I signed up for Pinterest awhile ago but finally started pinning the other night and it’s totally addicting! I’m always saving pics of my favorite spaces from the web and now and this makes it so much easier to both collect pictures and organize them.  I highly recommend it! You can also start following me, I’m under Adrienne Voboril. Take a peak!

xo

Adrienne

Photo from Light Locations

The natural light, the floor length mirrors, the subtle pops of colors, egh I have complete closet envy. As you know I’ve been purging and organizing and while I don’t have the closet the size of most bedrooms ( I mean really who does?) maybe one day it’ll happen. Until then, it’s still fun to look.

Bringing me back down to reality, this is a great article from Real Simple with 31 practical ways to makeover your closets. Some of my favorites include mounting a peg board for small accessories:
Image from Real Simple 

And using slimming hangers to save space (they really work, these are great from the Container Store).

Image from Real Simple

I’ll get going on those practical solutions but I can still dream that one day I’ll have a space big enough for art and a fun vintage chair for when I’m just too exhausted from dressing myself.

Image from Houzz.com

Image from Houzz.com

xo

Adrienne

What struck me most, other than the over the top mode, were the constant references to bloggers. For what even I thought would be a passing fad, blogging and tweets have truly made their mark on the publishing industry.

Which leads me to the all important question, what makes a blog worth reading? Original content to be sure, but it seems like it takes more than that given all that’s out there. Look at the cult phenomenon blog atlantic-pacific:

Photos from: http://atlantic-pacific.blogspot.com

It’s such a simple concept- take beautiful pics of what you wear each day. Now, it’s more than that because Blair Eadie has a true talent in styling and such a strong POV in each of her ensembles (plus I love that she’s in SF!) So even despite atlantic-pacific’s simplicity, I visit her blog daily and am inspired by each of her outfits.

So my question to you is, what topics are worthy enough for you to visit my blog? What do you want to read about? I’d love your feedback! You can either comment or email me at starterstylist@gmail.com.

Hope you all have a great Monday!

- Adrienne

I might be a little late to this considering they’re on Issue 7 but I’m loving the online magazine Matchbook! The spreads are vibrant, the products are cheerful and their interviews are with interesting creatives like Michelle Smith creator of the Milly fashion line (Love!!).

Take a peak and be inspired! Can’t wait for the next issue!

- Adrienne

A-Listers Need to Know:

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Purchase: www.matchbookmag.com

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After many requests, I’ve finally figured out how to allow email subscriptions to this blog (hey, I never claimed to be tech savvy:) So, I know you’re all dying to subscribe and get up to the minute updates on what I’m writing about. Just go to the top of the toolbar on the right and enter your email.

Ok Ok, I know it’s not earth shattering stuff, but at least you’ll be in the know about upcoming sales, styles and products or at the very minimum it will provide a distraction from work!

As always thanks for reading and have a very happy weekend!

- Adrienne

I came across the blog Unhappy Hipsters this morning and had to share. It features beautiful photos coupled with snarky comments that are reminiscent of the narrative in “500 Days of Summer” (I know, probably so unhipster to reference that movie, but I figured it was more pathetic to try and reference something obscure that I’d obviously never seen). Anyway, take a peak because I think it’s a refreshingly original blog!

- Adrienne

A-Listers Need to Know:

http://unhappyhipsters.com/

I came across this NY Times article today and just thought it would be fun to pass along. It’s a great interactive piece featuring the transformation of a Brooklyn loft using a $5k budget. I love the mix of vintage pieces with inexpensive options. I also think this is a fabulous example of how important space planning is. Take a peak at the before pics and you’ll see what a difference the new layout makes!

- Adrienne

A-listers Need to Know:

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This isn’t specifically product related, but an article came out in the Times a few weeks ago that I’ve been meaning to share with you! “The $300 Makeover (At Least That Was the Goal)” details how five designers were given $300 to complete room makeovers for five New Yorkers. While only one of them was able to come in under $300, the rest managed to stay pretty close to the budget. 

Why do I think this is so important, one might ask? It’s because this article really hits home what I’m trying to do with my company Starter Stylist. It’s so important to be happy and comfortable in your home and people tend to think it can’t be done cheaply or it’s not worth the time or money. But just with some paint, cleaning your room, rearranging your furniture or refinishing existing pieces one can easily freshen up a space, which I promise freshens up your mood! Check out this short video from the article for some good tips. You really can create a beautiful space on a budget.

Take a peak, it’s a good read plus before and after pics are always a good distraction from work!

- Adrienne

I’ve added a new feature to Adrienne’s List called Ask Adrienne (very creative title I know :) . For the past few months I’ve been writing about anything and everything that I love or want to purchase, but I’d love to hear your feedback! I’m also curious about what you want to read about.  Outdoor Furniture, Paint Colors, Office Storage?  It’s all fair game and I want to hear about it! So email me at StarterStylist@gmail.com and I’ll help you out!

Alas, I couldn’t motivate to trek out to the Restoration Hardware sale. If anyone made it out there, I hope you had some great finds! Instead the main activity this weekend (besides getting inebriated with friends on Friday) became house hunting. This is not actually an unusual pastime for me and in no way implies that we’re making a jump to the ‘burbs anytime soon. No, house hunting and I guess you could also say moving in general (much to Joe’s chagrin I’ve moved ten times in the past 4.5 years, twice since we got married in ’07), is also a bit of a hobby. Like most adult behaviors and vices, this can be traced back and unjustly blamed on my parents.

My parents were chronic house hunters, loading Tommy and me up into the car most Sundays to go from place to place for design ideas (they built their own homes and liked to see the latest trends in home design…wow I wonder were I got it from :) For me though, it was more than just finding decorating ideas. I liked to picture what my life could be in each place. Tommy and I would muscle our way up the stairs of each property and stake claim to our “rooms”. It was important to claim the best room as it gave the victor bragging rights throughout the car ride to the next home. Upon choosing my room, I would make a mental floor plan of where each piece of furniture and toy would settle. As you can imagine, after a day of completing this process for each of my new “rooms”, I was completely exhausted (maybe this was my parent’s real motivation behind house hunting).

 Now that I’m older and of course vastly more mature, house hunting really hasn’t changed much. While I don’t compete with Joe for the best room, I still try to picture our lives at each home. Sometimes I can’t picture a life there at all, which means it’s time to move on to the next place. But then there’s the occasional house that I think about for days after visiting. I come up with color palettes and space plans and day dream about our lives there. One day we might actually purchase one of these houses. Until then, maybe we’re just not ready to leave the city. Or maybe I just haven’t found the home that makes me want to fling open the door, barrel up the stairs and find the perfect room to claim as mine.

- Adrienne