My kind of living room...

Apparently I need to find this Todd Yoggy, as everything I've seen seems to be exactly how I would want a room.  Victorian and traditional with hints of irreverence and modernity.  Wait, did I just describe me?

~MME.


Found via the always inspiring Desire to Inspire.

Going to my happy place...

and this would be it...

Won't you join me? I'll be making lemon meringue pie...

image courtesy of desire to inspire (like usual!)

Stay tuned! The new fall Vogue is sitting on my nightstand and I still haven't cracked it open. I'm sure it will hold plenty of inspiration...

An obsession: Round Tables

I can't get it out of my mind...I am desperate for a dining room with a round table. I have been tantalized with pictures all over the internet. It's really quite unfair.

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Things that make me smile Wednesday

Welcome back to your favorite day of the week. Ah, Wednesday, I'm always stuck in the middle with you...your ways send me a shoppin.
If I had approximately $750 today, I would have purchased these lovely smile-worthy treats.this book dress makes me smile

these boyfriend jeans...


and these boyfriend jeans make me smile

i am smiling all over these well-tailored summery white trousers



this table is so perfect for my nook that i am grinning like a fool!


and finally...
the eclectic mess of this NYC loft (found via desire to inspire)make me smile with distant whimsy,
for surely the saint would never allow it.

Happy Wednesday,

Mme. Bookling

Things that make me smile Wednesday

Bon Matin, friend. You are off gallivanting in Oregon, painting under trees and living your calling as a dryad. I am here with your kitty boys and we are smiling at these things:

This print made me smile, but mainly because of the quote on the bottom! "One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art." Oscar Wilde

A mantra to live by indeed!

Lolita is a new blog I found a few weeks ago,and of course I would love it because of the name. However, I love it more because everyday she inspires me with some sort of amazing photograph. This bubble bath photo makes me smile.

These perfectly vintage Victorian pumps make me smile.

It seems that every week I am posting about something I found at DesiretoInspire and today is no exception. It's really just such wonderful eye-candy, that blog.

This couch makes me smile. It encompasses my style so well...I want it.

Loves on this cloudy, perfect Wednesday.

Mme. Bookling

Things that make me smile Wednesday 5/27

My apologies for the tardy post! But I figured that if you don't smile on Wednesday, you sure as HELL need a giggle on Thursday. Here goes.

This dress makes me smile!

This summer tote makes me smile! Beside the seaside...

This white kitchen with splashes of orange makes me smile because it reminds me of a certain someone with similar taste...

This print Sophia makes me smile.
A blonde with an owl?! I love!

These toes and this post made me smile all day after I read it!

Happiest of Wednesday going on Thursday to you!
mme. bookling

Things that make me smile Wednesday 5/20

good morning. hope you find some smiles today. here's my inspiration:

"Today there is no audience," print via one of my new favorite blogs: Swirly Girl. She writes a lot about writing and does it so soulfully and honestly. I've loved every entry since I started following.

I showed these udon noodle bowls to joel as soon as I saw them via SoulPretty. How we grinned with the cleverness!

this may be my minimalist husband's idea of visual hell, but how i smile at the thought of such a room! so wrought with memories, color, and age. i want!
(photographer Damien Russell found via desire to inspire)

the idea of writing my weekly letters on such a whimsical, nostalgic, romantic notepad makes me smile indeed.

(found on Reverie Daydream)

Ever since our Emily posted the recipe for these cookies on her ever-lovely blog, I have kept the page open so I could make them. I would say these are guaranteed to make me smile...must get to grocery store!

i am seriously sighing (is that the same thing as smiling?) with nostalgic whimsy at a dining room with all these books! i love the victorian appeal of the room anyway, but add books?!! sigh.

(photograph via Alexandra Rowley found via desire to inspire)


xo- mme bookling.

Things that make me smile wednesday 5/3

Ready for a smiley time?

This fireside nook makes me smile with deep longing.


This happy mustard dress from sunday brunch makes me grin from ear to ear as I reminisce about our ladies brunches...

I smile with great color appreciation at this pop of teal in the room.

I am smiling with AWE at this photograph.

Happy Wednesday!
mme. bookling

things that make me smile wednesday

it's here again.

hap, hap, happy wednesday.

i hope that my note of sarcasm is detected, for this morning (which is really afternoon) i feel like crawling onto the sofa with my comforter, hot tea, and movies. i woke up feeling very sick and cranky after a long night of computer frustrations and cake baking.

so today's list, the wednesday smiles, it's all about comfort.

heidi merric: 09 spring collection

(i may have already mentioned this designer, but i LOVE it so...)

nothing can bring a warm smile like an inviting, stylish kitchen.

via desiretoinspire

this bookroom makes me smile as anything lately that has SPACE brings me immense satisfaction

via sfgirlbythebay

this chic vintage pattern makes me smile,

courtesy of sew-retro

this happy little vintage tulip bowl makes me smile

via jwhite2

this old picture of bikers around greenlake make me grin!

via vintageseattle

off to hibernate,
oodles of love.
mme.