Showing posts with label Morocco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Morocco. Show all posts

BLACK & WHITE TILE DELIGHT!

white living room with black & white moroccan tiles

Moroccan tiles again! I am obsessed. Love these all white living spaces with a bold black and white tile floor.

Maybe something like this would do the trick...

Black and white mosaic tiles
Le Mosaiste - 1-4/Rachid Mosaic Tile (above)

...or this?

Black White Morrocan Maroc Tiles
Imports from Marrakesh - MT-01 - $750 per tile (Cement tile hand made in Morocco)(above)



white living room with black and white moroccan tiles close up

white bedroom with black white Moroccan tiles and silver Moroccan lamps

Hmmm...food for thought.  I need a second home where I could try out this look throughout.  I think I would be very happy.

What do you think?  Do you like the idea of Moorish looking mosaic tiles throughout a house?  Let me know.

Happy Wednesday!

xo
Coco

P.S.  Tomorrow I leave for NYC and the New York International Gift Fair.  I'll be showing the COCOCOZY collection beginning Sunday 1/27/13 at the Javits Center, booth #7919!  I've heard it is freezing in NYC.  Will be running around so much hopefully I won't notice?!>@#$!?



Photos: El Ramla Hamra

WEEKEND PHOTO - A MOROCCAN BEDROOM!

morrocan bedroom with doorway arch, tiles, iron on the window and an animal print rug

A peaceful little bedroom...Moroccan style...complete with the signature doorway arch and some fantastic iron on the window...a nice little retreat.  Good for sleep, slumber, lounging and for taking hours to wake up in the morning.

Happy Saturday!

xo
Coco

Photo: Casa Haus

WEEKEND PHOTO!

Photos in this post by Coco of COCOCOZY's sister DS!
Beautiful wall in Morocco with carvings and tiles

More photos from Morocco from my sister DS...she got back from Morocco late Thursday evening and is now enjoying Paris! Lucky her! Just some beautiful Moroccan walls and doors for you to enjoy as you head into a hopefully wonderful weekend!

Turquoise door in Morocco

Gold door with inlayed designs in Morocco

I love the first photo with the carved stone wall with the mosaic tile work on the bottom half. Amazing.

Thanks sis DS for these photos! I wish I could have been there with you and mom!

Dear readers, where have you always wanted to visit? Where in the world might you want to explore? Do tell!

Happy Saturday!

xo
Coco

P.S. Make sure to take a look at yesterday's post with more gorgeous photos from sis DS to see that gorgeous blue city in Morocco named Chefchaouen.

P.P.S. Also, please follow along on COCOCOZY Pinterest where I'll share a few more of sis DS's photos and see the cute "ombre" dip dyed dress I'm loving for summer!  Make sure to follow all of my boards on Pinterest for more ideas and inspiration.

P.P.P.S. Design Non-Sequitur - Fashion dilemma...Going to a red, white and blue party tonight. You have to wear red, white or blue...oy va voy...white is out...red maybe (have some cute red skinny jeans but would want to wear a black top)...will probably end up in something navy (do jeans count?)!

P.P.P.P.S. Mentioned this next bit on COCOCOZY Twitter yesterday. Was at the cleaners dropping off a dress to have the belt reattached yesterday afternoon. I showed it to the tailor at the cleaner...he looked at it...and said it wasn't worth his time because he is paid per piece. So the tailor handed me a needle and thread. When I looked at the needle and thread like they were foreign objects (I know, I should be a bit more familiar, LOL) he said, "Just put the thread in and do it yourself"! I stood there with the needle and thread in hand for a bit, a little amused, bemused and surprised, then I threaded the needle and stood at the counter and actually started to sew the belt onto the dress myself. Halfway through, I realized that this job took a little more skill than I had (its a DVF dress with a complicated belt where the end folds over into a bow and that is the part that needs to be sewn back together)...so I sweetly asked the manager if someone could please sew the belt on for me. The manager said yes. I got into my car and chuckled and thought...only in my world would a tailor hand me a needle and thread and say "do it yourself"!

P.P.P.P.P.P.S. If you are headed to Atlanta next week for the Internationl Home Furnishings Mart, please stop by to see me at the Christian Mosso Associates Showroom in Building 1 on the 9th floor. I'll be there Thursday-Saturday showing off the COCOCOZY Collection!


MOROCCAN SHADES OF BLUE - CHEFCHAOUEN!

Photos by Coco of COCOCOZY's sister DS!
arch way in Morocco

Mom and sis DS just got back from Morocco today.  They are now in Paris.  Oh such is the life. Right?

Anyhooo...ever since my older sister DS has been with iPhone (for the last 3 years), she has transformed from a girl who never took one picture in her life into woman who is acting like an amateur photojournalist of sorts.  Her real job has nothing to do with photography...DS is a partner at a law firm...but I've got to give it to Steve Jobs and those peeps at Apple...through the iPhone, they managed to take her from passive observer to active photographer when she is traveling!

Thankfully DS has started to snap photos because even though I haven't taken a real vacation in a few years due to the launching of the COCOCOZY home furnishing collection, I've gotten to see some pretty interesting places through the lens of DS's iPhone!

Just earlier this week, sis DS and Mom were in Chefchaouen or Chaouen Morocco...a city in the northwest of the country that is all awash in blue.  The city was founded as a Moorish fort in the 1400s.  Today its blue walls, buildings and houses make it a mecca for tourists.

Anyhooo...thanks to DS...here are some views of a blue city in Morocco...Chefchaouen!

indigo blue archway in Morocco

building with the lower half of the wall indigo blue, the upper half cream with blue doors in Morocco

building with blue walls and door in Morocco




blue and white buildings in a city square in Morocco. One of the building has beautiful tiling.
I love the stonework on the ground in this city square! (above)

What do you think of sis DS's photography and this blue Moroccan city?  Are you traveling any place fantastic this summer?

Happy Friday!

xo
Coco

All photos in this post from my sis DS on iPhone