NEW YEARS WISHES

PAINTING ON WALLS

While we find grooming and personal maitenance beyond the most tedious of tasks (which is why we avoid it at all costs), we are happy as clams to grab a brush and give a facelift to STUDIO PANIER. 

This is our kind of waxing, trimming, polishing and preening:

its even more fun if you wear a paisley robe while you paint the floor with shades of butter.

We hit the ground, because we're pretty comfortable being bottom dwellers.

Fouché starts on the cabinet, Tiffany blue.

After sufficiently coating ourselves in paint, we decide we need a little decoration, a little dress up.

And we find an antique French Panel to duplicate and each take a side,  

(because we're in stuff together) 

and paint the wall shades of jade and chartreuse against a turquoise backsplash.

All of this against the background of Lou Doillon's newest album, which we are listening to on repeat, repeat. 

Fouch é 's Fresco Fantastic:

A colour palatte which is totally channeling our grandparent's house in Palm Beach. In the best possible way, of course. Who doesn't love a 70's mint moment? 

Why are we getting all fancy?

We're opening a shop, for real.

Get in touch Buttercup, to land yourself on the list.

here.

Glowing green.

MORE TO LOVE

GANDHI SAYS: WHERE THERE IS LOVE THERE IS LIFE.

(CLEVER BUNNY)

WE SAY: WHERE THERE IS LOVE, THERE IS ALSO TARTAN.

HELLO, HIGHLAND FLING.

JUST IN TIME FOR V-DAY:

THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA

FLING JACKET

SHE'S KIND OF LIKE,

COCO WENT TO SCOTLAND 

AND THEN TO WOODSTOCK

TO EARN HER STRIPES (AND HEARTS AND SPOTS)

KIND OF JACKET.

YEA, WE'VE GOT ALL THOSE STANDARD COLLARLESS JACKET BITS. LIKE POCKETS AND PIPING.

HAVE YOU SEEN THE HEART ON THE SPINE?

THE SPOTTED PATCHES FROM AN VINTAGE DRESS?

BOTH HAND-STITCHED INTO PLACE.

IF THATS NOT LOVE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.

OUR HEART IS FULL

OF TARTAN AND JOY

HAPPY ALMOST V-DAY SWEET BOHEMIANS.

MORE? MORE IS MORE, WHEN IT COMES TO TARTAN, FEATHERS AND CHOCOLATE.

GO HERE AND SAY HI TO US.

DOG BLOG

MAYBE WE'VE BEEN IN ENGLAND TOO LONG,

WE ARE STARTING TO PREFER DOGS TO PEOPLE,

(THATS HOW YOU KNOW YOU'RE REALLY ENGLISH).

SO FOR SOME HOMEMADE GIFT GIVING,

WE PUT OUR BRUSHES TO PAPER TO IMMORTALISE OUR CANINE FAMILY MEMBERS:

MOCHI

(PROFESSOR PUP)

AND JASPER [FEATHERBOTTOM]

THE DOG BABIES ARE GENERALLY REGARDED AS THE SECOND COMING IN THESE PARTS, (HOW APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE SEASON) AND SO IT ONLY MADE SENSE TO IMMORTALISE THEM THROUGH PORTRAITURE FOR LA FAMIGLIA.

MAYBE IF THIS WHOLE BOHEMIAN CLOTHING SHTICK DOESN'T WORK OUT FOR US, THERE'S A FUTURE FOR US IN DOGGIE DRAWINGS.

WE'LL MAKE ONE FOR YOU TOO, IF YOU ASK SUPER NICELY.

TO INQUIRE FOR YOUR OWN DOG BABY PORTRAIT, GO HERE.

INK AND WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS OF MOCHI AND JASPER RESPECTIVELY, BY OUR OWN BOHEMIAN HANDS

PAISLEY HAZE

WE HAD THIS DREAM THE OTHER DAY ABOUT A BABY NAMED PAISLEY. 

AND THOUGH WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THE INDIAN PATTERN COURSING THROUGH OUR VEINS, LATELY WE'VE BEEN FIXATED ON ALL VARIETIES OF THE UNDULATING ORGANIC TOPIARIES.

A LITTLE WEDNESDAY PAISLEY MEDITATION IF YOU WILL:

THE BEST BANDANNA PAISLEY

HENDRIX SHOWS US HOW ITS DONE

EXPLODED LINEN

SWEET MARIANNE AND HER SLEEVES

 GYPSY WEARING IT AT THE FRENCH RAG YARD

LIBERTY OF LONDON PAISLEY BABY DRESS

JUST THE WAY WE DREAM OF HIM: MICK WRAPPED IN IT

PHOEBE IN ALIX OF BOHEMIA ACID LINEN TEDDIE SHORTS

JOHN ROBSHAW'S INDIAN BABA SHOWS HIS WEARS

PENELOPE TREE LUXURIATING ATOP IT

SONNY SMITTEN WITH CHER'S BELL BOTTOMS

SOMETHING MORE RESTRAINED

LITTLE EDIE REPRESENTING HER INNER INDIAN SPIRIT

OUR ALIX OF BOHEMIA THEODORA SMOKING JACKET IN VINTAGE PAISLEY (CORDUROY JOY)

JUST CALL US THE PAISLEY PRINCESS:YOU KNOW HOW WE GET WHEN WE GET ON A TANGENT, WE LIKE TO BEAT IT TILL ITS DEAD DEAD DEAD.
WE'VE GOT TO GET IT OUT OF OUR SYSTEMS.
EXCUSE US, BUT WE'RE OFF TO GO HENNA OURSELVES HAPPY IN THE MOTIF AND SPEND THE DAY WEARING A TURBAN.
ITS WHAT TALITHA G. WOULD HAVE WANTED; AND SHE'S THE BOSS.

PREDICTABLE IN OUR FIXATION? PERHAPS YES, BUT AT LEAST ITS THE GOOD STUFF WE'RE MADE OF:

WE'RE OUT OF THE WOODS WE'RE OUT OF THE DARK

WE GOT THROWN SOME WATERCOLOURS OVER THE WEEKEND AND IT OPENED OUR EYES TO THE POSSIBILITY OF COLOURING IN OUR DRAWINGS (DUH).
IT FLIPPED OUR SWITCH, TO SAY THE LEAST.