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Where Do You Shop For Flowers?
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Where Do You Shop For Flowers?

Fresh-cut flowers are one of life's little luxuries.
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Fresh-cut flowers are one of life's little luxuries. But depending on where and when you pick up your petals, you can make your much-deserved indulgence last much longer. Buying your blooms from a florist in the beginning of the week is a tried and true way to ensure they last long. On Fridays the stems tend to be more affordable, and you can still enjoy them on the weekend, though they may soon wither. Farmers markets and flower stands are also reliable resources. But grocery stores are notorious for peddling petals past their prime. Where do you pick yours up?

Design Ideas to Steal From Rococo Chocolates' Secret Garden
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Design Ideas to Steal From Rococo Chocolates' Secret Garden

I recently took a fabulous, weeklong trip to London and Suffolk hosted by the team from Visit London and spent some time in the fashionable residential district Belgravia.
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Design Ideas to Steal From Rococo Chocolates' Secret Garden

I recently took a fabulous, weeklong trip to London and Suffolk hosted by the team from Visit London and spent some time in the fashionable residential district Belgravia. I was lucky enough to receive a personal tour of the flagship store of luxury chocolate company Rococo Chocolates from the founding chocolatier herself, Chantal Coady. Behind the adorable studio and chocolate factory kitchen is an adorable Morrocan-style garden — what she calls her "MaRococo secret garden" — that I'm still seriously swooning over. The courtyard oasis has seating for sipping a hot cocoa and nibbling on Rococo's treats, as well as lush landscaping and plenty of other delightful design elements. Come along to learn how to get the look.

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Love Window Box Topiary in London
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Cool Idea: Love Flies Out the Window

During my wonderful weeklong trip to London and Suffolk hosted by the team from Visit London, I toured the fashionable Belgravia district, one of London's most charming and prestigious neighborhoods.
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During my wonderful weeklong trip to London and Suffolk hosted by the team from Visit London, I toured the fashionable Belgravia district, one of London's most charming and prestigious neighborhoods. Among other neighboring high streets, quaint Elizabeth Street is lined with small brick buildings with ground floor boutiques and residential apartments above. While the storefronts each exhibit their own sense of style with perfectly curated paint colors and sophisticated signage, the top floor exteriors are for the most part simple.

So I couldn't help but be smitten with one resident who spelled out the word "love" in topiaries from the window boxes on their balcony. The romantic touch of greenery is both subtle and eye-catching — quite akin to the sleepy neighborhood that carries the covetable red carpet looks of Jenny Packham, the show-stopping hats of acclaimed milliner Philip Treacy, and the to-die-for gems of Erickson Beamon.

L&B Fine Linen in London on Motcomb Street
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Casa Shops: L&B Fine Linen

I just returned from a fabulous, weeklong trip to London and Suffolk hosted by the team from Visit London.
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I just returned from a fabulous, weeklong trip to London and Suffolk hosted by the team from Visit London. One of my favorite activities was a personal tour of Belgravia, one of London's most charming and prestigious neighborhoods. Marked by grand white Regency buildings and tranquil gardens, the district brims with boutiques, restaurants, galleries, and history.

Tucked away on the picturesque, cobblestone Motcomb Street, I visited the showroom of luxury linen specialty shop L&B Fine Linen. Opened five years ago by interior designer Leonora Beaubois, L&B specializes in luxury bedlinens imported from Italy and offers bespoke embroidered monogramming to clients worldwide. The heart of the collection is 100 percent Egyptian cotton and cotton percale, but the range also includes satin and linen bedding, table linens, towels, and robes. Whether it's in the metallic embroidery of a pillowcase or a set of concentric marine blue lace sheets, the designs are undeniably inspired by fashion, no doubt integrating facilely into the homes of Beaubois's clients.


The shop eventually introduced accessories and tableware sourced from France, including pieces by Hermes, Christofle, and Bernardaud, and the showroom is punctuated with understated contemporary accent furniture from high-end European designers. Check out my photos below for a tour. If you're anything like me, you fall for each and every one of the indulgently comfortable items.

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