Category: Books
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No interior designer should be without this book: We have so many books in our home that I've rewritten the story of the Three Little Pigs: the first pig built his house out of straw, the second pig used wood, the third pig chose bricks, but the forth little pig was a clever little pig,…
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I need to find some guest writers for those times when I'm having my migraines for days on end, or when I'm sick as a dog as is the case for this past week. It's the first time that I've gotten sick since having my mastectomy and it really hit me hard considering I have…
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I'm loving this book! Lisa St Aubin de Terán is my soul sister! A Valley in Italy is a memoir of a renovation in the Umbrian hills after "searching for a dilapidated Italian villa for three years". With a vision in mind, "I had a mental picture of my ideal house which I had been…
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We went to a reading by children's author Mo Willems in Santa Cruz the other day. He read from his recent release Knuffle Bunny Too, which I was surprised to learn is pronounced with a hard "K"! It sounded so soft and huggy with a soft "k" (like "knife"!) There is by the way a…
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I am a big fan of selvedge magazine (The Fabric of Your Life: Textiles In Fine Art, Fashion, Interiors, Travel & Shopping). "The Imperial Issue" is out right now… and it's loaded with yummy new books. Here are just a few: Costumes and Textiles of Royal India (ISBN 0903432552). "After years of searching through dusty…
So Sylvie 