Top Flr Decor

The other night Lar and I decided to check out Top Flr in midtown. It's been open for a couple of years and we've been meaning to go ever since we read about it on Daily Candy Atlanta. It's a hipster's dream come true: Domino Magazine-worthy interior, a perfect blend of comfy and chic, and a simple à la carte, fusiony menu.

We sat upstairs that had this great wallpaper and black laquer floors:

On Lar: F21 tunic dress, necklace from Salon Red in Decatur, Jeffrey Campbell shoes.


On me: June Shin necklace, H&M dress, shoes from Eviva in Decatur.

Here's what the Top Flr looks like:


I spend way too much money eating out each week, but it's hard not to when there are so many great restaurants in Atlanta/Decatur. My boyfriend and I just discovered Ra Sushi on Peachtree and 11th (a sushi chain based in Arizona that serves surprising good sushi for it's overly-polished decor) and Ri-Ra Irish Pub on Crescent and 12th (also a chain, but has the best historically-preserved bar in town).

CL

AsianCajun Seal of Approval

We've been huge fans of Heliotrope ever since it opened in Decatur a couple of years ago. For those of you who've never been, imagine your favorite gift shop and then multiply that by ten or better yet, check out Heliotrope's online store. Pretty fantastic, right?

So when the good folks over at Heliotrope offered to set up an AsianCajun discount page (for a limited time only!), we said, "Hell yes!" Actually, it was more of an inarticulate jumble of "what?!?! omg. yes please! Thank you!" And here's what they came up with:



We picked out our favorite items and now they are available for you all at a discount! (It's very recessionista friendly.)


Click on each of our favorite items and you can see what we love about them:


The AsianCajun shopping agents page will be up for the next couple of weeks, so make sure you check it out and take advantage of the discounts. Heliotrope ships worldwide so all of our lovely readers can part-take. Woohoo!

A big thank you to Julia, Tommy and Marc for making this happen!

CL

Getting into the (Victorian) Christmas Spirit

We spent most of our weekend in West End Atlanta at our favorite house museum, The Wren's Nest. Saturday we helped decorate the house for Christmas. Don't believe me? Well, here's proof. And here's what we were doing Sunday:



We spent a good bit of our time in the kitchen making sure there was a continuous supply of hot cider, hot chocolate and coffee for the visitors and, uh, taste testing the cake, cookies, mini cheese biscuits and chicken fingers.

Here we are in the kitchen (apologies for our overly-earnest poses - all that eating dulled our desire to pose fashionably). Lauren is pointing out the bust of Mr. Harris himself placed regally atop the fridge. Note: fridge and Christmas dish towels not original to the house. Come to think of it, the whole kitchen is not original to the house.

Outfit details: Lar is wearing a jacket and boots from Tarjay and Cheap Monday jeans. I'm wearing a H&M coat, J.Crew sweater, Blank jeans from Rockit and thrifted boots.

Up next on our to do list: decorate our own apartment for Christmas. Time to bring out our aluminum tree!

CL

Sunday Randomness

I love this homage to photoshop's screen display. It's made the rounds on the graphic design blogs (although I took the image from Siggelicious), but I thought some of you fashion bloggers/photoshop users would appreciate it :).



Two lovely looks from Face Hunter and Altamira NYC. I especially like the dress on the left - gorgeous material.



My weekend purchase: an owl sunglass holder from Heliotrope. The store had a fantastic 2nd year anniversary party last night. So to the peeps at Heliotrope, Happy Birthday!


CL

Springtime at Gypsy Camp

On our way to the Decatur Arts Festival last weekend, we made a quick stop at Gypsy Camp. It's only open a few times out of the year and located in an old stone building behind what use to be The Angel pub in Decatur.


Hat: Target, tank: H&M, dress: F21, bangles: Fred Flare, bag: Urban Outfitters.



Top: Old Navy, shorts: AA, Shoes: Psycho Sisters, Bag: Urban Outfitters.

CL

Springtime Inspiration: Chinoiserie

If I had all the money in the world I would cover my walls in hand-painted wallpaper by de Gournay. I especially love their Chinoiserie styles:





Seeing as I don't have all the money in the world and am in a rental, de Gournay Chinoiserie paper is out of the question for me. After searching online for a few minutes I found that I could easily get my Chinoiserie fix with some reasonably priced dresses.

L to R: Cutesy Girl, Tulle, Blue Fly, YesStyle, Delias

Pushing Daisies Style

I've only watched a few episodes of Pushing Daisies online and I already love it. The acting is great and the plot is entertaining, but it's really the set design and wardrobe that do it for me. Apparently the look of the show is heavily inspired by Amelie, which is one of my all time favorite movies.

The women in the show have the best outfits. Anna Friel, who plays the main character's love interest, is usually outfitted in very feminine dresses - with cinched waists, v-necks and 3/4 sleeves.

I've included this bottom batch of photos to show off the amazing set design. This pink house was only in one episode, but a lot of creativity and attention to detail went into its creation.


Anyone else a fan?

CL

Merry Christmas!

We hope everyone is having a very Merry Christmas! To celebrate the day we've included a few images of our Christmas decorations.

A 1.5 ft tree in Lauren's room:
You can never have too much glitter during the holidays:
Our Frida Kahlo tree:
Close-up of the Frida tree:
C.L.