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When I open my March 2112 Elle Decor and saw the feature on Jackie Astier I turned to my husband and said “babe, I just found my decor twin flame.” She is also a fashion stylist (I can tell by her aesthetics) and now she is my number one FAVORITE, interior Goddess. I mean, when I read the things she said and is into, I felt like she was totally channeling ME, and her and needed to obviously be friends….she was totally reading my mind. Jackie’s style is rocking my world ULTRA hard and I LOVE IT. That Damien Hirst art piece totally works anywhere.

This brass coffee table she found on Ebay is soooooooooo up my alley, and will always look sexy ANYWHERE. love the texture combo and color palette. ultra sexy and sophisticate it. She described her style as Paris in the 70′s….um… that’s me and me too. Velvet pillows, tufted chesterfield sofa upholstered in velvet with some Ikat splashes…. LORD !!! (as my eyes go extra wide open and about to pop out) So sexy!

Go big or go home. Everything is this room is love at first sigh and days after. How glorious is that dining table? Those brass pedestals for the dining table are calling my name. What? Yes brass pedestals, I do hear you! I have a personal love for brass and lacquered anything. Lacquered walls…..is my ultimate fave.  That velvet blue….plush. I can pass on those tree branches…they look a bit “blah.” She said it took 10 coats of lacquered paint to get the walls like that. ME WANT!!!

She scored not just one, but TWO of those fabulous brass coffee tables! I just want to sit on that sofa with my Ipad and Pinterest my way through the afternoon =) WAIT. Did you noticed the ultra AMAZING high gloss lacquered ceilings?? Hold up. It shines like a new car because it actually was sprayed  with automotive paint! Wow. Yes please, I’ll take two.

Above, in the first picture: I’m obsessed with the Karl Springer cocktail tables which I told my husband that I will make an inspired version of that for our bedroom nightstands one day. That room is so sexified, i just love everything about it.

The Brass/gold love continues. I get it. It never went out of style in my world. That lacquered black and brass cabinet is so SEXY. Did I mention that to me, sexy is an attitude? Is a state of mind, something you ooze form the inside out. A feeling and personal expression. This cabinet is oozing it. And those chairs are too. If you feel it inside, you can see it outside.

Saved the best for last. Absolutely went THRILL-EFIED (a sudden feeling of excitement and pleasure ) for this room. Literally, I had an adrenaline rush, all over my body, then I had an out of body experience. That’s normal for me when I’m dealing with three things: beautiful food photography, glamorous decor, and dancing to favorite music. This palette is so lovely and attractive for me in so many ways. I wish the rug was faux, but I’m not going to deny its beauty. The custom velvet head board: sexy. The brass lamp: sexy classic. The coffee table ULTRA sexy. I’m not into danish furniture at all, but this settee totally works. The ONLY thing I would change in this room is: the chandelier. I would of gone with a sexy+glorious, brass Sciolari Chandelier. Jackie is an interior Goddess, hands down AMAZING.

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Images via Jackie Astier

Today was day 1 of the Silvie+Maryl food shoot for our upcoming nutrition book. It was also my first official debut as a food photographer. HURRAY!!! I felt like I found yet another new calling for me. I just LOVED IT. I told my husband I need to have my own little studio set up next to the kitchen so I can do it ALL the time, when ever I want. I mean the whole set up was amazing!! My husband set me up with the monitor, 5D cannon with L series lens, window diffusion, etc….. I had 2 tables filled with table tops of all kinds, colors and sizes, linens of all colors that Maryl and I gravitated towards (we shopped together for that), the bulk being dark-blue-ish and purple-ish tones. It was soooo much fun…another dream come true. Living what you love…for reals. It was also even better then the real thing because Maryl was my second in command and she rocked it. We laugh so much together.

I have been wanting to introduce some of my favorite food photographers out there. They inspower me so much…so, here is one of them (drum roll): the lovely Helen Dujuradi. Although I gravitate even more to darker, navy blue-blackish and intense contrast images, I think Helen’s color combos are a lighter delight and very feminine in a sexy way. Almost whimsical.

Produce is always so sexy, beautiful and colorful to shoot. I feel like they are such super models and at the same time I truly value and LOVE what they do for our health and well being. The Vegetable Kingdom is the whole package. “Will you merry me beets?” I’ve had this vision of one day doing a photo shoot with Maryl with a gown made of curly kale. One day.

Maryl and realized that we have no green or yellow linens today. I guess we are not into it. But I like in this picture how fresh the green looks and how radiant the red pops out. Radish: You are TOO sexy….

My obsession with the color purple continues…the force is strong with that one. That was our theme is today shoot. I think that I’m moving from a darker purple attraction in this lilac love up above.

I mean…are those the most beautiful radish creations ever? Such a pretty combo! What woman doesn’t love light green and pink? Thanks Helen for capturing so much beauty!

This picture above I just want to dive into. I know exactly what that tastes like.  I actually make that dish as a delicious snack, in tomato heirloom season. OMG…soooo amazing! By the way, I don’t do tomatoes, unless they are ORGANIC  heirlooms…that’s right, I’m not kidding. Once you go ORGANIC heirlooms….you don’t go back. I emphasize the organic because, conventional heirlooms can’t fool me. Someone did that to me once. She said the heirlooms were organic, and when I tasted them…..conventional all the way. When you have such a clean diet and palette, and you only buy organic, you can tell right away when something is NOT organic. BIG difference…HUGE.

Photography by Helen Dujardi