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Book Love!-Part 1 via Santa Rosa Interior Design
Posted by Irene Turner in Personal Style & Well being on January 19, 2012
I’ve been a reader since I first learned. I’ll never forget the day I was visiting my sister and her family. I woke early and walked into the kitchen for some coffee and there were my niece, nephew and sister sitting at the breakfast table eating and reading their books. I just had to laugh as that was exactly how I grew up! Books weren’t allowed at the dinner table, but breakfast? Well, at the time it was a kind of meditation, and a great way to start the morning.
Since then I have been an avid reader and to this day when I move, I move with over 60 boxes of books! Yes, I take them with me. Now…I do own an iPad…I love that iPad. And yes, when I travel that is also my reading material. But otherwise, I am a lover of books.
How do I love books? Let me count the ways:
- I love holding them
image via Modern Hepburn on tumbler
- I love smelling the pages of an old book Continue reading “Book Love!-Part 1 via Santa Rosa Interior Design” »
Living With Books:Part 2-An eye on Nate Berkus
Posted by Irene Turner in Interior Design & Renovation, Personal Style & Well being on June 13, 2010
Those of you who read my 8 Display Tips for Living with Books-Part 1 know that I LOVE Books. There are so many ways that books enrich my life…
- Design books inspire me and teach me tricks of the trade
- Fiction transports me to another’s world
- Biographies inform me of an inspiring life
- Historical books educate me and
- Spiritual Books center me
I think books say something about the person who lives with them…it say’s that they are thoughtful, intelligent and love the spoken word. A home filled with books is a place of endless adventure.
One of my favorite fellow designers who also likes AND lives with a lot of books is Nate Berkus. He is best known for his regular appearances on Oprah and his easy, budget conscious designs.
He will be premiering with his own show on September 13th and I look forward to following it! I had the pleasure of meeting him once when he was first getting started and I lived in Chicago. Quiet, unassuming and sincere, he is exactly as he appears. My favorite project of his is his own apartment located in Chicago, overlooking Lake Michigan as shown in Elle Decor in 2008. While the whole apartment is fab, his library is what draws me in. Continue reading “Living With Books:Part 2-An eye on Nate Berkus” »
8 Display Tips for Living with Books-Part 1
Posted by Irene Turner in Interior Design & Renovation on May 27, 2010
The kindle, the ipad, gotta love it, and gotta have one, but, no matter what, I still love books! And there is something about finding books in a home that tells you something about the owners…it tells you about their interests, that there is thought and contemplation that happens in that home, and times of quiet and individual entertainment. They say that these people love a written word and to be transported to another place and time. Yes, I will own an ipad…AND I will still have my books!Living Artfully
Posted by Irene Turner in Personal Style & Well being, Product/Trend Alert! on January 6, 2010
Living Artfully
Too often, our holiday celebrations are filled with such tremendous effort, chaos and stress that they cease to be happy. Instead of creating our holidays in the true spirit of who we are and what we believe in, we overspend, overindulge and overlook the reason we are celebrating the season. If you are overwhelmed by the thought of the upcoming season or wish for more meaning to your holiday, buy yourself a gift that will be meaningful for life. “Living Artfully” by Sandra Magsamen, shares creative and artful ways to keep the “happy” in life. Through our mindful choices and actions, we can apply these simple, meaningful approaches and embrace our true spirit and the spirit of the holidays.
Living artfully is expressing who you are through the moments that you create. Living Artfully reminds us to explore and experience life with more heart, meaning, purpose and joy. It asks us to imagine, to dream big, to believe in ourselves, to celebrate the people in our lives, make each day count, dance when the spirit moves us, laugh out loud, and let our voices be heard. Continue reading “Living Artfully” »
Slow
Posted by Irene Turner in Entertaining Sonoma Style on November 20, 2009
A new book is coming out, “SLOW:Life in a Tuscan Town” by Douglas Gayeton. Personally, I can’t wait! What is it about Italy that attracts us so? Italy is the sixth (depending on what is happening in California) largest economy in the world. But when you go there, you see shops closed for hours in the middle of the day, everyone seems to be drinking wine and espresso, smoking Marlboro Reds, and it looks like no one’s working! What is going on in Italy? Mmmmmmm…they are living life! Continue reading “Slow” »
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