The fantastic Kay McGowan has launched a new shop called A Curated World with a lovely and inspiring collection of artisan made goods made exclusively for her buyers, each with a captivating story behind it. Kay travels the world to meet and learn from artists and bring these unique, hand-made items to you. Being a Boston local (and former guru of all things at the South End’s Mohr & McPherson) I had to share this amazing new source with you all!
After posting last week about my beloved Polka Dog Bakery‘s shop for Target launching this week, the fine folks at Target offered up FOUR gift baskets chock full of the goodies being sold in the shop up for grabs for my dog lovin’ readers! Man, Bax and Ollie would be delighted to get all this swag! Leave a comment about your dog below and be entered to be one of four winners!!!
Did you guys see the little pic of Jonathan Adler’s bathroom in this month’s House Beautiful? It was seriously under 2″ square but it jumped out at me more than some of the full page photos because of that INSANE vintage Hermes metal sign on the wall! Say WHAT?!?!? Here’s a bigger pic of it I found on Pinterest- how have I never seen this before?
Three things- 1) I need the back story on how he got that 2) if it were mine I would hang that bad boy somewhere other than the bathroom- perhaps around my neck so no one would miss seeing it EVER. I’d be like the Favor Flav of designers 3) how about the rest of that bathroom?? The brass pipes, black ceiling, subway tile? I can’t even….
But seriously, I’ve never seen anything like that sign before. There’s a lot of Hermes out there for the home that is used ad-nauseum – empty orange boxes, THE tray and THE blanket (is there another? I think not). Not that I am complaining about ANY of those things, I love them all equally and even have some in play in my own home…
So here’s the thing with Hermes trays, especially the one we all love seen below… most are fakes. EXPENSIVE fakes. Even sold at reputable stores- a real vintage one would set you back thousands, but a replica will be a cool $600 or so. Just something interesting I learned…
As a side note, if someone asked me what I would do if I won the lottery I would just show them this picture (and explain that they cut out the two store employees carrying out two other loads this size to me car)
