The May edition of Lonny is out!

The May 2012 edition of Lonny was (finally!) released yesterday and it features lots of gorgeous eye candy for the design-obssesed among us. The issue is mainly focused on outdoor entertaining but it has some great indoor spaces as well (plus a vibrant bonus trip to Morocco, a place I've always wanted to visit). Everything in this issue feels bright and fresh and airy - perfect for late spring!

Here's what I'm bookmarking from this issue...

All white outdoor furniture (love the tulip table outside!) with brightly colored place settings (pg. 96)

Still love me a sunburst mirror, plus layered rugs, and a bright antique lamp (pg. 129)

Bright white kitchen with shelves and subway tile (pg. 141)

Embrace the bold! Mix 'n matched dining room chairs with Red Eames chairs, and striped black and white wingback chairs. I adore this combination! (pg. 162)

Statement art: large pop-art Jackie O. Sassy and classy. (pg. 165)

Love the blue bamboo chairs and seahorse table! Great lighting fixture and potted plants on the table too. (pg. 172)

Expert use of modern vintage style here. I love it all, especially all the lucite, the bell jar, that subtle yet glam wallpaper, the ornate mirror, the gold bookcase, and the blue bust! Fantastic. (pg. 188)

Just a lovely little desk nook! (pg. 194 - but check out pg. 195 too for the desk details - perfection.)

A sequined coverlet! Can you stand the glamour?! (pg. 224)

What were your favorite moments in the May edition of Lonny?? Do share. And if you haven't read it yet, just click here and enjoy!

Build a room: teenage dream

1: blazing poppies wallpaper {anthropologie} 2: pink lacquered desk {SAbrina DAnenberg Atelier} 3: deer head white {dwell}  4: eero aarnio bubble chair {hive modern} 5: angelique mirror black {zgallerie}

When I was a teenager, I plastered an entire wall and half of my bedroom with a massively intricate collage of images I cut out from magazines. Boys I liked, clothes, jewelry, shoes, nail polish, even just words and images. It was actually pretty cool but a few years later I ripped it all down to paint the wall four different shades of blue. I'm not even sure if I got a picture of it. Sigh.

Anyways, if I could design a room for a teenage girl nowadays, these are some of the elements I'd love to pull in. The inspiration started with that fantastically vivid wallpaper from anthropologie and just flowed from there. If I had my druthers, I'd also throw in a white sheepskin rug, a gold bamboo and glass side table and perhaps a mirrored dresser.