LookGirl at home: Pure & Green heaven

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Pure & Green heaven

While browsing in Williams-Sonoma this past weekend I came across the company's new earth-friendly homekeeping line, the Pure & Natural Collection. Formulated with essential oils, and made with no toxins, ammonia, phosphate, chlorine or parabens, this is among the cleanest cleaning products I've ever seen. But that's not what draws me; it's the intoxicating scents that actually seem to belong in any kitchen. They are all absolutely amazing, and I may just buy up the whole line. I love them all, but ranking from my favorite down:

Meyer Lemon Parsley — For clarity and balance choose the soft tones of Meyer lemon, orange and grapefruit with the earth notes of parsley and basil
Olive Oil Coriander — Olives, well known for strength and well-being, bring this to life along with cedar, musk, amber and, of course, coriander (cilantro)
Herbes De Provence Sweet Orange — Revitalize with herbal freshness of mint, basil, bay leaf, clove and lavender, plus hints of citrus and eucalyptus
Ruby Grapefruit Ylang Ylang — Stimulates and energizes with notes of peach, melon and apple along with grapefruit and a bit of sweetness from ylang ylang
Lavender Juniper Rose — Create calm and relaxation in your kitchen with lavender, plus hints of rose, geranium, jasmine, pine, juniper and sandalwood
Asian Plum Mandarin — Decrease stress with plum, orange and bergamot, as well as ylang ylang, marigold and rose

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Great Expectations: Not that I'd recommend designing your home like the collapsing mansion in this film, but it is gorgeous, albeit dilapitated. Nature has overtaken Miss Havisham's home, but there's beauty in the devastation, as is so often the case.
Too Close for Comfort: Ted Knight's daughters had the ultimate apartment in this, except for the fact that they lived on the floor beneath him. They had racing stripes painted on the wall in purple, orange and red. It was so late '70s, and so great. Definitely a little too bold for my place, but a great design dream.
Foul Play: Living on a houseboat in Sausalito is one of the top five places I can imagine setting up a home, and Chevy Chase's bachelor pad in this film definitely lives up to my fantasy. Who wouldn't want to be Goldie Hawn waking up there? Of course I could do without the murderous albino tailing me.
Sex and the City: Carrie Bradshaw's apartment was divine, from the desk by the window to the old-fashioned bathroom to the paper Chinese lantern hanging from the ceiling. If I lived in New York and didn't live in that apartment I'd be devastated.
Before Sunset: If I had to choose between following Ethan Hawke back to the states and staying in Julie Delpy's Paris apartment, it would be a very tough choice. Her place is beautiful, tucked back in a courtyard, complete with a cat, with photos posted up all over the walls. Ethan Hawke be damned!
Desperately Seeking Susan: Aidan Quinn was a major crush in my life, and his apartment was half the reason why. Up a dingy staircase in New York City, it was a loft to love, with the mattress on the floor. The instant I had my own dorm room in college I took apart my bed and put the mattress on the floor, all that was missing was him!
The Darjeeling Limited: I want to take a train across India in the hopes that it would be as cool as the one in this movie. Resplendid in greens, pinks and yellows, it is beautiful kitsch, with the subcontinent's countryside blazing by in the background.
St. Elmo's Fire: I thought Ally Sheedy and Judd Nelson's apartment was the coolest thing I'd ever seen when I was in junior high. It seemed so urban, young-adult and chic, with the frosted glass walls that divided the loft and the crates of albums. I was sure I'd live exactly like that when I turned 20. I lived up to the crates, but that's about it.
Pretty in Pink: Molly Ringwald in this movie was the epitomy of individual style for years, and her room was no exception. It was a do-it-yourself dream room for teenage girls not into Top 40 music.
The Money Pit: Blame it on my '80s childhood, but this early Tom Hanks film is burned in my head line by line. And, of course, the star of the movie is the not-as-it-seems mansion that goes through a riches-to-rags-to-riches journey of its own. It might have been a dump, but check out the front hall and the staircase after the makeover. So epic.