Archive for July 19th, 2011
Ain’t No Blue and White Party Like a Mamma Sally Party.
Posted by suitepotato in Design trends on July 19, 2011
Unless you’ve been living under an ugly gray scaly rock this past year, you know that blue and white, as a throw-back color combo focal point, is the most important element of interior style these days.
Ticking, ikat, traditional china patterns, modernly-incorporated geometric fabrics… they’re being whored out like a bottle of Southern Comfort at a high school party.
AND speaking of the South, we must give credit where credit is due. No one can do blue and white like a classy Southern woman, and Mamma Sally has been classin’ it up blue and white style since the 70′s.


PS – do yourself a favor and reward your mouth with the most delicious apperitivo ever. Whole Wheat Cracker + Rolling Stone Chevre (Goats Cheese) + fresh sliced figs + fresh basil leaf. Consume. Repeat. You’ll thank me for it.
Even my little boop boop Tenzing Norgai knows whats up.
And now for a little design montage…
MyDesignChic. Loving the out of control foliage.
Old meets new. Oliveaux.
Aerin Lauder in her East Hampton Home. Elle Decor.
from Carolyne Roehm’s A Passion for Blue and White.
Divine print plus my favorite accent piece of the moment – garden stools. Pure Style Home.
Cavalli and Rodarte are in on it, too.
Aaaand here we have my rudimentary take on the Mamma Sally trend.






Side angle PLUS mood lighting. You’re killin it, Suite Potato!
“RTO, Pretty boys!”
Posted by suitepotato in Random but always relevant on July 19, 2011
My special man friend was dispatched to a Salmon area fire last night. At 11pm. In the middle of a crew BBQ. Commencing their 2 days off. Oh, the irony.
photo credit: isuwannee
Their crew leader, and host of the BBQ, shouted over a championship game of Flip Cup and brought the rowdy trash talking and social drinking beer guzzling to an eerie halt.
Talk about a buzz kill.
Wives and girlfriends immediately ran to their firefighter’s side, their best guilt-inducing pout-face in full force, shoving cold burgers into their boys’ mouths to soak up as much booze as possible before their 5 am call time.
And as quickly as they arrived – they were gone again. 14 day rolls. Travel and staging days not included. No cell service.
That means I’ve got all the time in the world for blog/furniture construction and part-time job hunting while still leaving room for some inevitable self-indulgent sulking. What’s that they say about pain and suffering being conducive to creativity? Pshhh. I see your pain and suffering and raise you dating an Idaho City Hot Shot Firefighter during their 5 month unpredictable fire season. There better be a Caribbean vacation at the end of this experience. Or at least foot massages. On demand.


