La Vie en Rose...

This French saying translates to "Life in Pink."
People take it many different ways, but to me it's those moments in life when there is so much love,
passion,
satisfaction,
happiness,
hope...
so much that it ends up casting a rosy hue on everything you see. Love is suddenly everywhere!
Some might argue this kind of "seeing" is dangerous. You know, blinded by love.
But no, I don't think love blinds you. I think it's the opposite actually. It helps you to see.


Audrey Hepburn's character in Sabrina says it best:


"I am looking at the world through rose-coloured glasses. 
It says everything I feel...I have learned how to live, how to be 
in the world and of the world and not just stand aside and watch. 
I will never again run away from life...or from love either. "


So, in honor of February, here are our windows en Rose...

Here's to seeing life through rose colored glasses.

Fig :)

These Windows They Are A Changin'...

 After last week's enormously successful Fall Sale, it was def time to freshen up the windows.

August is a month of excitement and energy. School is starting, Sales are happening, 

and people just seem to be running around in general. Like really, really fast. 

So we made sure The August Windows captured that high energy and vibrancy of life. 

Pops of bright colors and quirky vintage pieces made the windows super fun
and hard to look away from. I'd like to credit the recent fender benders
on 21st to our eye catching windows...but I'd better not.
Not sure if we have insurance for that. 

But these times they are a changin'...and so the windows must, too! 

We are now well into September and things are starting to settle in a bit.

 School is back in swing, the pools are closed, the weather is beginning to chill. 

Soups and hot chocolate are getting ready to take their seasonal reign at the table. 

Everything that is green is on the verge of turning brown, and while that may sadden some,
we see an opportunity to be inspired by it! 

So, without further ado, The September Windows!

Layers of white provide a clean, soothing environment.
(Maybe a hint at the winter to come?)
The mid-century pieces bring in sophistication from years past,
adding a little bit of the beloved Mad Men factor.
(Can't you just picture Don Draper perched in that white leather chair?)
Absolutely in love with the prohibition inspired hide-away bar.
(Does The Patterson House have on-call mixologist services? Prob not, but here's to hoping)
And that glossy white lacquered deer head (oh yes, he is the real deal)
well, he just keeps it a little weird.

It's all so very, dare I say it... Retropolitan?

                                                             

-Fig