One of my goals this year was to post more about goings on in my garden and home. That gets a little more challenging as I share all there is to share that’s new.  So today I’m sharing images of some of my all-time favorite rooms.  You know, the ones you go back and look at time and time again and they still make you smile? You do that too, don’t you? 🙂

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This kitchen is perfect to me.  I love the design work of Marianne Simon and this kitchen is one of my all-time favorites. Not too big, not too small.

I first discovered Christy Ford on and George blog site (I’m not sure the site is still up and running), and her publication The Scout Guide.  I absolutely love her style.

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The rustic touches in this room and its overall loveliness are attributable in part to Bethany Puopolo, Architect.  Do you ever find a common theme when you’re admiring a room, or that many of the rooms you love are designed by the same handful of designers/architects over and over?

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This corner of a room (which is all I can find ~ source unknown) is so charming as a small library / desk space.  The books look like a collection of some kind and I adore the painting (wallpaper?) on the wall.  Details like the lantern are icing on the cake for me!

Instagram introduced me to Trinity Holmes of c.1934.  I love all of her images and wish, oh how I wish, she had a blog site.  This kitchen vignette is absolute perfection, in my humble opinion. 🙂

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Are you noticing a theme?  Buffalo check fabric?  I do love it, especially when mixed with other prints.  Francie Hargrove designs some of my favorite rooms.

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Ever since I received Gil Shafer’s book, The Great American House: Tradition for the Way We Live Now I’ve been in love with each and every project I’ve seen that he’s had a hand in.

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Wendy Posard is another talent that I seem to be drawn to.  Her work for clients always seems fresh, less formal, more comfortable.  A deconstructed kitchen at it’s best.

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I even find certain retail sources provide inspiration and are wish list worthy, like Williams Sonoma and Pottery Barn.  This isn’t the old Sears Catalog, my friends! 🙂

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I’m certain you have favorites too.  I’d love to hear of a few of your ‘go to’ designers. ♥ Karen