D.I.Y: For the love of Quilts......

Beautiful detailed quilt: found via ArtSake with no original link (if anyone knows please  comment)

Black and White Quilt via Pinterest

Seen on display at My Blue Bamboo in Plymouth, Minnesota :Karen Stone Quilt pattern

Quilt of Stars: Sparkler Quilt via Funquilts

For Instant results this Reversible Kaleidoscope quilt is pretty good value at Urban Outfitters

Black, white and grey handmade quilts

Stunning Velvet Quilt ELLE France // February 2013 Via Born to be wild

When someone says quilt making I used to think of naff handmade quilts, with pastel flower patterns favoured by grannies worldwide, however I have recently found a new respect for the world of quilting.

I have Come across awesome skilled quilt artists, like Karen Stone whose intricate psychedelic patterns remind me of Abstract artists like Kandinsky, and have totally inspired me... although I may start off with something a lot more simple.. like learning how to use a sewing machine.. I am hoping the second image (black and white quilt) is a bit more realistic

One Bathroom: Paco Pinton And Chiquinho- Dilettante

Paco Pinton And Chiquinho- Dilettante's Bathroom via The Selby

All Images Paco Pinton And Chiquinho- Dilettante's Bathroom via The Selby

I love Todd Selby, not only does he have my dream job, but he is very good at it, and I am totally in awe of his latest find, the Madrid home of Pace Pinton and Chiquinho Dilettante. This home is so beautiful and although every room is a visual feast, I am totally in love with this beautiful blue mosaic bathroom, with its vintage rug and gorgeously packaged products, not to mention the happy houseplants and natural sponge.

I urge you to check out the rest of this beautiful space over at The Selby

The cafe of...Xoli Ormut-Durbin

Café Xoho, Tel Aviv, Israel 

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A VIBRANT AND NOMADIC PAST has fed into every corner of this exciting space in Tel Aviv. Dreamt up by the ever-energetic Xoli, born in Hong-Kong and studied in Australia, Xoho, an arty café in the heart of the city is the result of Xoli’s experiment, bringing an artistic coffee culture to the Israeli city.

Xoli studied graphic design in Melbourne, deciding to move there after getting to know it during a two month visit, escaping the Hong-Kong SARS outbreak in 2004. On graduating Xoli followed her family to Tel Aviv. With some life-long friendships forged after a brief stint getting up to mischief at a Kibbutz years before, (a place where she was supposed to be learning Hebrew), Xoli alongside one of her Kibbutz companions Howie, decided to set up Café Xoho.

“Our aim was to breathe some creative life into an already saturated market of generic coffee shops in Tel Aviv. We are a home away from home. A living room bursting with wonderful aromas and the laughter of happy people.”

With artistic influences from her mother and a business minded father, it seems only natural that Xoli’s path lead her to established a buzzing hub of creative hospitality. One year after opening, Howie decided to back out of the venture returning back to law and sparing their friendship.

If one thing has become clear for Xoli, it’s that opening a café can be tough, and opening a café in Tel Aviv when you’ve only lived there a year, well that happens to be on another level completely

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