GLAMOUR PHOTOGRAFY

. . . and the weather was so beautiful today, it's becoming clear that it will be increasingly difficult to concentrate on work [or any matter indoors] in the days and weeks to come, and with all this brightness and buds on trees and newly unfurled petals in devastating shades of lavender and dusky violet, there comes also, the feverish need to clean and sort and organise anew, and here, when all the feverishness is over, there will be glass cases for storage & display, for everything, from towels and bottles of perfume in the powder room, folded rows and hangers of clothes in the bedroom, and most of all, for favourite pairs of shoes . . .





{p.s.} another way to store & display shoes /// handbags /// jewellery /// artwork /// perfume
& more shoe display cabinets : one & two



[images: 1&2, livingetc via the diversion project; 3 - photography by simon brown for elle decoration uk, scan by moodboard]

. . . at the moment, it's travel cases & carry-ons, and vintage hand-beaded make-up cases, but upon arriving home in a few days, have resolved to re-organise the shelves and vanities, with their perfume bottles scattered prettily about, and the situation is, perhaps, even more dire for the lipsticks & glosses, which are in every handbag, on every surface, and at once, lost; the solution, perhaps: this clever drawer organiser, which not only looks lovely, but keeps everything in its place . . .


{image: mrs. darylmple via style at home, box with compartments available here}

. . . currently, favourite pairs of sequined heels and golden strappy summer sandals are displayed in a glass cabinet {much like this one}, but after happening upon martha stewart living decorating editor, rebecca robertson's, picture rails as shoe racks, now dreaming up entire dressing rooms with walls lined in beautiful shoes . . .



{p.s.} also adore the idea of using beveled mirrors and a floating shelf to create an entryway console

. . . if the glass-front cabinet in the living room were not filled with books, old photographs and love letters tied with ribbon, it would be filled with shoes, shoes, shoes -- only there would not be room for his things as here, and of course, everything would be heels . . .

{p.s.} more shoe storage here

{image: vtwonen via interiors porn}

. . . hello! a hazy september thursday and it's out the door for a late lunch, leaving you with tufted velvet and highgloss white, a glittering chandelier and rows and rows of shoes . . . .

{via the style files}

. . . a certain fondness for shoes means always searching for creative places to keep an ever-growing collection and this rustically elegant and perfectly organized linen and shelf arrangement would make every morning feel like a visit to the shops . . .

{p.s.} a perfect afternoon

{images: 1 - scan, photography by jason loucas for elle decoration uk april 2005; 2 - greige}

. . . little black dresses and dark sunglasses, be-ribboned necklaces and heady fragrances, upswept hair and elegant heels -- have always adored all the things of ladylike refinement . . .




{p.s.}
* shoes, shoes, shoes + tiffany blue
* more of this collection

{images: victoria beckham a/w 2010 collection & lonny magazine}

{two lovely things:} glittering strands of crystal + row upon row of satin, velvet and intricately beaded shoes on display

{p.s.} more:
* two lovely things
* shoe storage

{images: style court; house & garden/style court; both via beautiful things to share}

. . . as not all pairs of shoes can be put on display, always come back to the idea of carefully stored and neatly stacked behind pretty pleated curtains . . .

{p.s.} also adore the lucite chair and antique mirror framed mantel

{shoes, shoes, shoes:}
* on display
* in barrister bookcases
* in the closet
* in cabinets
* with roses

{image: traditional home via lily-g}

Have always adored the polished glamour of mirrors, especially when combined with metal, as with this stunning set of gold nested bedside tables . . .

. . . this pretty mirrored shoe display

. . . & beautifully ornate coffee table

{images: 1 - Homes & Gardens; 2 - Polly Wreford; 3 - Harlequin via AT}

Came across this charming apartment on a garden square in Bayswater, London that uses antique display cases for shoes and have always loved this storage solution.

It reminded me of an earlier post of a place {below} that used beautiful library storage as a sophisticated display case for shoes and clutches that were simply too pretty to hide away . . .

{see also:}
> random inspiration

> another great shoe storage solution

{images: 1 - apartment living by Caroline Clifton-Mogg, photography by Winfried Heinze; 2 - tearsheet from a back issue of livingetc. originally posted on February 27, 2008}

There are lovely shoes all over our place, displayed on shelves, bookcases, atop dressers . . . far too beautiful to be hidden away, and yet perhaps a little impractical to have them strewn about, so imagine my excitement in discovering these wonderful wall-mounted shelves . . .

{images: Lund.}