SPIKE LEE'S $32 MILLION DOLLAR ESTATE - SEE THIS HOUSE

Here is a peek inside the New York City Upper East Side home reported to be owned by filmmaker/director Spike Lee that is currently on the market for $32 million dollars.

The home located at 153 E. 63rd and it is known as the Hatch House...constructed from stables back in the early 1900s.  The home was gifted to the first owners by the Vanderbilt family and famed burlesque dancer Gypsy Lee Rose is said to have owned it for 3 decades.  Spike Lee bought it in the 1990's for $16 million and is now selling it for twice as much.

The 8200+ square foot home is made up of two buildings surrounding a courtyard.  It features 5 bedrooms, 8 baths, staff quarters and a gym.

This property is listed by Sotheby's Serena Boardman.

It has been reported that the home was owned by famed modern artist Jasper Johns too!  Lots of famous names it seems have lived under this roof.

What do you think?  Would you take it or leave it?  I like the house.  Love the arched windows and the long walkways connecting the two buildings.  I also love the idea of having my own private courtyard right in the middle of New York City.  I'd take it!

Happy Wednesday!

xo
Coco

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FAMILY FRIENDLY HOME IN TORONTO WITH PERSONAL STYLE

A comfortable accessible family home in Toronto.  This home was featured on Vogue's website...apparently the home where Vogue.com contributor and blogger Sophie Young grew up. A very warm home a mix of old and new.  The home sits in a residential neighborhood in the center of Toronto.  It was an abandoned property before Sophie's parents took it over and made it their own.

A safe, stylish, fresh, personal, unpretentious space to raise a family. The decorating style combines old and new quite seamlessly along with a little whimsy in the form of color and art.  Well done.  Take a look.

Queen Anne chairs were found and upholstered in a red and white floral print in the dining room (above)

Black and white stripe floors and a red kitchen island make bold statements in this family kitchen (above)

This is the master bedroom and it is pink - Sophia's dad let her mom go with a traditionally feminine color in their bedroom (above)

Master bath with mirrored walk in closet. (above)

Sophie's room in shades of blue (above)

This is the type of home great for raising a family and for entertaining loved ones.  A personal space with warm design appeal.

What do you think of this Canadian home?

Happy Wednesday!

xo
Coco


Photos: Vogue

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FASHIONING FRIDAY WITH OSCAR DE LA RENTA - SUMMER 2013 POSH PICKS

See anything cute? I love the chartreuse pants and the hot pink pumps!

Happy Friday!

xo
Coco

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DOORMAT PICKS FOR MY BLACK FRONT DOOR!

Option #1 - Bienvenue coir doormat (above)

This is my front door at my little tiny cottage in the Hollywood Hills.  It is a black shiny front door with frosted glass widow panes.

My front door decor is simple, the black door, white trim, brushed silver knob and lock, a square silver outdoor sconce for lighting and finally the door is flanked by potted boxwood topiaries. My front door was yellow at one point and then it was brown.  Now this is it.  A glossy shiny black front door.

This past weekend I was thinking a lot about door design for a guest post I am doing for another website.   I wanted share a photo of my front door but realized I needed a new doormat.  So off I went on Memorial Day...in search of the perfect doormat.

I, of course, can never make a descision so I bought three different doormats.

Option #1 (above) - A coir front doormat with black frame and Bienvenue written on it
Option #2 (below) - A coir doormat with black and white ticking stripes
Option #3 (below) - A simple wire lattice mat

Now I need your help! Vote on which doormat you think works for my front door decor?

Take a look...

Option #2 - Ticking stripe coir doormat - $54 (above) 

Option #3 - Wire doormat - $48 (above) 

My mom, sis DS and TE all weighed in...they all picked Option #3 (the wire doormat).  I can't decided whether Option #1 with Bienvenue ("welcome" in French) is cheesy because of the words...I have never had a doormat with writing on it.  I like Option #2 a lot too.  Each day this week, I have put a different doormat out to figure out which I like best.  Help!

