Quaintrelle Defined
(n.) A woman who emphasizes a life of passion expressed through personal style,
leisurely pastimes, charm, and the cultivation of life’s pleasures.
Quaintrelle Pronunciation
\kwein-trel\
English | Origin: Middle English
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My kitchen is a space where one will always find fresh breadcrumbs, a sign of a life shared and enjoyed. A bouquet of fresh cut flowers on the counter each week reminds me of the delicacy and vitality of life, it reminds me to live fully not just in check lists as we can so easily do. Keeping linens in my home brings me a sense of comfort, an appreciation for goods that age beautifully, and a reminder that most things in life generally soften with time. Flea market, oxidized silver, butter dishes and platters are found objects that my sweet momma taught me are treasures that bring a timeless elegance to any space.
I come from Santa Barbara, California, a mediterranean feeling coastal town with Spanish architecture, a beautiful harbor full of sailboats and a just as beautiful mountain range. West of the mountains are the vineyards of Santa Ynez Valley, North is San Luis Obispo, Big Sur and San Francisco, and South is Malibu, Los Angeles and San Diego. Having family in Europe, I had dreamed of living in Paris since I was young; in the fall of 2016 that became a reality during my undergraduate degree through a life changing study abroad experience. Those six months were full of so much personal and creative growth and I just fell so deeply in love with the city and the parts of myself that I gained from it. After finishing my degree in Graphic Communication and minor in Photography at California Polytechnic State University, I started plotting my return to Paris.
… At present time I am again living in Paris studying French, looking for a job, and researching graduate schools in the creative field. You can often find me photographing every moment I find fascinating, combing through flea market treasures, searching through vintage apparel bins, or creating a sketch or painting. But as life is, mine too is not perfect…
The crumbs of life also reside in my kitchen; I mess up, I take risks and sometimes fail, and life throws unexpected events and people in my basket. I have plenty of days which my anxieties literally get the best of me and confine me to procrastination rather than perseverance. I am learning, and through that, my hope is that I can convey to you my life in an as honest and human way as possible using technology as my medium to share humbly of my reality.
The beauty in curating my blog, Quaintrelle | Life Curated is in having a platform for sharing an extension of my mind, of my life’s findings, and of my creations so that hopefully you take from it something that you too can pass on as an extension of you… It brings me joy being appreciated for my creations, so if you like something please do let me know. If you have questions, want to share something, or just want to say hello, it would be an honor to share a conversation with you.
With all my love,
Lola