagonist in a Fellini style film, when he attends a party at Summer’s house the film goes into a split screen showing the events unfold on one side in reality, and on the other side as Tom WISHES it would. All these were fun touches that gave visual interest to the film and seemed true to the characters, not distracting.
Of course there is much hype about the music in the film: The Smiths, Belle & Sebastian, Regina Spektor, Feist, Simon & Garfunkel, Hall & Oates. Too twee? Too hipster? Too much? Maybe. But for the most part the soundtrack worked and again, it seemed true to the story and wasn’t distracting. I especially loved the drunken karaoke scene and am tempted to buy the deluxe version of the soundtrack (available on iTunes) just to get Zooey Deschanel’s adorable rendition of "Sugar Town" by Nancy Sinatra and Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s earnest "Here Comes Your Man" by The Pixies.
The one serious complaint I have about the film is the narration by, of all people, Leslie Nielson. It was really unnecessary (as most narration in film is) and just seemed an excuse for the writers to expound upon witty, wistful ideas about love and relationships in a wry, flat narrator voice. It was unnecessary because the film itself was already expounding on those ideas quite articulately and beautifully.
There were a few other little things that I could complain about, little cliché-y things, but I’m going to refrain, because they’re minor and don’t detract from the film enough to ruin my overall enjoyment of it.
Go see (500) Days of Summer and give yourself over to the bitter, the sweet, and the everything in between.
***On Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s website hitRECord.org, he’s posted the following video and here is what he had to say about it:
"Zooey's absence from the dance number in (500) Days of Summer was a tragic injustice. Here we have a remedy.
We shot (500) Days of Summer a little over a year ago. And even then, we kinda knew we had to do this. We talked about it back then, Marc and Zooey and I did. I mean, it really felt a bit wrong -- Zooey's born for musical numbers, and the one day she wasn't on set, we go and shoot a musical number? The wrong had to be righted. So when it came time to start promoting the movie, we had the idea to kill two birds with one stone.
Now I'll be honest; promotion, publicity, etc etc etc -- not usually my favorite part of the job. But this is different. This is creative. It's a work of art in its own right. And to me, it seems like so much more effective an endorsement of the movie than any interview or fashion shoot. Wouldn't you say? I wish all movie promotion could be like this: new, free bite-sized creations by the same people who made the movie. Plus it was about as purely fun a day on a set as I've ever had. Hope you like it!"
So anyway (500) Days of Summer: I really enjoyed it. The idea of the film is to show the arc of a relationship that spans 500 days by jumping back and forth in time. The scenes are like vignettes from different days in the relationship and every time it switches there is a title page that announces the day: (500), (488), (1), (316), (28) etc. It works kind of like a flip chart and it’s a fun concept, utilized in a way that shows the highs and lows of a relationship in a completely relatable way. Don’t we all remember our long term relationships in flashes of good days and bad days? And don’t all our memories have a difficult time sticking to chronological order?
The two leads are wonderful together and their acting is assured and honest, not flashy or over-precious. At first I was disappointed in the way that Summer (Deschanel) seemed to be underwritten as a character. But upon further reflection from myself and others I realize that the character was meant to be written that way: mysterious, unknowable, uncatchable. Tom (Gordon-Levitt) is instantly enthralled by her and is soon convinced she is the ONE for him. The majority of the film is spent revealing to him and the audience that just because someone may be the ONE for you, doesn’t mean you will be the ONE for them.
The film has some really great fantastical moments. After Tom and Summer’s first night together, Tom’s walk to work evolves into an incredibly happy-go-lucky dance number as if he’s stepped into an MGM musical, when he is particularly down about their relationship he sees himself as the protagonist in a Fellini style film, when he attends a party at Summer’s house the film goes into a split screen showing the events unfold on one side in reality, and on the other side as Tom WISHES it would. All these were fun touches that gave visual interest to the film and seemed true to the characters, not distracting.
