When it comes to all-time favorite blogs, no list would be complete
without Cote de Texas. (In fact, it is
probably at the top!) So today, it is
with great excitement I am proud to feature Cote de Texas as the RDH May Blog
of the Month.
Joni Webb began Cote de Texas five years ago to “indulge her love of French
antiques, French furniture, and anything else pertaining to France!”
Along
the way she has introduced and educated so many people, including me, to the
beauty of not only French design but to Belgian and Swedish design, European
architecture, talented top designers, and so much more as well.
Joni’s posts are educational, inspiring, expertly researched,
honest, detailed, beautifully written, opinionated, sometimes humorous, always
interesting, and never superfluous – the list goes on and on. Simply said, the best I have read.
It was on Cote de Texas as part of Joni’s Top Ten Design
Elements where I learned the virtues of linen, slipcovers, seagrass rugs,
curtains, lighting, wall décor, and antiques. Each post in this series delves into the
details and reasons for each element and includes beautiful supporting
pictures. The list has not been
completed yet so I am very interested to see what elements Joni chooses to add.
Top Ten Design Element (Linen) - By James Howard via Cote de Texas
Top Ten Design Element (Seagrass rugs) - By Jane Wood Interiors via Cote de Texas
Cote de Texas also gave most of us our first glimpse of
designer Sally Wheat’s work including her famous and much copied, gray kitchen.
Sally Wheat kitchen via Cote de Texas
Sally recently changed her décor and Joni was the one who
shared the gorgeous pictures of Sally’s newly reworked spaces.
Sally Wheat living room via Cote de Texas
Besides authoring Cote de Texas, Joni is also an
accomplished designer herself. Below are
a few of her projects and pictures of her own home.
As you can see many of her Top Design Elements have found
their way into these beautiful spaces!
Finally, no Cote de Texas feature would be complete without
also mentioning Joni’s generosity and incredible kindness. She may not remember but she was one of the
very first commentators on my blog. I
had just started Red Door Home and that one comment from Joni absolutely made
my day and encouraged me to keep going.
For those of you who are not Cote de Texas followers I hope
you will take the time to visit Joni’s incredible blog as there is so much
more to see! If you are already a follower, please be sure
to leave a comment for Joni to thank her for all the dedication and hard work
she puts into Cote de Texas.
As always, I wanted to thank Joni for allowing me to feature
Cote de Texas today. I truly am honored to
be sharing her wonderful blog.
Stacy,
ReplyDeleteJoni has been so wonderful to us at Tone on Tone :-) Thank you, Joni!! I am VERY grateful for all of her support. I greatly admire her dedication to making Cote de Texas such a world wide success. Thank you for featuring her and Cote de Texas!!
Cheers,
Loi
Love Cote de Texas. She writes a wonderful blog. How wonderful that you remember who your first commenter was.....she is definite a rock star in the world of design blogs.
ReplyDeleteAWSOME POST:) I hope everything is ok with you, here in GBG its summertime weather today:)
ReplyDeleteCheck out my pics of a beautiful botanic garden, in my new post:)
LOVE Maria at inredningsvis
Stacy,
ReplyDeleteI need to pop over there! I don't think I've added her to my blog roll and need to do that. Beautiful rooms here and I love that gray kitchen. The first image is gorgeous ~ love the tone and texture of the fabric!
What a gorgeous home! Every room is just lovely. Have a delightful weekend, Kellie xx
ReplyDeleteGreat post:)Thank you so much for sweet words on my blog.
ReplyDeleteIf you want some swedish summer time inspiration, check out my new post:)
LOVE M
Oh yes, her blog is stunning. Adore her top 10 elements and Sally Wheat's home...fabulous!!
ReplyDeleteoy! i just saw this!!!!!!! thank yo SOOOO much! this is sooo sweet and i feel awful i didn't see it earlier. thanks a million. you have made my day!!!
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