There is also the option of no doormat...but then I worry about my new wood floors...

Please weigh in by commenting below.  Which doormat would you choose?  What might you add to my front door decor?

Happy Wednesday!

xo
Coco

P.S.  Thank you for all of the nice comments and emails about the COCOCOZY feature on the Architectural Digest website.  You are all too sweet!

Photos in this post by Coco of COCOCOZY

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WEEKEND PHOTO

Hope you have a happy restful weekend!

This bedroom is simple bliss.  A striped bed spread, diaphanous white drapes, a decorative mirror, pitched ceilings with exposed beams, lots of light and that is it.

I like.

xo
Coco


Photo: unknown (if you know source please let me know and I'll add!)

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HAMPTONS HOMES BY BATES MASI ARCHITECTS

A sleek modern pool overlooking Georgica Pond in the Hamptons (above)

I happened upon the website of Bates Masi Architects and was so intrigued.  Bates Masl is an award winning Hamptons based architecture firm run by architects Paul Masi and Harry Bates.  When I think of the Hamptons, I often think of a traditional shingled Gambrel style beach homes.  Well Bates Masl designs homes that are the complete opposite of traditional upscale beach home.  Their homes are modern, massive and  layered with innovative architectural detail.

Here are a few images of their work! Please note, these images were pulled from several different projects/homes Bates Masl created.

Modern double staircase inside a Hamptons home. (above)

Love this living room with cement floors, a large wide stone covered fireplace and floor to ceiling glass doors that create disappearing walls (above)

So cool...a modern wood paneled room! (above)

Just to note again, these photos come from different homes that Bates Masi designed. This is just a smattering of their work.

I'm normally not an ultra modern living space type of girl but would certainly LOVE one of these as my summer home. Anyone offering to buy me one? Anyone? :-)

Happy Thursday!

xo
Coco

P.S. Am doing an industry panel discussion today for my real job. Had a dinner out with friend TH last night and am a little tired. Hope I can wake up enough to be spunky and answer questions!

P.P.S. Back to Vegan before 6p today...am going to give it another go and stay far away from turkey chili! (See yesterday's P.S. for background)

P.P.P.S. Mother's Day is around the corner...look forward to hanging out with sis DS and my mom!

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SEE THIS HOUSE - $6 MILLION DOLLAR MALIBU OCEAN VIEWS FROM UP HIGH!

Newly built Malibu canyon home for sale with an all white interior and lots of natural light (above)

A lofty real estate listing! Nearly $6 million dollars for this 2 bedroom, 2.5 bath Malibu canyon home.

The property is listed by Irene Dazzan-Palmer of Coldwell Banker Previews.  It is 6,200 square feet of home, sitting on around 4 acres of land.  Features both ocean and hillside views. 15 foot ceilings with exposed beams, hand scraped wood oak floors, a chef's kitchen with Wolf appliances and custom ash wood cabinetry. A state of the art surveillance system is included.

My kind of home actually. Something sort of modern and rustic about the home if that is possible. I think the pitched loft like exposed ceilings have something to do with the rustic part.

The best of both worlds...a spectacular ocean view from high up in the hills. Now just need to find $5,999,995 to pay for it. Anyone have any ideas? Anyone?

Pacific ocean view from the home's backyard!(above)

What do you think of this Malibu retreat?  Like or dislike?  What might you add to the home decor?  I might add a COCOCOZY rug or two actually!

Happy Thursday!

xo
Coco

P.S. So bummed that I didn't get a chance to sign up for a fab art auction that is going on today. Art consultant and good friend Samantha Nugent has a piece in today's Wright's "Living Contemporary Auction". I was traveling back from market and didn't get a chance to view everything until late yesterday...I've never bid in an art auction online and if I had signed up yesterday I could have.  Awhile back I was into collecting art from emerging artists here in Los Angeles. Browsing through this online auction has got me thinking about art again!  Thank you Samantha for sharing this with me!  Anyhooo...here's the piece Samantha has up for auction today. Love it - literally and figuratively speaking!

