wish you were here...

this is what I need to be doing right now:

that's taken at the Ace Hotel and Swim Club in Palm Springs.  It's pretty much my favorite place in the world these days.  Whenever I'm stressed and burnt out, I fantasize about hanging out at the Ace, feeling like a rich hippie, laying around in the desert heat and drinking date shakes.

I've had a plan for a while that I want to re-decorate my bedroom to look like the rooms at the Ace.  I'm a little worried that if I try to match them too exactly, it will cease to seem special when I go there.  But here are some elements I'm going to try to work in...

canvas curtains and lots of white...

ethnic rugs and pillows, and maybe a leather chair...

 natural materials...succulents...

and definitely some sort of macrame element...

oh, and maybe an elephant.