Tobi Fairley

We never put much stock in the weather forcast when it calls for snow in Arkansas.  But every once in a while it actually happens. Well, today is that day. There is no time for blogging because the four-year-old and I are off for a day of snowmen and snow angels.

Day 8 of the Things I Love is a Surprise Snowday…see you all later!

I love, love, love the Hallings Secretary by Thomas O’Brien for Hickory Chair. It is one of the few peices of furniture that I have used over and over again. I even have it in my own bedroom.

I think the Hallings will be one of the iconic pieces of this era for future generations to admire and collect.

Day #7 of the Things I Love…The Hallings Secretary. Enough said.

I have always loved this ad for Armstrong flooring with the Lucille Ball look-alike. I love the color palette in the interior, I love her fit and flare dress with the great patent belt and I love, love, love her diamond brooch!!

 Though I am a modern girl in so many ways, I have a fondness for things old-fashioned. I consider myself an old soul and it shows up in my dior inspired dresses, my taste in music (Sinatra, Melody Gardot, Michael Buble), and my favorite accessories like large-brimmed hats, pearls and brooches. I recently purchased this amazing Miriam Haskell design brooch and I am waiting for the perfect place to wear it.  Miriam was a friend, muse, and designer for Coco Chanel, which gives some insight about her style and tastes.

And speaking of Chanel, here are 2 more Chanel brooches that are currently on my wish list.  This one is reminiscent of my living room color palette.

And this one speaks to my love of starbursts. Whether mirrors or brooches, I think starburst designs are interesting and chic.

Day #6 of the Things I Love is all about brooches.  They are old-fashioned and fabulous!!

I think there are 2 kinds of people in the world…Those who love Eames Lounge Chairs and those who hate them.

I am definitely in the LOVE group. Those sexy curves and handsome wood grains just float my boat. But my dad on the other hand, is on the other side of the fence. Maybe my love and appreciation for the bentwood beauty comes from my furniture design studies. Dad jokes that his opinion is just due to his extremely good taste.

Dad would especially detest this version from the set of Gossip Girls covered in Missoni flame stitch. I think the only thing he likes less than the Eames Lounger is flame stitch. Though not a fan of the retro zigzag pattern either, I find this reincarnation of the Eames sort of urban and cool.

On this, the 5th day of the Things I Love series, I am going with the Eames lounge chair because I think it is the bee’s knees! What do you think?

photos from thirteen and south, apartment therapy and material girls.

I love Essie Marshmallow nail polish.  I wear it every single week of my life.  Each Monday morning I go to the world’s greatest manicurist and she makes my hands look gorgeous and classic with this perfect shade of pearl.  Marshmallow on the hands is like a gorgeous strand of pearls on the neck, it is exquisite.

However, I have to admit that I am thinking of cheating on my old-faithful polish for a trendier option.  I ask myself, “exactly how trendy can something from Chanel, the mother of classic design, really be??” Like their gorgeous bags that go with anything and everything, is Chanel’s Jade nail polish not the “new neutral”??

There is something I love about that perfect shade of retro green.  It makes me happy. It reminds me of my new Aquamarine Townie Bicycle, my favorite shade of Kitchen Aid Mixer and it even brings back memories of that school house institutional green that the concrete block walls were painted in my elementary school.

The stars have been embracing it for months now and I do think I am actually ready to make the leap myself.

The Jade polish is perfectly Spring-like, so now seems as good of a time as any to give it a whirl.

So on Day #4 of the Things I Love…I love Marshmallow nail polish and it will be my forever go to color.  But just for a little excitement I am going to give Jade a try. What do you think??