Ellen Pompeo's House

Elle Decor featured Ellen Pompeo's house earlier this year.  It is a Mediterranean house like mine and so I often I go to it for inspiration.  The house is a bit more boho chic than I care for, I think it is a beautiful house.

I love the contrast of the dark wood behind the white upholstered chairs.  I also like the pops of pink.

I like the pendants over the dining table.  My dining room table looks a lot like this one so am considering installing 2 or 3 pendants in the dining room like in the picture:

I like the open cabinets of her kitchen and I love the floor.

 The living room is a little too boho/anthropology professor like for my tastes, but I like how they set up the art work.

I love the Moroccan screen and pendant in the hallway.  I love the staircase too.

The architectural details - those windows & the ceiling beams coupled with the high ceilings - are gorgeous.

Cheap & Chic Tabletop

Today is going to be a monster of a day (ugh), so my post today will be a quickie.

Here is a cool & inexpensive tip for creating a table centerpiece.  Save empty wine bottles made of clear glass, remove the labels and use them as candle holders (white/ivory candles only).  Put as many as you can down the middle of the table and voila:

I think this would look great during a holiday dinner.  It's romantic, very chic and no fuss. There is a challenge: if you place them as densely as on the table above, it might be hard to carry a conversation with the person  in front of you.  But it would make you get cozy with the person sitting right next to you... ;)