Robert Indiana, Heliotherapy Love (1995)  Screen print on board - $6000-$8000 (above)

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GOING EXTRA LARGE AT HIGH POINT MARKET - COCOCOZY RUG COLLECTION - THE BIGGER THE BETTER !

8'x11' COCOCOZY Loop rug in navy - Indo Tibetan hand knotted wool rug! (above)

Can a blogger be a blogger without a proper camera? If the answer is no...then I am not a blogger! Arrrghhh! I hopped a plane to High Point, NC on Saturday night (I took the red eye) with a HUGE piece of luggage, lots of purses and bags, tons of accessories, lots of shoes but with no camera charger. I had everything in the world that one could need for a three day, two night stay EXCEPT for a way to charge my little camera. (Aside: years ago I gave up on even pretending to be a light packer...when I go anywhere I try to ween down my travel wardrobe but always end up with big big big luggage...have always wanted to be a light packer...arrive for a 5 day trip with one little carry on...would seem so sophisticated and cosmopolitan and chic - the sign of a well traveled international girl...right?Instead...when I travel, I basically lug around my entire house and closet with me...very NOT chic, sophisticated or cosmopolitan...hmmmm...must figure this out in the next decade...anyhooo...)

All of this chitter chatter to say...I took these photos with a mix of Canon Elph and iPhone and even got so desperate at one point, I pulled out my Blackberry (which has THE worst camera in the world on it).

Today a bring you a smattering of not so professional photos of a few of the COCOCOZY for Capel Rugs collection...the 8'x11' super sized versions.

I spent much of my time at market sifting through the 24 rugs hanging in the Capel Rugs showroom at Market Square in High Point.

At one point, I was so eagerly leafing through the gigantic rugs, that I didn't notice that a Capel customer was on the other side and I almost smushed her in between the COCOCOZY gigantic rugs...would not have been good...right?

Must run off to my day job...so I don't even have time to label these rug photos. I will a little later! Hope you enjoy COCOCOZY rugs - super sized!

Again, please excuse the dark dingy photography.  I probably should only show glam shots...but I wanted to give you a glimpse!

Happy Wednesday!

xo
Coco

P.S. A couple people to say hi to that I saw at High Point...a big thank you to blogging friends - Christian of Maison 21, Ashlina of The Decorista, and Edyta of Edyta and Co. for stopping by the Capel showroom!  So nice seeing you all.  I didn't see them but bloggers and friend Nicole Gibbons from So Haute also stopped by and my friend Paloma Contreras from La Dolce Vita did too - they both instagrammed some cute photos.  Thank you all for your support!

P.P.S. Also, was so nice chit chatting with the High Point University interior design students/interns who were working the showroom greeting guests...they were so cute and cheerful...Erica Lange, Amanda Holden and Breanna...wish you much luck with your studies...keep in touch please. Nice to see friend Alyssa Tamez and meet her guy Pete who owns a showroom called Grassroots...and there were so many more nice people who passed by.

P.P.P.S. Had the thrill of hanging out with t.v. personality Genevieve Gorder. We were staying at the same house that Capel rents in High Point (High Point is such a small town that there are not enough hotel rooms at time of market...so families rent out their gorgeous houses for the week of market to different companies). She was leaving and I was arriving but we got a chance to spend about 2 hours chatting in the morning and sharing design stories. She is great. Genevieve also has a fantastic rug collection with Capel. Hi Genevieve and fab make up artist Randall.

P.P.P.P.S. Had a great dinner one night with darling Cameron Capel, cute Tami Wateras and the very nice Krissa Rossbund, Style Editor at Traditional Home. On Monday, we went into Greensboro and had a very nice dinner after a day on our feet at market. A fantastic group of girls.  Thanks Krissa for joining us!

P.P.P.P.P.S. Also had a great chat with Rebecca Hallberg from Edelman leathers...she is a blog reader and came by the COCOCOZY Linens by Downtown showroom to check out the new COCOCOZY bedding and to introduce herself. We had a nice nice talk! Hi Rebecca!

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