Day 2 Blogtour London with Modenus

Day 2 of Blogtour London began at the Victoria and Albert Museum.  We viewed the current exhibits including The Wind Portal, by Lebanese designer Najla El Zein which consists of 5,000 paper windmills, an exhibit on pearls and fashion, but the highlight was a glass installation by Omar Arbel which was made of Bocci glass.  The installation was hung in the Grand entrance at the highest cupola in the ceiling.  I can't wait to share more about all these exhibits.  We have the big New Modenus Launch Party tonight, so I must get ready for that.  Here are some other fun pics of our second day.  Enjoy!

Fashion Exhibit in V & A

Installation by Omar Arbel

The Wind Portal

Beautiful tile on the floors in the V & A

 The stunning Dale Chihuly glass chandelier is beautiful in the dome of the main

 entrance is breath taking.  

After the museum we walked to our next destination so I snapped photos of 

some lovely doors which I will share at a later date.  I may have to do a "door" tour through Europe. I thought this door was particularly interesting.  

Next we ventured to Andrew Martin's showroom which was one of the most interesting places I have ever been.  Andrew Martin has amazing things.  There is everything from Superman hanging from the ceiling to beautiful fabrics and wallpaper.  Andrew Martin designed the bedroom that James Bond and Grace Jones slept in "A View to Kill", in 1985 and from that point came to be recognized a one of Britain's leading showrooms.  The showroom continues to supply items to movie sets such as Harry Potter and many others. 

Lee, the designer at Andrew Martin had on these killer Vivian Westwood shoes!

Aren't they fab?

Next we visited Bernie De Le Cuona's fabric showroom.  We saw beautiful

velvets, linens and sack cloth in the lines new colors for fall.  

We arrived at 100% design in the afternoon.  

Cool Hardware...

We saw lots of intriguing new products!  Here are some snap shots of

the crew....

Holly Phillips 

 Lisa Kahn-Allen

Courtney Lake

Richard Rabel

Cory Klaussen

Ann Porter

Final Destination for the evening was dinner at Casa Brindisa sponsored by Du Verre Hardware!  We were so lucky to have Gina Lubin come dine with us.  Thank you Gina and Du Verre Hardware for a lovely dinner!

 Our gracious dinner hostess Gina Lubin of Du Verre Hardware with Veronika Miller of Modenus at Casa Brindisa

 Holly, Flo, Veronika, Leanne and Jessica

 As you can see, we had a fabulous day!  I've got to hurry and get dressed for the "New" Modenus party!  Make sure to follow us on twitter, instagram and Facebook to get insider info to feel part of the party!  It's going to be huge!!!

Thank you to the wonderful sponsors of Blogtour London!

Blanco

Poggenpohl

Mr Steam

Laufen Bathroons

LampsPlus

Duverre Hardware

Gessi

The Ivy

Located on Robertson Blvd in Los Angeles and known for it's picket fence, The Ivy Restaurant has long been known as the place to see and be seen for lunch.  Paparazzi often hang out around The Ivy hoping to snag a photo of a celebrity lunching at the popular hangout.  On my recent trip to LA,  I had the pleasure of dining at The Ivy with my friends. 

The interior is a series of cottage style rooms which instantly reminded me of my friend Jason Oliver Nixon of Madcap Cottage.  It was an Alice in Wonderland meets Mackenzie Childs-esque whimsical feeling decor. ~ In other words, the interior made you feel happy! 

There is something so appealing about a "collected" interior to me.  It was also inspiring to be  surrounded by beautiful fresh flowers and wonderful to have a glass of champagne offered the minute we graced the door. 

I adore blue and white plates especially when on bright yellow walls.  
The Ivy had quite the collection of plates, baskets and all sorts of interesting things.

You felt as though you were visiting in an old friend's cottage for lunch.

There were so many cozy corners to chose from and a fire blazing in the fireplace.

I popped upstairs with the excuse that I wanted to go to the ladies room when

actually it was just to be noisy.  I found more happy!  The slightly pink walls
 were dressed in framed memorabilia and artifacts. 

Cute little corner for making phone calls away from the noise of the restaurant.

Once I made my way downstairs, it was time for us to sit at our table. 

Where to sit, would it be this quaint little outside area?  (We had requested outside)

Nope...actually better, the second table was ours! Perfect!

I was surrounded by so much beauty, I couldn't decide where to rest my eyes. 
 On the table were these beautiful roses sweetly arranged in a hand painted teapot!

The tree above us was covered in colorful lights.   I'm sure at night that is magical!

Let the feast begin...First there were Bloody Marys!!!

We were served the most amazing food! Would you believe this was half of a plate?
  Holly and Felicia decided to split and once it came out they were glad they did! 

I didn't get a picture of my plate but it was ridiculous! 

Photo courtesy of Holly Phillips

There was absolutely no way we could eat all of our entrees so we ordered

 the banana split for dessert!  Yes we did!

The cast of characters....

Beautiful Felicia, whom I heard people asking when we came in, "who is she?", she is somebody isn't she? Look how pretty she is! Yes, she is somebody, she is my special friend, Felicia, designer extraordinaire.  Of course she is also a retired television anchor, so she is really somebody they may have seen on television.  I admire her so much because she had a successful career and has decided to follow her passion of interior design.

My dear friend Holly, who is a fab designer and also from Charlotte, but
 the funny part of all that is I only see her when we travel!

Holly decided it would be fun to take a picture of me taking her picture.  
Love her new malachite phone case!  She is a total trend setter!

Here is my friend Lesli, she isn't a designer but recently feature in House Beautiful which is something I haven't achieved!  She is a fab artist and blogger too.   She was quite pleased with her red velvet cake and champagne!

Who wouldn't be pleased with this cake, right?  We all had to have a taste.

Of course I had to order coffee!  It arrived in a coffee cup the size of a soup bowl!

That's my kind of coffee cup!

Back to the favorite part of the meal....

 It was a perfect day and a perfect meal, however the next time I visit The Ivy, I think I will skip the entree and go straight to the dessert!  Yeah...The Banana Split was Heaven!