After a busy weekend of planning a three-way birthday party with two close friends, finding the perfect dress for said party, cleaning my apartment from top to bottom, reviewing 1400 documents(!!!) and re-discovering Oreo cookies (someone, please come take them away!), it is 10:30 p.m. on Sunday night and I am ready, finally, to relax. So I'm making a cup of Sleepytime Tea (a childhood favourite), running a bath, and cuing this past week's episode of Cougar Town.
Now before I get into how much I frickin' love this show...let me clarify that I fully appreciate that this sitcom is not HBO caliber. It's actually quite formulaic, but Courtenay Cox as Jules, a newly single 40ish divorcee, is stunning, and her friends and family, especially Laurie (as played by Busy Phillips) and her ex-husband Billie, make me giggle. This show has completely replaced trashy magazines as my guilty pleasure and my sure-fire escape route from the daily grind.
The real reason that I love this show; however, is Jules' cosy home in sunny Florida (or, a Floridianesque set in L.A.). Much of the show takes place in her open-concept kitchen and living room, and the combination of natural light, bright and cheery colours, overstuffed furniture and abundance of white makes me daydream about stepping out of my cold, hectic Toronto life for a slower Sunshine State pace. Granted, Florida is low on the list of my dream places to live, but Cougar Town is definitely making it a contender.
In the picture below you can see Jules' pretty kitchen. I love how the set designer (Archie D'Amico) used Ikea's Hendriksdal bar stool at the counter (in the background), but had new covers made in a sweet blue and white print. I actually have those stools at my kitchen island and am considering doing something similar. Anyone know someone in Toronto who's crafty and would take on a project like this?
In the next picture you can see hints of her super feminine and upbeat living room, which utilizes white, turquoise (and other shades of blue) and a statement coral sofa.
Mr. D'Amico added a mix of different seashells to Jules' clear glass table lamp (you can get similar lamps at Pottery Barn here), a detail that brings the beach into her sunny home in an unexpected manner.
He also chose very colorful pieces of art. The blue piece is gorgeous over her console in the second picture below, and I love the contrast of the lily pad work, in all its green, pink, white and black splendor, with the gold gilt frame behind her sofa.
I'm off to watch Episode 18 now while I daydream about sunny days...hope you all are having a relaxing Sunday night. Here's to a great week!
xoxo Chloeblossom
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Now before I get into how much I frickin' love this show...let me clarify that I fully appreciate that this sitcom is not HBO caliber. It's actually quite formulaic, but Courtenay Cox as Jules, a newly single 40ish divorcee, is stunning, and her friends and family, especially Laurie (as played by Busy Phillips) and her ex-husband Billie, make me giggle. This show has completely replaced trashy magazines as my guilty pleasure and my sure-fire escape route from the daily grind.
The real reason that I love this show; however, is Jules' cosy home in sunny Florida (or, a Floridianesque set in L.A.). Much of the show takes place in her open-concept kitchen and living room, and the combination of natural light, bright and cheery colours, overstuffed furniture and abundance of white makes me daydream about stepping out of my cold, hectic Toronto life for a slower Sunshine State pace. Granted, Florida is low on the list of my dream places to live, but Cougar Town is definitely making it a contender.
In the picture below you can see Jules' pretty kitchen. I love how the set designer (Archie D'Amico) used Ikea's Hendriksdal bar stool at the counter (in the background), but had new covers made in a sweet blue and white print. I actually have those stools at my kitchen island and am considering doing something similar. Anyone know someone in Toronto who's crafty and would take on a project like this?
In the next picture you can see hints of her super feminine and upbeat living room, which utilizes white, turquoise (and other shades of blue) and a statement coral sofa. 
Mr. D'Amico added a mix of different seashells to Jules' clear glass table lamp (you can get similar lamps at Pottery Barn here), a detail that brings the beach into her sunny home in an unexpected manner. 
He also chose very colorful pieces of art. The blue piece is gorgeous over her console in the second picture below, and I love the contrast of the lily pad work, in all its green, pink, white and black splendor, with the gold gilt frame behind her sofa. 
I'm off to watch Episode 18 now while I daydream about sunny days...hope you all are having a relaxing Sunday night. Here's to a great week! xoxo Chloeblossom
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I'll tackle the job with you. I think it's very doable as a weekend project!
Love the lamps - I would put marbles (of a single colour) or paper cranes. It's fun just thinking of ideas.
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OMG that lamp with the seashells are gorgeous and to die for. You're right everything has a touch of what a woman would do. :)
I have never seen this show before. I LOVE Courtney Cox to bits, so I really should take a peek. That is so cool that they recovered those ikea stools - you should definitely try it. They look awesome!
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