Happy September, Everyone! It’s my favorite month of the year. I’m looking forward to apple pies, chilly nights that require sweaters, surprisingly hot days when I can still wear sandals, watching my kids play all the fall sports (so many), season two of Welcome to Wrexham (Tuesday, Sept. 12) and a blowout stockroom sale to celebrate ONE YEAR in our studio!!! Details will be solidified and shared in the coming weeks.

For this month’s edition of Details from the Designer, I have included some art in the Styling Breakdown and an excellent Amazon fashion find. Enjoy the start of this new season!

Styling Breakdown

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Plant on top: ZZ Plant
Ribbed ceramic watering can
Joy of Cooking (book)
The Chef’s Library (book)
Dining Out in Boston (book)
Similar ceramic container with bamboo lid
Plant in middle (draping): Pothos Ivy
Similar wood plate rack
Similar salad plate set
Similar woven footed bowl
Leather tray
Loop top wood container
Low basket
Art - both pieces by Jorey Hurley

Keeping Myself Busy

I’ve been reading the book The Seven Husband’s of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid and listening to the book Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know by Adam Grant. I’m usually a one book person but these are very different genres and very different topics, and I read one before bed and listen to the other in the car and it’s somehow all working! I realize I’m behind the buzz when it comes to The Seven Husband’s of Evelyn Hugo, but I never stumbled upon spoilers so the end is still completely unknown to me. And I’m clueless, which I love. Think Again is one of the more powerful nonfictions I’ve read in a very long time. It’s part about how to change other people’s mind, part about how to change your own mind and part about the sheer power of edits/revisions/feedback/criticism and the like.

Fashion Find

I have owned the medium transport tote from Madewell forever. It’s such a classic bag that works just as well heading to the gym as it does heading to a client meeting. The leather wears beautifully and it holds so much without being a truly large tote. BUT, the cross body strap on mine broke off a few weeks back. The metal piece that attaches the leather literally snapped. The bag does hold a lot, but I’ve always pushed whatever weight limit may/should exist (a tape measure alone is 2 lbs). So, I decided to get a new strap and found this one on Amazon. It’s comfortable, coordinates beautifully with the english saddle color and looks good. Not quite a Parker Thatch (SO pretty)…but I’m very happy with it.

Local Fun

I took my daughters back-to-school shopping at Love Struck in Reading a couple weeks ago. I had never been and I fell in love. I was, in fact, love struck with Love Struck. It is a woman owned business and we were assisted by the owner herself and her incredibly sweet daughter. The selection is absolutely perfect for tween and teenage girls. Cool, fun, unique pieces. The store is beautifully decorated and my girls and their friends had a whole Pretty Woman afternoon trying on options. There is absolutely a bigger price point that comes with the style and quality, so we found first-day-school-outfits and not wardrobes. But, we are all obsessed with what we found and will absolutely return for the next special occasion.

Until October!

Cheers, Leah

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