Of course there is much hype about the music in the film: The Smiths, Belle & Sebastian, Regina Spektor, Feist, Simon & Garfunkel, Hall & Oates. Too twee? Too hipster? Too much? Maybe. But for the most part the soundtrack worked and again, it seemed true to the story and wasn’t distracting. I especially loved the drunken karaoke scene and am tempted to buy the deluxe version of the soundtrack (available on iTunes) just to get Zooey Deschanel’s adorable rendition of "Sugar Town" by Nancy Sinatra and Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s earnest "Here Comes Your Man" by The Pixies.
The one serious complaint I have about the film is the narration by, of all people, Leslie Nielson. It was really unnecessary (as most narration in film is) and just seemed an excuse for the writers to expound upon witty, wistful ideas about love and relationships in a wry, flat narrator voice. It was unnecessary because the film itself was already expounding on those ideas quite articulately and beautifully.
There were a few other little things that I could complain about, little cliché-y things, but I’m going to refrain, because they’re minor and don’t detract from the film enough to ruin my overall enjoyment of it.
Go see (500) Days of Summer and give yourself over to the bitter, the sweet, and the everything in between.
***On Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s website hitRECord.org, he’s posted the following video and here is what he had to say about it:
"Zooey's absence from the dance number in (500) Days of Summer was a tragic injustice. Here we have a remedy.
We shot (500) Days of Summer a little over a year ago. And even then, we kinda knew we had to do this. We talked about it back then, Marc and Zooey and I did. I mean, it really felt a bit wrong -- Zooey's born for musical numbers, and the one day she wasn't on set, we go and shoot a musical number? The wrong had to be righted. So when it came time to start promoting the movie, we had the idea to kill two birds with one stone.
Now I'll be honest; promotion, publicity, etc etc etc -- not usually my favorite part of the job. But this is different. This is creative. It's a work of art in its own right. And to me, it seems like so much more effective an endorsement of the movie than any interview or fashion shoot. Wouldn't you say? I wish all movie promotion could be like this: new, free bite-sized creations by the same people who made the movie. Plus it was about as purely fun a day on a set as I've ever had. Hope you like it!"
From Blip.fm - Fever Ray
My friend Nelse turned me on to Fever Ray this weekend. She's pretty cool! ♫ http://blip.fm/~blppb
Fashionable Blue Sofa and Armchair : “Quilt”
This fancy new set of blue furniture truly fascinated us. “Quilt” comes from Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec and brings with it originality and a fresh look. The navy blue is a very inspired color, as it is not too simple nor too flashy. This makes the set integrate well in a classic environment, but in a modern one as well. The unusual upholstered collection comes in various dimensions and after a little research we found out that red and black versions are also available. The sofa looks extremely comfortable and so does the armchair, due to the feet-rest addition. But we think in this case, aesthetics comes first, as this is the type of sofa one could proudly display in a fashionable living room. We are looking forward to your opinions on this set.
COWGIRL BEDDING
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I don’t know about you, but I prefer the girls cowgirl bedding sets that I use in my bedroom decorating projects to be easily identified as feminine. In other words, I don’t care for completely gender neutral horse theme bedding sets.
And, frankly, there have been times when one lone comforter in pink was the best I could come up with no matter how far and wide I cast my net. How sad it is that manufacturers apparently make the assumption that all ladies who ranch (compared to ladies who lunch) are tomboys that don’t mind coming home to a bedroom decorated in a cowboy theme rather than a pretty set of cowgirl bedding.
There’s a place for horseshoes, cowboy hats, boots and of course pictures of your favorite horse in the bedroom of a girl who loves to barrel race, farm or dreams of farming. But I have often wondered how could a little lace in addition to the leather possibly hurt? The horse loving girls that I know would not mind some white eyelet on the edge of their bandanas a bit. A hot pink bandana print bedding set with a white or cream eyelet bed skirt and curtains are what I have in mind for the next teenage girl’s bedroom who says she wants cowgirl bedding. If she balks and says that my cowgirl decorating ideas are too girly, you will be the first to know that I was wrong. Return to Teenage Girls Cowgirl Bedding and Bedroom Decorating Ideas to see if I was right or if modern cowgirls prefer to be just one of the boys.
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